Death Of John Larsen, Of

Papeete

Link With Stevenson

A LAST link with Robert Louis Steven son was broken on December 23, when Mr. John Larsen died in Papeete, Tahiti.

Mr. Larsen first visited Tahiti in the late ’eighties, as a member of the crew of Stevenson’s yacht “Casco.” He re mained for some time with “Tusitala,” on the “Casco,” and then he served on the Oceanic liners “Australia” and “Zea landia.” But the call of beautiful Tahiti was ever with him; and he finally left the “Zealandia” in Papeete, and remained there for over 50 years, until his death.

His death occurred almost exactly 51 years after Stevenson died in Samoa, in 1894.

Mr. Larsen commanded several schooners belonging to S. R. Maxwell & Co., running out of Papeete, but ill-health finally compelled him to remain ashore.

For many years, his has been a familiar figure on the benches, under the trees, on Papeete’s famous waterfront esplanade.

Clcan up Campaign in Tahiti's

Chief Town

THE new Mayor of Papeete (Tahiti), M. Alfred Poroi, has started the Municipal staff on a town-cleaning campaign, and a number of insanitary places have had a thorough doing over.

The clean-up was overdue.

The Mayor gave special attention to the food-shops in the market-place. Some butchers were annoyed when they were told that they could not smoke while cutting up meat. But the great majority of townsfolk, food distributors included, warmly approve of the new move.

A new recruit to the Anglican Mission, Papua, is the Rev. J. C. V. Anderson, who will leave for the Territory in February.