[?]ew Welfare Chief

For The Cooks

Ir. Tom Muir has been ap ted to the important post of ctor of Social Development he Cook Islands. He will inue to live on Rarotonga, re he has been Assistant ctor since 1957.

I. MUIR, whose lifelong in terest has been community work, was born in Scotland went to New Zealand as a . He attended the Teachers’ ling College in Christchurch taught under the Nelson ation Board until the out : of war. ;er five years with the Army le Middle East, where he was i prisoner, he went to Lough igh College, England, on a re lation bursary and gained a ma in physical education. ien he returned to New Zea- Mr. Muir joined the Adult ation Department of Canter- University, and in 1948 became tary-organiser of the newly ed Buller Mining Districts nunity Centres, running many education classes and numer locial activities.

Fulbright Scholar

th a Fulbright Research larship and a grant by the egie Corporation he and his made a study tour of the United is in 1954, later visiting Canada, in and Scandinavia, where studied social and community opment. . Muir then returned to Canter- University’s Adult Education

Department and his community work on the West Coast until 1957, when he was appointed to Raro tonga as Assistant Director of Social Development.

Mr. Muir succeeds Mr. Lyall Noakes, who recently retired.

A new and cheaper radio tele phone service was instituted be tween Fiji and New Zealand at the beginning of November. Calls previously went via Sydney and cost £F2/2/- for three minutes.

The direct service will cost £l/13/9 for three minutes and will be available between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. daily, except Sunday.

The other service will still be available between noon and 2 p.m. at the higher rate.

Mr. T. Muir.