Us Closes Pacific Consulates
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AS stated in the December issue of “PIM” the United States Govern ment has closed its Consulate in Papeete, Tahiti. There has been a US Consulate in Tahiti almost continuously for 114 years and the closing of it has been a disappointment to Tahiti
generally.
The following table shows the Consuls and Vice-consuls in Papeete since 1834:
Consuls:
Moerenhout, J. A 1834 Blackler, S. N 1839 Kelly, W. H 1851 Owner, H. 1857 Turner, V 1858 Vandon, J 1862 Perkins, F. A 1868 Atwater, D 1871 Doty, J. D 1902 Dreher, J. D 1906 Winship, N .. 1910 Goodyear, J. H 1913 Layton, T. B 1913 Withey, H. F 1919 Boyle, L. V 1924 Garrety. W. P 1929 de Lambert, R. M 1941-1946 Scott, W. H 1947-1948
Vice-Consuls:
Chapman, G. R 1845 Kelly, W. H 1848 Grey, E. L 1850 Manning, W. W 1856 Cushing, C 1860 Young, J. J Date unknown Hart, J 1891 Williams, W. J 1910-1914 Mersman, S , .. 1923-1947 Rand, E. B 1933 Cobb, G. C 1937 Herrick, T. A 1948 The United States has also recently closed the consulate in Suva, Fiji.
Tahiti welcomed the American yacht “Nordlys,” which arrived there on November 9 from Annapolis, Maryland. She is owned by Captain O. Darr, a former US Navy Commander of World War 11. He and crew wi |j S p enc j a f ew mo nths explorin£r thp hpanHfni i«ip nnri win tbpn