Tahiti Prepares For
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July 14 Festival
From Our Own Correspondent.
Papeete, July 8.
PREPARATIONS for the annual cele brations on July 14 of the taking of the Bastile are well under way, and the occasion promises to be one of unusual activity.
The fete will open officially on the even ing of July 13 and continue till midnight on the 22nd. Between those dates both the northbound and southbound steamers will arrive in port with tourists to witness the festival. The s.s. Hauraki and two or three yachts are also expected. In addi tion there will be H.M.S. Diomede from New Zealand, and the French war vessel Amiral Charner.
The Pathe Notan cinema company will arrive to film the celebrations by the Makura on July 13.