PARLIAMENTARY PARTY AT RAROTONGA
TRADERS AND THE GOVERNMENT AGENT. . S..S. Mokoia, February 2D. The, Euro Deans on/Friday, motored the Parliamentary Party over the beautiful road circling Rarotonga. They inspected the plantations and saw the process of conra-makin?. , A narade of returned soldiers was held, and Sir James Allen presented a German gun to Rarotonga.
An iniDortnnt result was gained when the arikis. after considering Sir James Allen's suggestion to' Thursday's deputation, signed a document in the presence of a large number of people, inviting European representation on the Island Council on. the condition that the liquor prohibition and the law against cohabitation shall.apply to whites equally with natives. At Aitutaki on Saturday the. traders bitterlv complained of insulting treatment bv the Government Agent, who made a spirited and effective reply. He accused the traders of smuggling spirits ashore. • The proceedings were mute dramatic. Sir James Allen said the Government would support the. Agent in lira efforts to suppress smuggling, which he was convinced was taking place. All members- of the party, are wellPress A6sn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 6
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174PARLIAMENTARY PARTY AT RAROTONGA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 6
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