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Sydney.
MR. C. S. RAMSAY, of Tonga, origin ator of the famous ‘‘tin-can mail”, by which letters from Niuafoou Is land were taken by swimmers to liners off-shore, arrived in Sydney in February by the “Niagara”.
Mr. Ramsay inaugurated the scheme which was the only one of its kind in the world, in 1921, when he was em ployed on Niuafoou by Morris, Hedstrom Fty. Limited. He maintained it for ten years, when the death of a native who was attacked by a shark put an end to it. During this period Mr. Ramsay swam out with letters 112 times.