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VISIT TO PITCAIRN ISLAND. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, S p.m.) S.YDNEY, March 16. Sir Cecil Rodwell, reporting on his visit to Pitcairn Island, when en route to London, said he had seen no signs ■ of degeneracy among the islanders, * which was allegedly noticeable there. 4 Possibly former observers were pret judiced by the theory that inter-mar- ■ riage inevitably resulted in degenera- £ tion, but he believed this by no means 3 to be the case, where the original stock ■ was sound,, The population was now e no grounds for fear over the populae tion. The islanders would welcome a 1 few agricultural families. y -
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 5
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112A CANARD ROASTED. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 5
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