Cruise
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Modern Munchausen on a Cruise
From Our Own Correspondent.
Papeete, Aug. 10.
The small yacht Mundiamo, of Los * Angeles, arrived at Papeete late in July, after several weeks of cruising among the Marquesas and Tuamotu Is lands.
We enquired how the captain managed to navigate through the dangerous Tua motus—especially at night—without land ing his boat on one of the many coral reefs of that treacherous archipelago. He replied that his yacht was equipped with hydraulic brakes. All he had to do when night came w T as to lock the brake lever
and the ship stayed in one place until it became light enough to see his sur roundings!
We did not pursue our inquiries. Rut we can foresee in the newspapers of the United States a stirring epic of the sea: of nereids and giant octopii, of submar ine volcanoes and waterspouts, of cor* sairs and cannibals, when the Mundiamo drops anchor once more in her home port.
To acquire lands, buildings, machinery, and rubber plants held by Tropical Pro ducts Pty. Ltd., Mariboi (Papua) Rubber Estates Limited was registered in Sydney in August with a capital of £50,000. Head office is in Port Moresby, Papua, and the N.S.W. agent is Mr. P. J. Egan, 60 Hun ter Street, Sydney.