RENOWN AT THE MARQUESAS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18922, 10 February 1927, Page 9

RENOWN AT THE MARQUESAS.

HAUNTS OF R.L.S. PICTURESQUE NATIVE WELCOME •BT ClBf.K— PRESS ASSOCIATION— COFVKIOHT., \AT;st!U'_:aJJ AXD Ki. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) MELBOURNE, February P. A wireless message from Hie Renown Mates that, a :!ay .-head of -imo, lmt punctual as to the hour, J lit .ship swung in the harbour of Nakuhiva. Marquesas Islands, steaming !,-, her anchorage without slackening speed until the last few minutes. The French Administrator oliieially railed, and was received in .-111«- fonua'li!y with a «alut».

Later in the afternoon the Ibiko and Duchess of York returned the call, and found a eotourfn! gathering awaiting tliem on tho licaeli.

Tin- Marquesas arc among the most handsome of Polynesian:), and fully bore out the reputation. Most of the men were elad in snowy-white shirts and trousers, and the women in gailvliued gowns and ilowcr-chaploffed heads. They .stood respectfully as the Hoval party passed on their'walk down the village street to the famous mission, whero I!. L. Stevenson was once known. The Duchens, on returning to the ship, was presented with a bouquet bv a very small brown child.