Santo Celebrates Bastille
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From Our Own Correspondent SANTO. July 20.
JULY 14, the 160th anniversary of the fall of the Bastille in Paris, was cele brated in Santo with a Condominium holiday.
The night of the 13th saw the opening of the Cine Tropicale, Santo’s new cinema and dance hall, established in the new “township,” which has mushroomed along the northern arm of the Canal in recent months.
The French District Agent, M. A.
Menager, and Mme. Menager, held a public reception at their home in Lugan ville on the morning of the 14th.
Bicycle races were held in the after noon and the French film “Frederica” was shown at the Harris Cinema in the evening.
The auxiliary cutter, “Adi Gaitane,” capsized in rough seas a mile outside Levuka harbour entrance on July 19. The cutter, which is owned by Burns, Philp, Levuka, was taken in tow by the auxiliary ketch “Tui Valavala.”