New Vessel For Samoa

AN order has been placed with the Hong Kong and Whampod Dock Co.

Ltd. by Messrs. Burns Philp (S.S.) Co.

Ltd. for a 250-tons vessel to replace the A.S. Makoa, which was wrecked on a reef at Hull Is. last May. She will be 110 ft. in length, with lljft. beam. Two full Diesels, with twin-screws, will give her a speed of nine knots. Accommoda tion for eight passengers is to be pro vided, and she will have a carrying capacity of 120 tons.

It is anticipated that the vessel will arrive at Apia about the middle of 1938 to take up the service previously operated by the Makoa, i.e., to the Tokelaus, Swain’s Is., Puka Puka, and Phoenix Group. She will also carry on the Apia-Pago Pago run.

Mr. A. L. Armstrong, Principal Assist ant Colonial Secretary, Mr. E. Li Baker, Senior District Commissioner, and Mr.

N. B. Casey, M.8.E., Superintendent of Prisons, were recently appointed official members of the Fiji Legislative Council.