Cook Islands Notes

From Our Own Correspondent.

Rarotonga, Nov. 30.

LEAVING us this boat are Mr. and Mrs.

Everett, who have been over ten years in Rarotonga. Mr. Everett was trading first for Radley & Co., Auckland, and later independently, and will long be remembered for his many innovations re garding methods in buying and handling fruit.

The schooner “Tagua,” from the lower group, timed her arrival nicely, so that the many Europeans going on furlough could catch the mail boats. It is a long time since the outer islands have been so denuded of white folk at one time.

Mr. and Mrs. Luckham, from Aitutaki, where he is Resident Agent, and who will be remembered in Nieu, go on leave. Also Mr. Newlands, Resident Agent in Atiu now, and formerly teacher in Samoa.

With regret we learn that his wife, of Samoa, is seriously ill in New Zealand.