COOK ISLANDS
Praise For Work Of Judge Ayson
The action of the Government in sending Judge H. F. Ayson back to the Cook Islands as Resident Commissioner, was commended by Mr. S. G. Holland (Opposition. Christchurch North), when discussing the Estimates of the External Affairs Department in the House of Representatives yesterday.
judge Ayson should never have been taken away, said Mr. Holland. He was a very capable officer and an outstand ing personality in the islands. It was almost certain that a good deal of the trouble brewing in the Cook Islands would now disappear.
Mr. Holland said the Government had spent money on sending a Pariia mentary delegation to the Cook Is lands. He had had the honour of be ing a member of the delegation, but he regretted that the Government had not seen fit to consult him on one single question affecting the territory. If his advice had been sought it would have been given readily, lie was prepared at all times to make what contribution lie could toward the happiness of the natives.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 278, 20 August 1938, Page 12
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