Interests Rarotongans
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Torpedo Practice
From Our Own Correspondent.
RAROTONGA, September 4.
ON August 15, H.M.N.Z.S. Dunedin, flying the broad pennant of Commo dore the Hon. E. R. Drummond, M.V.0., dropped anchor off Avarua, Rarotonga.
As the vessel was scheduled to remain five days a comprehensive programme had been arranged for the entertainment of officers and men. Lorry-loads of sailors were driven round the island, sports com petitions were held in the various vil lages and a number of dances given.
On Saturday, the 17th, Tinirau Makea Ariki organised a small fish-drive at Titikaveka followed by a native umukai for the officers. Before leaving for Nukualofa on August 19 the Dunedin fired two practice torpedoes, an evolution which created great interest among the native who lined the waterfront to watch this unusual sight.
Miss H. Baker, who has been a mission worker for 30 years among the Australian aboriginals at La Perouse, Sydney, left on October 5 by the Katoomba to attend the centenary celebrations of the Metho dist Church in Fiji. Her father was Rev.
Thomas Baker, the first white missionary martyred in Fiji.