Left 500,000 Fr.!
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Cruising Liner Welcomed In Tahiti
Prom Our Own Correspondent rrotr * • . PAPEETE, March 10. rpHE tourist ship “Kungsholm” (Swed gf) ca Jl at Papeete on February 29 and left the same day for Ramtea Hiva-Oa, the Galapagos Islands, Panama and New York. ° f fi T s hiti Wore sur P rise( J and delighted to find among the “Kungs ho!m passengers no blonde ladies in shorts and little other clothing, such as "wp® y COme aShore here fr °" “uifl At Ra’iatea the ship’s company were walking y a " exhibition of Bre.
If the “Kungsholm” keeps to her ad vertised schedule, she will make a rec ord run from Tahiti to New York— mghteen days, including calls at Ra’ia tea, Marquesas and Galapagos.
Many Tahiti people, who had been waiting a long time to book steamer tunhTtn 0 thG StatGS ’ took the tunity to voyage on this fast and luxurious vessel. They included Mr.
and Mrs. James Norman Hall, Miss Hall Mr. Charles B. Nordhoff and Mr. J Frank Stimson, of the Bishop Museum.
The “Kungsholm” bought supplies liberally in Papeete, and spent more money there than had been seen for years, from one ship. Mr. O. Nordman, who acted as providore for the vessel, estimated that ship and passengers left 500,000 francs in Tahiti.
The “Kungsholm” will be back in Papeete, on another cruise, in July.