RAROTONGA.
'The report of the British Resident at Rarotfconga, which has just been laid upon the table of the House; contains much interesting information. It is stated, among other things, that public opinion has octgrown the ■early laws of the island so far that the police found the fines fall off materially. This has led to their gradually quitting office till the ■number has fallen to three in Avarua— amply sufficient, as little or no legal ■crime is ever heard of. In the two •other districts, with fewer foreign residents, the growth of public opinion in this respect is slower but none the less sure. The ■example offered by the Federal Parliament, the ■ extension of trade, the increasing wants of the •people, the division of labour and its various -power of earning according to the skill of the ■workmen, are all tending to destroy the com:munißm of the family and to substitute a system depending on the qualification of the •individual. Rashly or hastily effected, this . great change is capable of destroying what is in the old system and of creating great i-evilain its place. „,„__
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Otago Witness, Issue 2105, 28 June 1894, Page 19
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185RAROTONGA. Otago Witness, Issue 2105, 28 June 1894, Page 19
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