Tofua Enters Islands
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Service
THE Union SS Co.’s new Islands passenger and cargo vessel, Tofua, will, according to the published timetable, now provide a regular monthly call at Pago Pago, instead of the irregular service sup plied by Matua. This should be of help to American Samoa, which has been poorly provided with passenger ship connections since the war.
However, the news is scarcely likely to please New Zealand’s Cook Islands residents, who had long sup posed that at least the Matua would be reallocated to the Rarotonga service when Tofua arrived.
Our Apia correspondent reports that the commercial community there will heartily welcome the new vessel, which will offer increased opportunities for cargo and passen ger traffic with the outside world.
Efforts are being made in Apia to stimulate banana production, in order to induce the Union Co. to have Matua also continue her calls there, Apia in December was planning some welcoming functions for the first visit of Tofua, including, if possible, a special Tofua Race Meet ing sponsored by the Apia Turf Club in honour of the occasion.