NZ Foodstuffs for Pago Pago
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and Tahiti
Quantities of fresh foodstuffs are now being sent regularly from Auckland to Pago Pago in the refri gerated Space of north-bound Matson liners. The “Monterey”, which sailed from Auckland on May 30, carried fresh meat, butter, cream, cheese and sugar to Pago Pago, whose population has in creased enormously within the last year, as the result of its development as a naval base’. Pago Pago is within four days’ sail of Auckland.
About 40 tons of meat, butter and cheese consigned to Tahiti were carried on the “Monterey”. The “Monterey” will call at Tahiti on this trip and will omit Honolulu on the voyage to San Fran cisco..—NZ “Herald”.