DEATH OF SAMOAN
Murder Charge Follows (Received July 21. 10.45 p.m.) Apia, July 20. A dispute over the possession of a piece of land at Saluafata, 15 miles east of Apia, to-day resulted in th© death of loane. aged 35, first cousin of the high chief Tamasese, and tbe arrest of another Samoan named Siu on a charge of murder. Siu is in hospital with cuts on his head and .hand. It is alleged that loane attacked Siu with a shot gun and that' Siu retaliated with a knife.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 253, 22 July 1936, Page 9
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89DEATH OF SAMOAN Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 253, 22 July 1936, Page 9
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