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Pacific Islands Monthly, 24 September 1936Vol. VII, No. 2

M.V. “Maui Pomare”

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TT was stated by the Prime Minister of New Zealand recently in reply to a question in Parliament that the State owned M.V. Maui Pomare (which maintains connection between Wellington and Samoa) has been a payable proposition for some time and that the ship was expected to show a profit of about £6OOO for 1936.

It is expected that at an early date ex tensive alterations will be made to the Maui Pomare in order to provide more com fortable accommodation for passengers and crew.

Mr. Cyril King, of Levuka, Fiji, was recently elected president of the Ovalau Club.