Cook Islanders Want To Fight
[Per Press Association.—Copyright] WELLINGTON, This Day. Appreciation of the offer of Rarotonga and other islands of the Cook Group to fight for the Empire was expressed by members on both sides of the House yesterday afternoon during discussion on the report of the Native Affairs Committee relative to a petition from the islands asking that the natives should be given opportunity to serve with the fighting forces of New Zealand. The report stated that the committee had carefully considered the petition and appreciated the offer of the men of the islands, but as the matter was one of Government policy the committee had no recommendation to make.
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Northern Advocate, 5 September 1941, Page 7
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112Cook Islanders Want To Fight Northern Advocate, 5 September 1941, Page 7
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