New RA for Manihiki
pp. 149-151 · Read in the full issue
Mr. and Mrs. "Don" O'Brien of Rarotonga.
Mr. O'Brien was recently appointed Resident Agent, Manihiki/Rakahanga in the Northern Cooks. Born in the Cook Islands and a World War II ex-serviceman and p.o.w., Mr. O'Brien has been USS Co. wharfinger at Rarotonga for some years. Photo: J. P. Shortall.
t Tourists to Fiji spent an esti mated £560,000 in 1956. The number ot tourists and the amount they spent in the Colony has been grow ing steadily since 1949.
Northbound per "Maul Pomare", from Auckland, NZ, recently (left to right): Mr. J. M. [?]IcEwen, Assistant Secretary of Island Territories, was paying his first visit to the Cook Islands; [?]r. D. Murray, who returned to duties at Social Development Department, Rarotonga, after leave [?]Ir. Ron Crocombe, of Island Territories Department, who was bound for Atiu to relieve Resident [?]gent R. Thorby, who will take furlough; Mr. Maarateina Atatoa, head teacher at Oneroa, [?]angaia, and Pupuke Robati, CIMP, of Rarotonga, who were returning from a public health [?]eminar at Noumea.
Photos: J. P. Shortall.