Famous Yacht In Tahiti

THE handsome yacht “Nourmatial”, the property of Mr. Vincent Astor, of New York, U.S.A., arrived at Papeete on March 25 and departed on March 28.

Mr. Astor, who is a close friend of Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, the President of the United States, has on more than one occasion placed his yacht at the dis posal of the U.S.A, Chief Executive for fishing cruises in the Gulf of Mexico, A member of the Roosevelt family is a guest on the “Nourmatial” during the present cruise.—Papeete Correspondent.

Captain L. H. Ross, of Guinea Air ways Limited, Lae, arrive in Sydney with Mrs. Ross by the April “Neptuna”.

Miss F. .1. Irvine, 8.A., a New Zea lander, has joined the teaching staff of the Methodist Mission in Fiji.