Rarotonga Resident.
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Death of Well-known Rarotonga Resident.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rarotonga, June 15.
MR. E. H. R. MITCHELL, the owner and manager of a local store, and a resident of the island for some 21 years, died at Rarotonga on June 14.
Mr. Mitchell’s death was not alto gether unexpected, for he had been vis ibly failing in health for some months past.
He was of a sympathetic tempera ment and was highly esteemed as a business man. At the time of his death, he was patron of the Rarotonga Bowl ing Club.
Mr. Mitchell, who was 65 years of age, leaves a widow and a grown-up family of seven. His eldest son was killed in the Great War.
Mr. Mitchell formerly resided at Tonga.