M.V. "Lakatoi," Of Samara!

A RESIDENT of Samarai who remains anonymous, and the vigour of whose sentiments makes up for the paucity of his English, writes at length to complain of the service provided for passengers on the motor vessel “Lakatoi”, which runs between Samarai and the outlying islands. Our correspondent, who has travelled on the boat recently, described at length his unhappy experience. He declares that the food supplied to pas sengers was limited in quantity and poor in quality, and that travellers who know something of the conditions usually pro vide themselves with a food supply before they leave. “The vessel is beautifully fitted up,” says our correspondent, “and the comfort of the passengers has been studied carefully by the builders; but the actual treatment of the passengers once they are aboard the vessel is very bad indeed.”

Mr, R. Vance arrived in Sydney from Malaita, British Solomon Islands, by the last “Morinda” arfd continued on to New Zealand where he will spend furlough. He is a mission worker with the South Sea Evangelical organisation and is stationed at Makwanu on Malaita.