Condition Of Northern
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Cook Islands.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Rarotonga, Aug-. 12.
MAIL advices from the Northern Cooks report everything very satisfactory and the islanders living under sur prisingly clean and sanitary conditions,, particularly at Pukapuka. The native villages at that island are reported to be extremely well kept.
Little rain has fallen at Pukapuka and Penrhyn during the last two months, but the northern people declare there is no anxiety felt on this account.
To fill the vacancy caused recently by the death of Mr. Wilson, late Resident Agent at Penrhyn, the appointment of Mr. P. Woonton to the position is under stood to have been arranged, in the meantime. Mr. Woonton is a permanent resident at Penrhyn and is a very popular man, being well-known to all Cook Islanders, as well as in Papeete and the more important islands in the Society Group.
About a year ago the Resident Agent at Manihiki (Cook Group) died and, in accordance with the best traditions, the position, for the time being, has been handed over to a son of the deceased man, Mr. Abela Williams