Family Returns From Germany To Samoa
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From Our Own Correspondent
APIA, June 20.
ON Sunday morning, June 10, the 5-ton yacht Kalua arrived at Apia from Vavau, Tonga, after a stormy and difficult trip, during which it was delayed by engine trouble for two days, when outside Apia.
On board were, besides Captain Thomas five members of the well-known Thieme family, who had boarded the little vessel at Auckland and, in observance of shipping regulations, had had to sign on as crew. They were Dr. C. Thieme, a surgeon and heart specialist, and his
German wife and six-year-old daughter; Mr. L. Thieme, construction and aero nautic engineer: and Mrs. Senning. The two Thieme brothers and Mrs. Senning are the children of Mrs. L. Thieme, of Apia. Their father, the late Dr. F. Thieme, who died in Samoa during World War I, practised in Apia for long years under the German regime, and he was widely known and greatly respected by Euro peans and Samoans for his professional skill. Dr. Thieme has been offered a posi tion at the Government Hospital at Apia and may shortly take up his work there.