Cook Is. Notes
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Rarotonga, May 12.
Reducing The Mosquitoes
By the last Maunganui from New Zealand, Judge Ayson, the Commissioner resident at the Cook Group, brought initial supplies of Gambusia for release in the swamp areas about the island of Rarotonga. The Gambusia is a hardy little fish which eats mosquito larvae, and its introduction has worked wonders in reducing the mosquito pest in other tropical islands.
Radio And Paris Riots
A native at one of the Pacific Islands, while listening-in on his radio at an American broad cast, was so terrified at the description given of the recent Paris riots that, overcome with fear, he rushed out into the night and obtained the ser vices of a companion to go in and switch the thing off.
Healthy Mangaia
Figures recently compiled show that Mangaia is the healthiest island in the Group. For the year ended March 31, 1934, there were only three deaths of children below the age of 15, and all of these were actually under one year.