the Cooks
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Seventeen Years in the Cooks Mr. S. Bennett Leaves for NZ
From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga, Nov. 5.
MR. S. BENNETT, general manager for the Cook Islands branches of A. B.
Donald, Ltd., left Rarotonga early in November, after nearly 17 years’ service in the islands. He is a man of unlimited energy and has done much to promote his firm’s interests in the Group. '
He will not, however, completely sever his connections with the islands, as he is to take up duties at the head office of the company in Auckland. He will con trol the affairs of the Pacific Islands branches.
Mr. Bennett took an interest in the public life of Rarotonga, and was an elected European member of the Island Council from 1937 until his resignation in September this year; he was also a mem ber of the Education Board.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett attended a round of farewell parties before leaving, and a presentation was made by public sub scription. Their only daughter, Dorothy, who has been brought up in Rarotonga, left last year to complete her education in New Zealand.
Mr. H. R. Surridge, of Fiji, has been appointed a member of the Suva School Committee.