Dr. Garrick’S Son

From Our Own Correspondent

Rarotonga, Mar. 12.

T>ECENT departures include Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Garrick, who have been staying in the Cook Group for the past four months. Mr. Garrick is the only son of Tonga’s late Medical Officer.

Major F. R. Garrick, 1.M.5., who, during the Indian Round-Table Conference of 1930-31 acted as A.D.C. and Secretary to the Rajah of Parlakimedi.

Mrs. Garrick (Tuifua Veikune) is a cousin of Queen Salote of Tonga, where her father was for many years Speaker in the Parliament. She is a direct descendant of the old Tongan dynasty which preceded, but afterwards inter married with, the present ruling family.

The Garricks are proceeding to Samoa where they hope to settle permanently having been unsuccessful both here and in Tahiti, in their search for a suitable home.