New Vessel For Tahiti
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Mar. 18.
AN addition to the inter-island fleet at Papeete is the 81-tons brigantine rigged “Florence C. Robinson”.
This vessel was constructed at Glou cester, Massachusetts, U.S.A., ten years ago. A large part of the material used in her construction is teak. She is pow ered by a 50 h.p. Diesel auxiliary engine.
The ship has been bought by a local syndicate headed by Monsieur Henri Grand.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Greer, of Aropa Plantation, Kieta District, New Guinea, arrived in the East late in March en route to England on holidays. During their absence, Mr. C. Doyle is in charge at Aropa.