Food Shortage in Northern Cooks

Northern Cooks

BECAUSE of a mishap in October \ to the main vessel in the Cooks inter-island trade, the Charlotte maid (it forced her to go to ickland for repairs) and also be use of interrupted shipping con ations from New Zealand to irotonga, the Northern Cook ands were suffering an acute ortage of imported foodstuffs and ler supplies in October-November.

Ihe smaller vessel, Inspire, was iking trips to the north to relieve ; situation —lengthy voyages which ; not profitable for a vessel of her pacity—and a visiting American looner-yacht, Nordlys, was also liled of to carry some urgent sup es to Penrhyn. fhere were less severe shortages the Southern Group islands also, h no immediate sign of any re-