The Status Quo

Sister of Premier Sir Albert Henry, Mrs Marguerite Story was re-elected Speaker of the Cook Islands House of Assembly for her fourth successive term in January when the House opened its first session since the De cember elections.

Mrs Story, who is 52, is the mother of nine children and has nine grandchildren. She is the fifth daugh ter in a family of 11.

At the same session, Sir Albert announced that, as he still com manded the confidence of the ma jority of the members in the Assem bly, he would continue as Premier.