Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 September 1937Vol. VIII, No. 2

Drought Broken On

p. 59 · Read in the full issue

Page 5959

Christmas Island

Papeete, Aug. 19.

'THE Tahiti schooner Denys (Captain Alexander Mervin) voyaged to Christ mas Island late in July and returned to Papeete on August 11.

Captain Mervin reports that the drought there has broken and the plan tations on Christmas are rapidly recover ing from the effects of the long season of dry weather.

There was a British warship at Christ mas Island while the Denys was there.

Mr. C. R. Christian has been elected chairman of the Norfolk Is. Hospital Board.

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