German Cruise Ship at Samoa
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Samoa
Prom Our Own Correspondent.
Apia, May 5.
THE German Hamburg-American liner “Reliance” visited Apia in April on her world cruise, in between calls at Suva and Honolulu. She was the first tourist ship under the German flag to visit Samoa since the War. The 200 passengers thoroughly enjoyed their stay here in exceptionally good weather.
Members of the crew laid wreaths at the German and British-American monu ments at Mulinu’u.
The German Consul in New Zealand, Dr. W. Hellenthal, who with his family was returning to Germany by the “Re liance”, addressed the gathering at an impressive ceremony. He expressed the hope that the traditional friendship be tween the English and German people would be re-established in the near fu ture.