Mariposa To
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Return?
RUMOURS are again current that the Matson liner Mariposa will return to the North American-Australasian trade late this year or early in 1951.
Mariposa and Monterey, sister ships of the line, were on this run before the war.
During the war they were troop carriers and after the end of hostilities, went into dock for reconversion to the passenger trade. In 1947 work on the ships was suddenly halted for economic reasons and for two years they remained out of ser
vice while various negotiations proceeded as to their ultimate fate.
The Monterey, it appears, has been sold recently to the American President Line and will be used in the trade between San Francisco and the Philippines.
Work on reconverting Mariposa was re commenced at the end of last year.
The Bishop in Polynesia, the Rt. Rev.
L. S. Kempthorne, spent the first three months of 1950 in Tonga. During his stay, the Rev. and Mrs. E. Webber de parted for Australia because of Mrs. Web ber’s ill health. Mr. Webber’s place will be taken by the Rev F. C. Bastian, from Victoria.