STRANGE ISLANDERS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXV, Issue 2126, 29 January 1909, Page 8

STRANGE ISLANDERS.

THE "SUCCESS CLUB" AT TAHITI. The "wild man of Tahiti" is not altogether unknown to Auckland people, as reports have been received of his strange career from time to time. He calls himself a "nature" man, and lives in the mountains behind Tahiti, scorning clothes and ordinary foods. Another peculiar band of people have now sprung into existence there They are an isolated branch of the "Success Club" of the United States, an institution altogether unknown on this side of the Pacific. Mr X. G. Hobbs, a visitor from Tahiti, at present in Sydney, stated to a reporter in that city that there were but three male members of the club, and each of the "converts" was more or less known in the islands. The visitor was unable to detail-the whole of their customs, but related that they worship the sun towards sunset and perform evolutions in the open more or less amusing to the residents, who treat them to no end of derisive remarks. The headquarters of the "Success Club" are believed to be somewhere in the United States, and to these the Tahiti members are known to contribute frequently sums of money.