Papeete
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“Cephee” Diverted To
From Our Own Correspondent.
Papeete, June 25.
ON account of the unusually large amount of copra and other cargo (about 4000 tons) awaiting shipment to France on the Papeete wharf, the Messa gerie Company’s steamer “Esperance,” which runs on the regular schedule be tween France and Noumea and returns via Tahiti, has been sent home via the Suez Canal and replaced on this run by the s.s. “Cephee.” The “Cephee” is a mixed passenger and cargo steamer of 18,600 tons and is expected here on June 29. She will make the passage to Mar seilles in about 21 davs, unless diverted to Central American ports.