Tahiti Fifty Years Ago

WHEN the “Tropic Bird” arrived at Papeete, Tahiti, in January, 1894, the merchants of Tahiti pre’sented her with a rooster flag, because she had made the voyage in 17 days and 20 hours.

She had sailed 4,200 miles, although the “great circle is 3,656.”

In 1875, the “Glory of the Seas” sailed from San Francisco to Sydney in 35 days, a distance of 6,514 miles. In 1878, the British ship “Caitloch” sailed from Astoria to Queenstown in 89 days.

The Rev. A. H. Voyce, of the Metho dist Mission, has been appointed chap lain to New Zealand Forces serving in the Pacific.