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Penrhyn
THE celebration of the centenary of the establishment of the London Missionary Society’s station on Penrhyn (Cook Islands) took place there during the first week in July.
Visitors attended from every island in the Cooks, travelling by the Society’s vessel John Williams VI, which made a round of the Group, and by the inter-island vessel Char lotte Donald.
The celebrations were attended by the Resident Commissioner, Mr.
Geoffrey Nevill, who also took the opportunity afforded by the John
Williams VI to pay his first visit to all the Northern Group islands. This can rarely be done on a single voy age from Rarotonga in the inter island vessels. The John Williams VI made a special call at unin habited Suwarrow on the run south,
in mid-July.
The NZ Air Service Licensing Authority announced in July that Tasman Empire Airways had been granted a five-years license for a non-schedule passenger and goods service to the Chatham Is. (400 miles east of Lyttelton, NZ).
The next scheduled flight is for November.