Tahiti Officials Return to France
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From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, March 25.
PASSENGERS sailing on the “Eridan” from Papeete on March 16 numbered 148 for France and 14 for Cristobal.
Her cargo consisted of 1,500 tons of copra, 400 cases of tuna fish, and 400 cases of vanilla.
Monsieur Rene Haza, Chef de Cabinet to the Governor, and Monsieur Liauzun, with respective families, were among the officials returning to France.
Monsieur Rene Haza will be greatly missed in Tahiti, where he has carried out his duties with energy and efficiency, and earned the respect of the community by his sympathetic attention to all need ing his services.
Monsieur Joseph Quesnot, Counsellor to the Republic of France for French Oceania, and Monsieur Coulon, Delegate to the Union Francaise the Colony, also left for the motherland.
On departure, the captain of the vessel reported two members of his crew miss ing. They were taken into custody in Papeete the following day.