Evening Post article from 11 September 1919 about the report to the New Zealand parliament on the dispute between traders and Cook Islanders over prices paid by traders for fruit. The article refers to associated riots by returned soldiers in Rarotonga in March 1919.
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RELATED TO REPORT ON THE RAROTONGA RIOTS
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