According to the Rev. T. Dent, a visitor to Gisborne from the Solomon Islands, the group is not likely to attract a large white population (reports the Times). Ho told members of the Rotary Club that the reason was that malaria was somewhat prevalent at times and claimed both natives and Europeans for victims.; Life .in the group was like one long summer day and in many respects the islands ' were an earthly Paradis*,
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Otago Witness, Issue 3868, 1 May 1928, Page 4
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