Gussie, Americans
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USTRALIA’S Sir Gordon Taylor . is to operate three pleasiue cruises for American tourists ■, of Honolulu this year in his :muda flying-boat, le received permission from the Government two months ago to Honolulu as a base; and is the it Australian to secure a permit m the US Government to operate asure cruises out of US territory, le will begin the series of cruises September 2 with a flight out of iney with Australian tourists for nolulu. En route he will call at Limea, Suva, the Exploring Isles iu Group, Fiji), Nukualofa, Apia, i Tokelau Islands, Canton and Imyra.
Tiese tourists will be dropped at nolulu, where they will spend 10 rs. They will then return to stralia by either ship or regular line. ’he last cruise of the series will :rate over the same route, but in erse. It is designed for American
tourists. These tourists will stay in Sydney for 10 days and will return to Honolulu by sea or air.
The all-inclusive cost of these cruises is £A7B6.
While based on Honolulu, Sir Gordon will make two cruises to Tahiti, calling at many of the islands of the group. He will return to Sydney early in December.
Sir Gordon conducted a “Bastille Day’’ cruise from Sydney this month.
He flew to Tahiti via Noumea.
Suva, Tonga and Aitutaki. He planned to stay two weeks in Tahiti so that his passengers could attend the celebrations. (Officially, July 14, but they can last a couple of weeks).
The return trip was via Apia. t Pan American Airways has sponsored a film made recently in Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora and the Tuamotu Islands. It will have a commentary in 19 different languages and will have a television version as well. (PAA do not run services to Tahiti). t In Western Samoa, village mayors, or Pulenu’us, are to be appointed inspectors in charge of the anti rhinoceros beetle campaign. They will be given sufficient power to see
that villagers search diligently for the beetles and destroy them. It is estimated that the beetle is respon sible for a loss of from 20 to 30 per cent, of W. Samoan copra—that is about 5,000 tons or £300,000.