The real story of the relief of a modern Robinson Crusoe in Mid-Pacific was told by passengers on the arrival of the liner Aorangi here! from Australia, Mr. Charles P, Crandall, 2 member of the Canadian delegation to} the Imperial Pros Conference, has the knack of extracting every] Glemeng of human interest out of news events, was an eye-witness of the incident, He told the story to "When on our way home from Australia the Aorangi was requeste by the liquidators of the Samoa Expoits Ca. to call at Hull Island, a tiny coral island between Suva and Honolulu, The captain was requested to get information on conditions there and to deliver letters to Schaeffer. He was originally eng aged og manager there by Lever! Brer., the big: soap firm. The great liner' stopped off this speck in the ocean and there was wild excitement in the isolated community. transpired that Schaeffer, with wife and two children and a score of Kanakas had been there for four; years, and for the past 18 months had been entirely out of communica tion with the world. With a native crew, Schaeffer left the island in outrigger canoe for the ship's ride, He told us a story of worry, and hardship which Capt, R. Craw-food, commander of the Aorangi, wirelessed to the Governor of Fiji, Schaeffer and his little party on the mid-Pacific coral ad practically been forgotten, For 18 months Schaeffer received word from his company' and for Your months his supply of ordinary food had been exhausted, Durinj that time the little community had subsisted entirely on fish and coconuts.""
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