RAROTONGA HELPS
£250 DONATION SENT
ISLANDS OFFER TO SEND MEN PATRIOTIC BODIES WORKING (By Teleg-rapb.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday A donation of £250 has been forwarded to the New Zealand Red Cross Society for war purposes from the people of Rarotonga, states the correspondent of the United Press Association. In the Great War -the people of Cook Islands helped the Empire by sending men and money, and they are using every endeavour to assist the Motherland in the struggle against Nazism. Offers to send men have been received from every island of the group. Committees have been formed in Rarotonga for patriotic purposes and dances are being held to raise money.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21043, 20 February 1940, Page 7
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110RAROTONGA HELPS Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21043, 20 February 1940, Page 7
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