400 Methodists
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Cruise To Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji
FOLLOWING an invitation from Queen Salote, of Tonga, 200 clergy and lay men of the Methodist Church of Victoria, and a similar number representing West Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales left Melbourne on May 12 on the Katoomba. which has been chartered for the cruise.
On arrival at Nukualofa, the party were the guests of Queen Salote for five days. They were conveyed to points of interest on the island, and entertained at exhibitions of native folk dances and ceremonies peculiar to the country.
Later two days were to be spent at Samoa. The first will be occupied in visiting the mission stations, and the second will be given up to a special pil grimage to the former home of Robert Louis Stevenson at Vailima, and to his grave on the mountain of Vaea.
On the return journey the volcanic island known as Tin Can will be visited, and the final call will be made at Fiji.