TAHITI NEWS. Papeete, October 20.,

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 319, 24 November 1888, Page 6

TAHITI NEWS. Papeete, October 20.,

Things ar r e very quiet here ab -present' and there is .nothing*'. much doing. The burrifc barque, Theodore Dews .is being repaired. She was purchased at^auction by the French house' of Raul and. Co.,' and she is to Be made into a copra storehouse. ' 1 The cruising yacht Nyanzi, flying the British Royal Yacht Club flag, arrived here during the latter part of last month and left 'about fourteen- days ago, her last port of call being the Marquesas. She 1 left tor the Pitcairn Islands, and went thence to Fiji. On arrival there the owner will decide whether he' will go to 'Frisco or New Zealand. One peculiarity about the Nyanzi is her foremast arid mainmast are closer together than any vessel I ever saw. She is said to be an exceedingly fast vessel. She had her main boom replaced here, her old one having been 'carried away shortly before arrival. The weather foere 1 and outside of late has been very line. All the mail-carriers — Tahiti, City of Papeete, and Tropic Bird are overdue, owing to there being no wind to bring them along. Mr Talbo.t, the English Consul, left here by the Tahiti for Cahtornia. He has been replaced by Mr Millis, the Vice-Consul, who is a son of the former English Consul of Tahiti.- It is a good thing an Englishman holds that position, for it makes things connected with the Customs duty much easier for Britishers. One ot the restrictions enforced here is, that if you have a pleasure boat of any kind, you cannot go half a mile outside the reefs unless you have a certificated captain on board. Sometimes you can get a permit, but that entails a lot of trouble in the way of red tape. Fancy getting a captain on board to go to Morea, an i&land about the same distance from Papeete, a& Waiheke ia from Auckland. Captain Arnaud, who in conjunction with Mr Cattet had the Gauloisa built in Auckland, has sold out to his partner and taken charge of the schooner JMateata. The main fault people tind with the Gauloise is, that she is too high wooded for these seas. The American yacht Casco, 110 tons, Capt. Otis, arrived here a few days ago iroin the Marquesas, and leib to-day lor Honolulu, via Huahine and- Samoa. She is chartered by Mr Stephens, a well-known author, who is making a tour of the world in her. She is more like a receding schooner than a yacht. She is not to be compared to the Nyanzi. The Scorpion ha& lelt for France, her time being up. The American man-o'-warMepukee came* here to coal. She remained five days andleft for Samoa. The V T olta is at Raiatea. The Viri left for Pomuto and krambier and the Diva for the Leeward Islands. Mr Chambers, manager for Donald and Edenborough, has Fevered his connection, with that farm and leaves per Richmond for Auckland. He is well liked here, and is a good friend to any Englishman that he comes in contact with. Mr Anderson^ late of Auckland, also, returns by the, Rich, mond. The Nautilus arrived from Auckland Task week.