Mariposa May Bring Dollar
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Tourists To S-W Pacific
ACCORDING to Washington reports, the United States Maritime Commis sion has recommended that the refit of the 18,000-ton Mariposa be completed im mediately and that she resume regular trips between San Francisco and Auck land and Sydney.
When reconditioned the Mariposa will
be able to carry 726 passengers—4BB in first class, 238 tourist.
In Canberra, on May 5, the Common wealth Minister for Supply (Mr. Beale) said that Cabinet had set up an Austra lian Tourist Division to encourage tourists to Australia. He said the American Mat son Shipping Line had stated that it was willing to spend 20 million dollars to refit the Mariposa to carry 4,000 American tourists to the South West Pacific each year.