SUCCESSFUL CRUISE
•MAUNGANUI’S TRIP EXCELLENT WEATHER Excellent weather prevailed throughout the recent ci’uise of the Union liner Maunganui to Pacific Islands and, in fact, there was not a shower of rain .to mar the many enjoyable events arranged for the 250 holidaymakers.
The marked success' that has attended the winter cruises from New Zealand) to the Islands over the past five or six years is attributed to the ability of the holiday to early people away from the cares and worries of every-day life to new scenes and different peoples.
Tourists from many parts of New Zealand l travelled! in the Maunganui to Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji on the liner’s second cruise, which concluded on Friday with the return of the vessel to Wellington, via Auckland. A full programme was arranged for the visitors at the various ports of call, including Nukualofa, capital of Tonga, the land-locked harbour of Vavau, Apia, the capital of Western Samoa, Niuafoou, and 1 Levuka and Suva in the Fijian group. During the days in between ports, there were sports, tournaments, a. gymkhana, talking pictures and fancy dress balls. The ship’s staff was indefatigable in its efforts to amuse and entertain the passengers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 21 August 1939, Page 13
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