Easter Islanders Continu[?]
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Easter Islanders Continu[?] World Tour
THE five Easter Islanders wH reached Atiu Island in the Coo Group in late November, aftj a 54-days open-boat voyage fra Easter Island, travelled by loc: schooner to Aitutaki to connect wit the TEAL aircraft due there o January 20.
After flying to Tahiti they w\ travel to Panama by sea in la* January. The New Zealand Go< ernment is advancing their fares ; far as Tahiti, and will be advise later by Chilean authorities as r gards to the disposal of the boat which the adventurers sailed. (The high-spirited sort of ao venture indulged in by the East: Islanders makes world headlines? but the cost to long-suffering ta: payers is considerable).