NO CHRISTMAS DAY
OFFICIALLY IGNORED. FUN ON MARIPOSA. [Special to “Northern Advocate.”} AUCKLAND, This Day. Longitude cannot be altered, so the Matson liner Mariposa, owing to the difference in calendar dates between the U.S.A. and Fiji, was compelled officially to ignore Christmas Day. Nevertheless, there were happy hours spent in celebration of Christmas, the day before the liner reached Suva on her way out from Los Angeles. Although the celebrations were held on December 24, when the steamer arrived at Suva the next day, it was December 26.
In both first and second classes a gay evening was spent. Mr John Fuller made an excellent Santa Claus and after giving a sincere talk on the meaning and spirit of Christmas, he proceeded to distribute presents to each child on board, on behalf of the company. A "Christmas tree in each class was a feature of the jollity and in the one class the tree was hung with 150 gifts which Santa presented to passengers from other passengers. Christmas carols were sung with enthusiasm and later a topical concert was given.
When the Mariposa is on her way to Sydney on New Year’s Eve there will be a costume ball, which is expected to outrival even the grandeur of the Christmas party.
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Northern Advocate, 29 December 1934, Page 3
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211NO CHRISTMAS DAY Northern Advocate, 29 December 1934, Page 3
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