Luxury Coach Travel

for Tourists in Fiji

BUS travellers in Viti Levu, hardened to the rigours of land travel in Fiji, wistfully contem plate the splendours of two luxury coaches, British-built and designed for tropical comfort, which have been running on the King’s and Queen’s Roads since December 1.

Many of the veteran vehicles which bucket round Viti Levu pro vide dust-baths and mud-baths according to the weather, but the new arrivals are semi-air-conditioned and have electric fans for use when the coaches are stationary. White linen headrests are fitted to the seats, and —wonder piled on wonder —an electric button on each seat can be pressed to summon a hostess.

All this, of course, is something beyond the range of everyday travellers. The two luxury coaches, imported by Pacific Transport, Ltd., an Indian firm, are chartered to Whites Travel Service, Ltd., New Zealand.

Four of Pacific’s most experienced drivers are coach captains, and five comely Suva girls have been appointed as hostesses after training in first-aid, in travel service, and in giving commentaries over the public-address system in each coach.

To the radio receivers in the coaches are to be added radio-tele phones for emergency communica tion —very useful in a country where a tropical deluge can wreck time tables without warning.

The inclusive cost of the Viti Levu

tours covers meals, light refresf ments on board and hotel accoc modation.

If Dr. J. L. M. de Beaux and Mrs,.

Beaux left Honiara in October overseas leave.