'Matua' Wrecked
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The Matua, 4,250 tons, once be loved by the people of Fiji, Tonga, Niue and Samoa, has been wrecked on a reef in the Philippines. The Union Steam Ship Co. withdrew her from the Auckland-Islands service two years ago and sold her to an Asian company, which renamed her Sultan D.
As the Matua, she was in South Pacific service for about 35 years.
During World War II she was an armed merchantman. When she left Suva on her last voyage she was even given an official farewell by the Fiji Government.