[?]Roi Attacks
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[?]N Papeete
FOLLOWING his re-election as !T Mayor of Papeete, Mr. Alfred Poroi lost no time in imple menting his policy of cleaning up lome of the Tahiti capital’s less desirable aspects.
On instructions from the Mayor, !hief of Police Biesel made a swoop i mid-May and rounded up what rur Correspondent calls “a famous mg of gamblers.” Thirty-six were aoled. Now, in the sights of the olice chief, are “some opium dens, Ithy residences,” and other centres f vice.
A turtle, estimated to be twelve jet long and about the same across be back, was seen in Penrhyn igoon, N. Cooks, recently. One ;ven feet in length was caught iere a few years ago.