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\rL-> French colony or Ttt js Eastern Pacific,. is hoping tor great from t.ha _ cpering_ Gh the ira;: Cannl. jnliifci, .-. i: ; •. *•" ;:*.ihcuring isisr.cd <•! docistv Group, and this lueinpc-lsgoos of ti.o fanmotaa, tho Itlarq-Jectia, and ot.-.er sraallar 21' ;-JCr, CMl3l' t'23 tOS rich Sot pCl'MO'l of E™o:'-n Oceania, but it has not fiouriaued unco? tlu*- sole oi Um tri- ■ eciouv. Now, however, i'resu life is* bei into t'ua French, posses siona by the proposal ot the noma Gcvoit.d;? r. l ■- to spsnd larg<? sum 3of money in carrying out works with the object of making Tahiti a great maritime centre. Papeeie, iaiii:.-i s po?'t, is to ; I converted r, ii~^ielasj comnu : hutooor hy deepening t-:e re--c= ? hj:.: its entrance, the srVciik:; oj: eight Ugh'holism sa beacons for ih® neighbouring r'slcnds and islets, and the construction of large quays asid cosl wiiii steam fi.n;] ;i£ o'iu--:' i"j'icnt■ i^i*y nec^s sary to a well - equipped oeapo«:i. These Yvcr.-is are contemplated in vjcw o? Papeete hcecmirx the mio-ocean calling-place for sisanurs between Panarr.3 and Australasian countries. The opc-ning of the g'reat canal will s?nd a score of steamers through Sr.sterri Oceania where one is seen st present, und 'lts new vessels will bn o'' for greater tonnage than thoss •vhich nijv-j vioifc Papeete. The French Isi and poit is nearly five thousand miles from Panama, and about 2300 frou: New Zealand, and no other island along th« route possesses so good a harbour. This fact is of interest to New Zealand, bceause steamers trade regularly to Tahiti from Wellington and Auckland, and about half Oceania's total trade is carried on with this country. Tp take only ons factor, the establishment of 8 great coaling station, at Papeete ior the use of tho' Panama steamers r.-ou!d be of considerate importance to the Dominion.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 607, 1 November 1913, Page 2
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