[?]Uwarrow Is Abandoned

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7JR. TOM NEALE, who has been rAthe target for good-humoured banter as the sole resident of uwarrow since October, 1952, was ithdrawn from the atoll at his own iquest when the inter-island vessel annah called there June 23.

He found living hard, and pre irious in the hurricane season, igs played havoc with his crops itil he killed them off. His sup ies were also raided by shell vers who were stationed there om May to September last year.

The divers gathered only four ns of shell before they were ithdrawn by the two employers bo held licences to do exploratory ving.

Severe infestation by termites in le coconuts has prevented copra ■eduction at the atoll, and its ily use in post-war years has been 1 a weather reporting station— itil the observer-wireless operators sre withdrawn late 1950 because ie hurricane shelter was unsafe id the cost of replacing it not )rth the benefits. There are iserving stations at Palmerston to e south and Puka Puka to the )rth.