New Ships For The Pacific

IT is reported from San Francisco that the Matson Company has purchased three steamers—the “Todd”, “White Squall” and “Stokes”. They are to be re-named respectively the “Ventura”, “Sonoma” and “Sierra” —three names well known in the old days of trans-Pac ific trade—and they will run on a regular schedule between San Francisco, Pago Pago, Suva. Auckland, Sydney and Mel bourne. Other ships already running on that schedule include the “Marine Phoe nix”. the “Francis Wardwell” and the “Bernard Rodman”. The “Sonoma” left San Francisco on June 4.

The Rev. Ben Chenoweth, of the Metho dist Mission, has returned to the work at Rabaul. New Guinea, which was in terrupted years ago by the Jap in vasion.