COOK ISLANDS.
EVERYTHING GOING “WELL. TBP. PRESS ASSOCIATION. .WELLINGTON, March 27. Mr. Nor un.-i oil, iu'-Mtiem loh.umsNionor or the Cook Islands, who arrived from Rarotonga yesterday chiefly ior health reasons, staled in an interview with a Post representative that everything is proceeding satisfactorily at the Hands. 'Hie burning question with the natives is the desire to have schools wuerj uieir muiuiv.u ran be taught English. A destructive hurricane struck the islands on January 9. Many native houses were blown down and much damage was done to orange and other crops. Immediate steps wore taken to relieve the distress. Regarding the published statement that there is general unrest, Dr. Pom are states that there is no foundation for such a statement.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144361, 27 March 1914, Page 7
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120COOK ISLANDS. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144361, 27 March 1914, Page 7
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