Ship With Measles Banned
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Papeete, Dec. 31
THE steamer “Permanente,” believed to be under charter to certain interests in Hawaii, arrived off Papeete on December 28. intending to pick no some thousands of tons of copra. She was r>nf nllnwpri however, because she had 15 cases of German measles— a disease which may play havoc among Pacific Islanders.
She sailed the same dav. after taking aboard several Tahiti passengers and about 900 tons of water.
The engagement is announced of Miss Peggy Pyne, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Pyne. of Roseville. Sydney, but formerly of Tonga, where Mr. Pyne was Collector of Customs, to Mr. Colin Hud son, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hudson, of Roseville. Sydney.