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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1960Vol. XXX, No. 9

Tragic Loss Of The "Teiko"

p. 28 · Read in the full issue

It looks, at this stage, that Tonga’s new tuna vessel “Teiko” and met mth a tra 9 ic end in South Pacific waters. ha 'PJ )e r io d to them might turn out to be as big a which still surround the Joyita”, the Melanesian and the lan Crouch” , of fhl 1 Paci f Lc 'will Put out their hearts to the relatives Japan • They wiU also be conscious of the “TriWnfnhf ( the tragic Personal blow, the loss of the uninsured easTatfX c Se ? ere ec°nomic blow for Tonga, which cannot easuy afford to lose such a valuable shin, nor to see her hor>p<t of n cvr of the venture. mdustry 80 Gently shattered right at the beginning