Seven Tourist Boats For Fiji.

From Our Own Correspondent.

Suva, Mar. 1.

SUVA is to have a large number of visits from tourist vessels this year, these including the 42,300 tons liner “Empress of Britain”, which will be the largest liner ever to visit Suva.

Th,e dates of their arrival are:— “Strathaird” April 9-10.

“Empress of Britain’’ April 18.

“Katoomba” April 19-20.

“Reliance” April 21.

“Franconia” May 2.

“Strathmore” July 30-31.

“Maunganui” August 12-13.

It is interesting to note that on five days running in April there will be large

passenger liners in port, for the “Niag ara” north-bound will arrive on April 22. , aggregate almost 85,000 tons of shipping for th,e five days.

Rt. ev * J* Darnand, Bishop of Wes tern Samoa, arrived in Auckland by the February “Matua” to attend the N Z Roman Catholic Church centenary cele brations. He will return to Apia in April. i, , . . who spent 13 years in Tonga as principal of the Methodist Mission’s Tubou College before retiring in 1936, has been appointed head of the Methodist Ladies’ College, Melbourne.

Since last year, he has been minister of Wesley Church, Concord, Sydney.