Cook Island News.
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Vice-Regal Visit.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rarotonga, April 24.
RAROTONGA is keenly looking for ward to the arrival of the war ship “Diomede” with Their Excel lencies, Lord and Lady Bledisloe.
H.M.S. ‘“Diomede” is expected to arrive on the morning of April 27.
Arrangements are in train for the hold ing of a gigantic native function at the main village Avarua. The war ship sails direct from Rarotonga to Auckland without calling at any other Cook Islands ports.
“Tagua’S” Return.
Like a bird of good omen signalising the return of cool and calm weather conditions the schooner “Tagua” arrived from Papeete on April 11 to commence her sailings amongst the islands of the Cook Group. A burning desire seems to possess writers and journalists, when they see the little schooner, to take passage on her and experience the thrills of travelling by a sailing ship to Pacific Islands which have so much attraction for the romancer and dreamer of the outer world. The “Tagua” departed on April 14 on her first round of the season of the Lower Islands with a cargo of foodstuffs and many bags of mail. On this occasion the time-honoured cus tom of schooners not sailing on a Friday was broken —the “Tagua” sailed on Good Friday.