For July 14 Festivities

Tourists Invade Tahiti

From Our Own Correspondent.

Papeete, July 7.

UPWARDS of a hundred tourists arrived in Tahiti by the Makura on June 13 and a further 150 have booked up for the Maunganui due to arrive here on July 11, in time to participate in the French National festivities of the 14th, the pre parations for which are now well under way.

Some anxiety was manifested by the executive of the Tourist Bureau lest the available accommodation might prove in sufficient for such an unusually large number of visitors at one time. Special arrangements have been made, however, and this difficulty has been satisfactorily overcome.

In order that round-trippers may have as much fun as possible during their short stay, the Fete this year will open on the evening of Sunday, the 12th, when a grand Pal Publiquc will be held at the Place du Marechal Joffre. This will be followed on the four succeeding days by the usual events consisting of singing and dancing by native troupes on the lawn in front of the Governor's Palace, sailing canoe races and other aquatic diver sions in the harbour, various sporting competitions, and a great display of fire works offered by the Governor.

The official part of the celebrations will take place on the 14th, when the local troops will be reviewed and the usual ceremony held at the monument to Tahitian soldiers, upon which wreaths will be placed by the Chief of the Colony.

The celebrations will end on July 19