Pacific Cyclone
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TWO villages were destroyed in a series of violent storms over Pen rhyn Island, the Cook group, on New Year’s Eve. When one-third of the houses in one village, and two-thirds in another, were destroyed, inhabitants fled inland. Coconut plantations were razed, but there was no loss of life.
Suwarrow, another island in the group, also survived a destructive cyclone.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton returned to New Zealand in December after having com pleted his term of service as Postmaster at Rarotonga, Cook Islands.