They Prefer It Luxe ...

-her than the Government ship vana Roa. . , There is a certain prestige attached the venture since a comparatively •ge amount of money is involved the passage.

Perhaps because of this expense, Dst wish the trip could be “stretched it”. So the high speed of the luxury aers is the only complaint ever deed. . , , C A Otherwise, the islanders find easure and amusement in almost all ey do aboard, from taking hot lowers for the first time in their /es to talking to each other by the aur over the private stateroom tele aones, often running to the next ateroom to see if their friends are uly on the line.

The sumptuous choice of foods is aother novelty that causes delight. If ie ordinary passenger is sometimes yerwhelmed by the wide and deli lous variety of food available at ach meal, picture a table of taro nd bully beef-oriented islanders laking their first order.

We saw one group—boys m their ite teens and early twenties—shyly lacing their orders with a very londe waitress the second night out.

They were dressed in blue jeans nd bright shirts, sharply contrasting nth the more conservative dress of ie other diners.

With any other people, this con rast plus their apparent inability to omprehend the menu might well

iave been pathetically embarrassing

o witness.

But the young men’s scarcely ontained excitement over being erved by the pretty blonde plus the fiendly willingness of the waitress to sxplain the menu with a few jokes to

the perience even for those watching In cidentally, the boys all had fried ch «*em (q the islanders is that for the first time in their lives friendly chief steward, replied: ‘‘Heck no! Well very rarely mdeed an juice we asked foe ifthe stewards

islanded since They little

““My these people; they know it s not the custom. Besides, a steward knows he himself has a lot more money than an islander. No, I’ve never heard one of my boys complain, In fact, there seems to be a great deal of sympathy for the islanders and a willingness to help. One crew member put it this way. These poor people don’t know what’s ahead of them down there in t the big smo .

At least we can make things as good for them as possible before they get to Auckland.” . , This may be why so many islanders dont mind paying up to £lOO tor a trip on the J%? rip °il rather than £4O on the Government ship Moana the only taste of high life they 11 have for the rest of their lives, One thing is certain: it is the kind of luxury emigration the likes ot which most migrants in the world will never know.

New Church: This

handsome new Catholic church, re cently erected at Tangarare, makes a pleasant break on the impressive, but monotonous weather coast of Guadalcanal.

The church measures 44 ft. by 96 ft. It was built by Brother

Sydenham, of

Wagga, NSW.