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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 October 1940Vol. XI, No. 3

Will "Tiare Taporo" Risk C.I.

p. 43 · Read in the full issue

Hurricane Season?

From Our Own Correspondent

Rarotonga, Sept. 1.

COOK Islands residents are wondering what will happen to the “Tiare Taporo”, sole means of inter-island communication, when next hurricane sea son comes. Usually, C.I. schooners are sent to Papeete (Fr. Oceania) from December to April, but in these uncertain times it is unlikely that ships will leave British ports for any length of time.

Mr. Mohammad Tahir, a Fiji-born Mus lim, returned to Nausori recently, after spending seven years in India, during which period he obtained a B.A. degree from Punjab University and an L.T. de gree from Allahabad University.