Queer Fishing in Papeete

Papeete

From Our Own Correspondent

Papeete, July 28.

PROPELLED by a high wind, a light delivery lorry owned by Mr. Oscar G. Nordman, ship-supply service, of Papeete, cast loose from its brakes at the waterfront, careered wildly across the wharf and took a flying leap into the harbour, and disappeared under the sea.

Milton, the owner’s son, was superin tending the delivery of supplies to the steamer “Waikawa,” en route from San

Francisco to Apia. Upon arrival at the vharf, he saw that the “Waikawa” was ibout to depart. Leaving the lorry stand ng nearby, he rushed with his helpers o get the provisions aboard.

When he returned, his lorry was miss ug. Spectators at the water’s edge, ges nculating wildly, apprised him of the of the missing vehicle which, mder pressure of the wind and assisted >y a slight seaward tilt of the wharf, lad gone overboard.

Before long, hoisting gear came to the escue, pearl divers were pressed into ser ice, grappling hooks were affixed—and iuthm three hours of its submergence he accompanying shot of the vehicle Pas taken.

Mr. G. F. Witty, supervisor of the new eper station at Tetere, near Honiara, Jntish Solomon Islands, returned to BSI rom Sydney this month. He has been o NZ, to take his goodlooking young laughter Natalie to BSI —she has just ompleted four years in school at Christ hurch. For eleven years, the Witty amily were residents of Suva, where Jr. Witty was engineer at the hospital, le is now completing the difficult task of •uilding the BSI station. He has a score * lepers there now; there are another 50 !r so at the Melanesian Mission leper tatipn; and there are more at other mssion stations in the group.

Elections to fill the place in the Tahitian Representative Assembly occupied by the late M. Quesnot resulted in a win for M. Alexis Bersnast, with 539 votes

out of 1,626 cast. There were six other candidates. M. Bersnast first came to the Pacific as one of the original Nordist colonists to New Caledonia.

Truck being fished out of harbour.