"LOVABLE PEOPLE."
PRAISE FOR SAMOANS. TRIBUTE BY MINISTER. (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this clay. "Tlie Samoans are a dignified and lovable people, and with a sympathetic administration earning their full confidence there should be no more serious misunderstandings," said the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Langstone, un the return of the Samoan goodwill party yesterday. "We trust that as a result of the sound foundation we have laid the fitness of the Dominion to administer this territory will not again be called into question," he added. "Mr. O'Brien and I are deeply grateful to the actingAdministrator, Mr. A. C. Turnbull, and his executive officers, for the thought and preparation given to the delegation's itinerary, which resulted in our gaining a comprehensive knowledge of the Samoan people, and of their affairs. We •wish also publicly to express our appreciation of the able manner in which all officers co-operated with us in making the work of the mission the success it has been."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 5
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