An Honour Well Deserved.
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Prom Our Own Correspondent.
Rarotonga, Feb. 14.
COOK ISLANDS residents were jubilant at the award of 0.8. E. to Dr. E, P. Ellison, Chief Medical Officer of the Group. It is an honour well deserv ed for during the last 19 years he has given invaluable service in the combat ing of tropical diseases in various Is lands groups.
With the help of Mrs. Ellison, he or ganised the Rarotonga Child Welfare As sociation, and brought it to a high state of proficiency, thereby decreasing by a large percentage the death rate of infants and assuring a healthy future race. Another of his self-acquired responsibilities is the new Leper Settlement on the island of Penrhyn, and one more that he hopes will materialise in the near future is a T.B. Sanatorium on Rarotonga.
Rev. Guy Darke, formerly of St.
Paul’s Mission, Moa Island, Torres Strait, has taken charge of the parish
of Sarina, North Queensland.
Dr. May, previously at Samarai, has been appointed Medical Officer at
Misima Island, South-eastern Papua.