In Tahiti[?]

TEAL First Flight Welc[?]

Tnaugurating Teal’S New

A Route, the 35-ton Solent A with a crew of eight and nine passengers, arrived on November 2 On November 30, Governor Petit ceived the official guests for dis on the future of the airline, wl Aparima made a flight to Bora-Bo local guests. In the evening, visit guests were entertained by th Agents, Etablissements Donald, at tail party at “Tropiques.”

On December 1, the Solent ma flights round Tahiti and Moore guests; and that evening G Fetitbon entertained the official at Government House. Later, most party attended the Fei-Pi Sporl Ball.

On December 2, the visitors wen tained at a native feast, organised Tourist Bureau.

They left on the return flight early on December 3.

TEAL officials expressed general faction with local facilities. The shops at Fare Ute would be cap handling any urgent maintenance Tropiques Hotel interferes somewhi the approach to the landing, and be necessary to undertake some < here, as well as at Faanui (on tl side of the harbour).

Leniency For A Crimina

There has been unfavourable cc in Tahiti on the leniency of a s< recently imposed on a Tubuai man The native, Hatarau Tehoiri, wa victed of rape and murder of a r woman in Tubuai in 1930. The t the woman was cut into small piec buried. He was sentenced to hard lor life but, after serving 15 yeai paroled and banished to the Marq Lately, he was again convicted c of a young girl in the Marquesas, he is said to be greatly fearee sentenced to one year in prison.

General News

The dismasted passenger-yacht was still lying in Papeete Uarb< early January (PIM, December, pag It is reported she was insured against total loss and that the formed Compagnie Generale des V Polynesiens will have to pay the bill.

A whooping-cough epidemic was re from Papeete early January. A number of children, over-taxinj hospital accommodation, were hou; the maternity ward.

The US Co. freighter Wairata North American ports called at P on December 16—first visit for years.

The 4-tons American sloop Hire arrived at Papeete from San Frai via the Marquesas. early Dec< Owner Preben Kauffmann and S Henry Little wore impressive beards said, to prevent sunburn—but out of projected two well-burnt noses, calls planned are the Cooks, Fiji, 1

Oceanic Line’s Alameda (Capt. E. up) called at Papeete early r with 2,000 tons of general cargo.

Svedstrup was shown around t>y PIM correspondent Oscar Nord 10m he had not met for 40 years, iptain, it is reported, was dis ed when he renewed acquaintance me Tahiti belles of 40 years ago. ernand Legras, proprietor of the , du Commerce and a Councillor City of Noumea, New Caledonia, in Papeete by Sagittalre on 7 3, on a brief visit. iers to the English language news sts from Radio Tahiti (Thursday, 4T, on 6135 kc/s) will be interested >w that the announcer is an in, Mr. Homer K. Morgan, who I a daughter of the well-known nily.