WRECKAGE FOUND.
FRENCH SHIP BELIEVED SUNK. RAIDER IN THE PACIFIC. • SYDNEY, October 16. A radio message from Noumea reports that the gangway from the French ship Notou which disappeared in August was washed up yesterday at Magenta beach, three miles from Noumea. The Notou, which left Newcastle for Noumea on August 12, is believed to have been sunk by a raider. The crew of an American freighter now in Sydney reported yesterday that they saw wreckage near Ncav Caledonia last week. It is further reported from Noumea that the southcoast is littered with tinned foods, meats, fruits, hams and other foodstuffs which are believed to be from the Niagara.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 5, 17 October 1940, Page 5
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