Rarotonga

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econdary School for Rarotonga

From Our Own Correspondent FTER 27 years of discussions and deadlocks, Rarotonga’s first secondary school and chers’ Training College was aed and put into use on Monday, ruary 14, 1955. nly two blocks of the new ege, known as “Tereora,” are lally completed, but the four srooms they contain now ac imodate 30 teacher-trainees and econdary school pupils who had riously been housed in the new nary school at Nikao. he “Tereora” buildings are of orted materials except for the s of concrete blocks manufac d locally. The blocks have been ;ed with cement plaster for ther proofing and smooth finish, the glass louvre windows pro i ample light and air. ivo residences are in the course onstruction for the teachers and reora” will accommodate outer id pupils as well as Raroton s. tiose who merit it will be trained School Certificate standard; ;rs will be instructed in agricul , trades and homecraft. It is jcted that the College, which take an estimated 7-10 years to

complete, for a cost of £14,000, will provide the future Polynesian leaders of the Cook Islands. t An “Antipodes Information Bureau” has been set up at Kings Arms, Buckfastleigh. Devon, Eng land, by Mr. S. P. P. Briant, who was in the Western Pacific Islands for some time and until 1954. His Bureau is supplying interested per sons with data about Australia, New Zealand and all the South Pacific Islands.