Hotel Wanted In Tulagi
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TT is a surprising thing that no one has seen the possibilities of establishing a well-conducted hotel at Tulagi, the administrative centre of the Solomon Islands.
The hotel there was destroyed by fire a couple of years ago and, since then, visi tors to Tulagi have had to resort to various methods of securing accommodation — mostly casual meals and still more casual beds in Chinatown.
A Solomon Islands resident, writing to us, says: “A good class commercial and residential club is what is needed here in Tulagi, with tennis, billiards, card room, and lounge, with a general bar built out over the water, and wharf alongside. The bar should be separate from the residential section. It would cost anything from £2,000 to £4,000, and it would be a god send to this territory. There is no reason why it should not return a fair interest on capital invested—it is all a question of good management.”
Rev. Brother Raphael, formerly head master of the Boys’ School at Ra, Navini bitu, Fiji, has resigned from the Marist Mission, and is now staying in Sydney where he will shortly take up a commer cial position. He arrived in Australia in December last to undergo an operation, and has now completely recovered.