Trader Wrecked
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At Tanna
Burns Philp's 248-ton trading vessel "Nikau" became a total loss when she ran aground at the south of Tanna, New Hebrides, early in December. The vessel was under charter to Captain Athol Rusden, who runs several trading vessels in the New Hebrides.
The loss of the "Nikau" was the second sustained by Captain Rus den in less than six months. On July 14, his ship "Sorana del Mar" was burnt to the water line and became a total loss when a cargo of petroleum caught fire off Espiritu Santo.
The "Nikau" was built in Glas gow in 1909. She had been operating in the New Hebrides since June, 1957.