Japanese Training Ship In Suva
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From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Jan. 28.
THE four-masted auxiliary steel barque Taisei Maru , 2,438 tons gross, a train ing vessel belonging to the Tokio Higher Nautical School, arrived in Suva direct from Tokio after a 45 days’ voyage on January 26.
She has 45 cadets on board, in training for the Japanese mercantile marine.
Captain Shinji Oba, who is in command, and eight of his officers, are Japanese naval reservists.
The Taisei Maru is to sail for the Mar shall and Caroline Islands on January 31,