18 Wallis Islanders Adrift

From Our Own Correspondent

Apia. Feb. 22.

A WIRELESS broadcast from Suva, Fiji, states that two canoes from Wallis Island (Ue’a), a French pos session, some 500 miles north of Samoa, have been missing since February 19.

The canoes contained 18 natives. It is possible that they have been driven to Samoa. Wallis islanders often have ar rived at Falealapo (the westernmost point of Savaii) having been carried there by the prevailing current and wind.

Mr. J. J. Griffiths, who for the past six years has been manager of the Grand Pacific Hotel. Suva, Fiji, has retired. Mr.

C. Brown, formerly chief steward of the "“Matua” and “Aorangi”, has been ap pointed to the vacancy.