Party To Visit Easter Is.
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From Tahiti
From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, May 13.
THE three masted schooner Oiseau dcs Isles, a vessel which recently arrived in Tahiti from France to the order of the Makatea Phosphate Co., has been chartered for a special trip to Easter Island, and will leave Papeete towards the end of June.
The itinerary of the voyage includes calls at Mangareva (Gambier Group), Rapa Island, some of the Tuamotu Islands, and possibly Pitcairn, if the weather permits.
It is understood that the party for whom the trip has been arranged will arrive in Tahiti from San Francisco on the June mail steamer.
The Oiseau des Isles is a fast and com fortable vessel of 398 tons, and is equipped with French Diesel engines of 375 horse power as auxiliaries.
Mrs. A. R. Tarte, of Vuna Estate, Taveuni, Fiji, has been holidaying in Sydney with her sister, Miss Beatrice Carr, also from Fiji.