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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1950Vol. XX, No. 6

Cheng Ho Again

p. 98 · Read in the full issue

rpHE famous cruising junk, Cheng Ho, X now engaged in inter-island trade in French Oceania, is back again in the Honolulu Courts.

In 1948, Otto Degener and Mr. and Mrs. de Bisschop (who operate the junk) had a legal battle over ownership. It was settled on December 8, 1948, when Mrs. de Bisschop, for the Cheng Ho Trading Co., signed a series of promissory notes. They became overdue on December 9, 1949. whereupon Otto Degener again filed suit in the Hawaiian circuit court.