Dogs—Not Dozers
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r[E Cook Islands, in mid-Apri produced a fair average sampl of how the coconut radio ca get its wires crossed.
A TEAL aircraft, Tahiti-boum passed through Aitutaki with thij pedigree bulldog pups aboard-i hundred guineas’ worth —consign} to Mr. John Rolley, of Papeete. A Aitutaki the TEAL aircraft facil ities are located far from the mai settlement and radio station, whic maintains contact with Rarotongi Someone’s cousin, back in th Aitutaki village from the distal air terminal, reported that he 1 heard that the aircraft was carrs ing three bulldozers to Papeet Wasn’t it just amazing what the could get into those Solents!
The Aitutaki native radio operator, hearing the news, passe it along to Rarotonga as his con tribution to the daily Islands new bulletin, which is re-broadcast I the outer Islands.
In Rarotonga, however, a Eure pean operator, smelling a rat —on bulldog—included the item in tb press release with a notation thai pending confirmation from Aitu taki, he suspected that the carg might be bulldogs, not bulldozers!
At the invitation of the Com mandant of the French Navi Forces in Tahiti, and with tb patronage of Governor Petitbon an Madame Petitbon, a notable ba was held at the Naval Statiot Papeete, on April 30. Most t Tahiti’s leading citizens were pre sent.