Accommodation At

Rarotonga

From Our Own Correspondent RAROTONGA, December 29. f I MAKING advantage of the long week-end afforded by the Union Co.’s special Christmas trip, 60 visitors arrived here on Saturday the 28th and will return again to Wellington on to-morrow’s Makura.

Both the Hotel Rarotonga and Avarua House are full, the former having had to accommodate a number of guests in two houses rented for this purpose. By means of a potted time-table and the voluntary co-operation of residents, the visitors have been able to obtain a good insight into island life despite the short time at their disposal.

Intending visitors to Rarotonga are not perhaps aware that in addition to the Hotel Rarotonga there is a second establishment where they may stay during their visit.

At Avarua House, conducted by Mrs. P.

Shearman, accommodation may be obtain ed at the rate of £2/2/- a week or 10/-per day for shorter periods. Although some what smaller and quieter than the Hotel Rarotonga, Avarua House offers a pleasant asylum to those seeking a restful and in expensive holiday.

Mr. R. C. M acPherson, of the literary staff of the “Fiji Times,” was in Sydney on furlough during January. He is a New Zealand-trained journalist who has adopted the Pacific Islands life.

Mr. P. N. Williams, Chief Clerk in the Samoan Public Works Department, was a passenger to New Zealand by the December Maui Pomare.

Mr. Anthony St. Aubyn, of Levuka, Fiji, was married at the Sacred Heart Church on December 3 to Miss Nellie Harman, daughter of Mrs. T. Harman, of Levuka.

Rev. H. T. Shotton, of the Methodist Mission, returned to Kiriwina, Papua, after furlough in Australia, by the Mon toro on January 11.

Mr. E. G. Middleton, accountant of Messrs. Morris, Hedstrom Ltd.’s branch at Labasa, Fiji, died on December 3. He had been a member of Morris, Hedstrom’s staff at Labasa for over 12 years.

Mr. Eli Jennings, of Swain’s Island (Eastern Samoa), arrived in Western Samoa with his family by the Makoa on December 2. He has taken up residence at Apia until next May.

Messrs. K. Atkinson, H. Hill, H. Halli day and S. N. Stevenson, employees of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., returned to New Guinea by the January Montoro after furlough in Australia.

Captain A. S. Fitch, managing director of Steamships Trading Co. Ltd., Port Moresby, returned to Papua by the December Macdhui, after a business visit to Australia.

Mr. W. Kipling died in December at Labasa, Fiji, at the age of 70. He was an Englishman, and had resided 'in the Colony for many years.

Mr. A. A. C. Hall, accompanied by his wife and child, departed for Port Moresby by the Montoro early in January. He is an Assistant Resident Magistrate in the Central Division of Papua.

Mr. R. M. Boyd, mining engineer, of Melbourne, has accepted the position of technical director of Australian Mineral Development Co. N.L., which was formed in Victoria in January with capital of £30,000 in £5 shares to despatch an expedition to the Solomon Islands on Captain A. J. Villiers’ sailing ship Joseph Conrad.