Farewell to the Sea: Viggo Rasmussen Retires
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Farewell To The Sea
Viggo Rasmussen Retires From Our Own Correspondent RAROTONGA, Dec. 15.
CAPTAIN VIGGO RASMUSSEN, admirable Crichton of schooner captains, has sailed with Mrs. Viggo as a passenger on board his old command, the Tiare Taporo, bound for Penrhyn Island, where he will take up the duties of Resident Agent.
On December 11 a social evening was arranged in Captain and Mrs. Rasmussen’s honour, and in spite of the bad weather tliere was a large attendance.
During the evening Judge Ayson, C.M.G., on behalf of the Captain’s numerous friends, presented him with a cheque; and Mr. S. Bennett, representing Messrs.
A. B. Donald and Co., in which firm Captain Rasmussen has served for the past 30 years, presented a second cheque, for £l5O.
A big crowd was present on the jetty at Avatiu where the Tiare Taporo pulled out for the Northern Group, and the unanimous good wishes of the community, native and European, go with Cap-