Service
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Dr Rose Goes On Active
From our own correspondent
Rarotonga, Dec. 15.
A FTER a good deal of official parley \ in nr M Roc - e Assistant MprUrii r :2 1 re i fea 2c?'for Service ' with New ZeT
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A heavy round of farewells preceded the departure of the popular doctor (who is also well known in Western Samoa) including that given by the Child Wel fare Association, in which he has been interested ever since he arrived in the Group some five years ago. Dr. Rose served in the Royal Navy during World War I, and goes to NZ with the rank of Major ‘ , , A heavy load now lies on the broad shoulders of Dr. Ellison, Chief Medical Officer, and only remaining doctor in the Group, but this is alleviated to a cer tain extent by the services of three efß cient NMP’s (graduates of the Suva Medical School), John Numa, Tau Cowan and Tere Williams, on whom now devolves the bulk of the Outer Islands work.