Preparing for Mid-Pacific Air
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Service U.S.S. Officers in Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Feb. 6.
7 1 ’HE Stationship, U.S.S. Ontario, of the -*• American Naval Station at Pago Pago, Eastern Samoa, arrived at Apia on January 29 for a short visit.
She brought 40 wardroom and 78 native deck passengers from Pago Pago to Apia.
Fares of these passengers will be credited to the “Tutuila Hurricane Fund” in aid of sufferers from the results of the disastrous gale on January 16.
Among the passengers were a party of officers from the U.S.S. Ithasca now on a second visit to Pago Pago to investigate and study conditions on the proposed air route from Honolulu to Pago Pago, which is to be continued to Auckland. In accordance with the contract between Pan American Airways and the New Zealand Government, a branch line to connect Apia with Pago Pago is pro vided for. Captain Meyer of the Ithasca and the well-known airman Mr. C. W, Stephens were also on board.
The Ontario left Apia on the return trip to Pago on January 31. The American “gobs” are welcome visitors to Western Samoa, where they spend quite a bit of money and make a host of friends, especially among the fair sex.