Rotuman Lepers Leave
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For Makogai
Rotuma, Nov. 14.
SAD scenes were witnessed here to-day when the Tui Kanacea sailed for Makogai with 18 Rotumans, who had been declared lepers. Before the lepers sailed.
Chief Jotama and his wife raised £16/19/among friends to assist the unfortunates with clothing and necessary comforts, as the majority of them were in distressed circumstances. Some local firms declined to contribute.
At a meeting of Directors of Holden’s Air Transport Services Ltd., held on No vember 19, an interim dividend of 6d. per share, equal to 10 per cent, per annum, was declared payable on Novem ber 30. The company’s transfer books were closed from November 28 to No vember 30,