Cooks Co-ops Buy
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Hervey Islands
The Cook Islands Co-operatr have bought the Hervey Islands Manuae and Teatuotou (also spel] Te Au-O-Tu) 130 miles north Rarotonga.
The two islands, joined by reef, have a coconut plantati of about 85,000 trees on about l,f acres of land. Annual copra yield 180 tons, and the gross income 1; been from £9,500 to £14,500 a ye The first meeting of the Manu Development Co-operative Socie was due to take place at Raroton in early March.
The Hervey Islands were d covered by Cook in 1773 and nam after Captain Hervey, RN, one the Lords of the Admiralty. Co revisited the islands in 1777.
For many years the islands we controlled by the Ui Ariki of Ait taki, who appointed caretakers ui til about 1890 when the island w leased to John Strickland.
The lease was held by Manu: Plantation Company, Melbourn with A. B. Donald as the managi agents, and a labour force of copra workers, with manager Kai Anderson. Mr. Anderson was the about nine years.
It is because the lease has ju expired, that the co-operative h: been able to acquire the islands.