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Tahiti Naval
Station
Addition of Oil Depot and Training Ship
From Our Own Correspondent.
PAPEETE, January 2.
IT is stated that work will be com menced shortly on the construction of ah oil storage depot at Papeete, for the use of the French naval depart ment.
The plant will be located some dis tance from town, in the St. Amelie valley, but full details as to capacity, etc., are not yet available.
In this connection it is interesting to note that the local Administration has recently purchased the schooner, “Papeete” from S. R. Maxwell and Co. and intends to use her as a training ship for our local youths. Many years ago the “Papeete” put up a sailing re cord from San Francisco to Tahiti, which, I understand, has not yet been broken.