American Sea Scouts On
pp. 51-52 · Read in the full issue
Pacific Cruise
From Our Own Correspondent.
Suva, Aug. 12.
IN the course of a training cruise of the Pacific, the American motor vessel Stranger arrived in Suva in July. She sailed again for Tonga on August 6.
The Stranger is a converted Swedish cargo vessel. She is commanded by Cap tain Fred E. Lewis, who is conducting a South Seas cruise as a means of training a party of United States Sea Scouts.
There are over 50 cadets on board.
While on the cruise the party is collect ing museum specimens, particularly marine life. The specimens are kept in special saltwater tanks on board.
Mr. Vernon Dorrell, a pilot attached to Pan American Airways, who has been in Australia supervising the assembly of Guinea Airways’ new Lockheed Electra monoplane, returned to the United States by the Mariposa on August 19, By the same vessel Mr. H. G. Townshend, who has been in Sydney tuning up the engines of W. R. Carpenter and Co.’s new Gannet monoplane, also departed for San Fran cisco.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ely, of Maritsoan Plantation, New Ireland, recently arrived in Sj r dney by the Malaita, en route to South America where Mrs. Ely has in herited some property.
Miss E. E. Brabin, 8.A., departed from Australia for Rabaul by the August Macdhui to join the staff of the Girls’
School at Vunairima, conducted by the Methodist Mission.