CI PA Still Has

Ambitious Plans

From Our Own Correspondent MANGAIA, Cook Is. rHE “revised” Cl Progressive Associa tion, which has acquired some degree of renewed mana in the outer slands since it began to run an inter sland Fairmile launch, would appear to lave ambitious developments in view.

Local adherents talk of a chain of As ociation stores and orange-exporting lepots in the non-atoll islands of the Iroup; and a similar line-up of copra tations in the northern portion, which oes not produce any fruit. The exact osition of the IMD under this new order f Cl commerce has not been defined; mt it is evidently assumed that the Jovernment of NZ will respectfully step side and let the CIPA have control of rarketing, through channels developed riginally by private exporting enterprise nd, later, by the Marketing Division hen the Socialist politicians of New lealand commenced their experiments ith island oranges.

A point not yet clear is the exact line here the CIPA begins and the Govern lent stops—it is hinted that the Associa on is so heavily in debt to the NZ overnment that it has no real power of [dependent action since the purchase of re ship.

“Sinn Fein” Mangaia has always been fertile field for anti-Administration ropaganda; and its present faith in >ming developments, and a pan-Ameri in trading system, is great. There is, Dwever, no apparent sign of panic among le members of the established local hamber of commerce” —the leading rms appear to feel reasonably competent weather the crisis.

Humorists, adapting the pronuncia- Dn by adherents of the initials of the nbitious Association, suggest that its ores might take, for their advertising 3gan, the motto “Cheaper”!

Whether CIPA goods will actually be against powerful competition, remains be seen.