THE COOK ISLANDS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 207, 1 September 1908, Page 7

THE COOK ISLANDS.

BNRBST 'AMONG THE NATIVES

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, Aug. 31. Colonel Gudgeon, British l'osident at the Cook Islands, is communicating with the New Zealand Government regarding the trouble recently experienced with natives of Manibiki and Rokahanga, who have shown a determination not to recognise the.lsland Councils. European traders are adopting stringent precautions for the protection of their stores, and the opinion is expressed that an occasional visit of a British worship with the. British Resident would have a salutary- effect upon troublesome natives.