COOK ISLANDS.
[FROM OCR OWN COBKBBPOKDHST.] MAKOAtA, Auirusfc 17. The cutting of the boat channel through the reef at Drew* has been much retarded during the toefc month o*lng to the unprecedented oontlnuanc* ot westerly vrind* and seas. Soma trouble was also experienced with the e*plosi*e rack-a-roek owing to the difficulty of making the cartridges perfectly watertight. Some 16 mm (natives) are engaged in drilling operations, which are paid for by Hie toot and. the blasting by the day, but the natives of the three settlements, who are all interested more or less in the Biiecesa of the enterprise, at the request of the Island Council give their (services free In the removal of the Upheaved rock, which Will ultimately be used in the construction of training walls, one on each side of the ; channel, to keep the backwash from running out that way and rendering the channel useless when there is any sea on. . ' •'' ■ . ''■ During the month that has elapsed since the last visit of the steamer Esta.ll Brothers, of Rarotonga, have bee* running & kinerafttograph show here, which has been fairly- well patronised, the natives being astounded with the movements of the various figures. '.-,*.■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 7
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195COOK ISLANDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 7
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