SAMOAN TROUBLE
MR. NELSON DEFENDED
THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DTJNBDIN, This Day. The characters of Mr. O. F. Nelson and Mr. Sam Meredith are defended by Major A. W. A. Bichardson, who ■was in charge of-the Samoa Garrison up to 1920, and therefore second in order to the Administrator. In an interview, he said Mr. Nelson was the "uncrowned king of Samoa," and was rightly revered by the natives. During the influenza epidemic, Mr. Nelson had declared: "You are welcome to the whole store and everything I possess that will do good for my people." His interests had always been for the people and not himself. Mr. Nelson stood for law and order. Major Eichardson considered that if the Minister (the Hon. W. Nosworthy) had used tact on his visit, any trouble would have been settled. Something was wrong when Mr. Nelson made his complaints. He supported Sir Maui Pomare >s declaration that New Zealand had taken the influenza to Samoa, and stated that he has documentary proof that the steamer Talune carried thirteen soldiers to Apia who should not have been allowed to land.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 11
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187SAMOAN TROUBLE Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 11
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