Marooned, But
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Reluctant,
On Nassau
CJINCE the Pukapuka people of the O Cook Islands purchased Nassau island several years ago it has been the custom for the families engaged on copra production there to abandon the island and return home during the hurricane season.
When Charlotte Donald made one of the few calls of the year S November, bad weather halted load
ing of copra and passengers, and finally, when a boat had been holed the r £ ef and some women and children thrown into the sea, it was d^; ded th at those still ashore would have to remain there.
Unfortunately, the island’s wire less operator, together with his gear, had already been taken aboard, so the island is now without com munications—probably until this April, unless a special call is arranged by the Administration Only 4 tons of the 13 tons of c°P ra was loaded before weather halted operations.