C I's War Veterans
p. 59 · Read in the full issue
DURING December Mr. Raitia Tepuretu, President of the Cook Is. Returned Servicemen’s Assn., and Mr. Barrie Good, of the Resident Commissioner’s office, made a round of the Lower Group as passengers in the Maui Pomare, investi gating claims for the recently announced War Veteran’s Allowance.
Applicants on Rarotonga have been investigated and are now receiving the allowance, which applies to veterans of the First World War, who, for some reason, are no longer able to support themselves. Previously, the allowance was made only to islanders resident in New Zealand.
The New Britain Women’s Club,
Rabaul, held its annual Christmas
cocktail party on December 22.
Tahiti Boxer
This is Charley Cowan, Tahiti’s No, 1 knock-out man. It is expected that early in the New Year he will go to Noumea to box with the New Caledonian heavyweight cham pion, Garcia. If Cowan wins he will then probably go to Suva to meet the heavyweight cham pion there.