THE COOK ISLANDS.
PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR.
To bring the Cook Islands into lino with Samoa we consider the importation of alcoholic liquors, except for Sacramental, medicinal, and manufacturing purposes, should be prohibited (states tho Island Trade Commissioner). Apart from the demoralising effect that the custom of drinking bush beer has on the natives, it interferes with the trade development of the islands; moreover ,it seems unreasonable to make bush beer drinking amongst the natives a punishable offence „ while permitting the white population to indulge in alcoholic beverages without limitation. A similar recommendation is made in regard to Niue. „
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Wairarapa Age, 22 July 1920, Page 5
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