QUEEN MAKEA OF RAROTONGA.
STATED TO BE FAILING FAST. (By Teleetaph-Pross Association.! Auckland, May 8. Advices by mail stale that Queen Makea, principal queen or chieftainess of the Cook Group of Islands, is seriously ill, and failing fast. Queen Xlakea is 80 years of age, and is regarded as being not only the ablest liarotongan ruler for many years past, but the most beloved of her people. The postage stamps of the Cook Group boar the features of Queen Makea, and it is understood that, in the event of her death, the practice of having the features of liarotongan niters printed on (ho stamps will bo discontinued, so as to • allow of the New Zealand stamp being used in the Islands for the future.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 9 May 1911, Page 4
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124QUEEN MAKEA OF RAROTONGA. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 9 May 1911, Page 4
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