SAMOA’S LOYALTY

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 551, 28 December 1925, Page 4

SAMOA’S LOYALTY

GIFT TO GOVERNOR-GENER AL

CONFIDENCE IN BRITISH RULE

A function' of unique interest and historical importance took place at Government House, Wellington, when' General* Sir George" nTuiriinistrator of Samoa,# presented the Fono F'aTjnilcs, members of the native Parliament, 1 with certain articles of great' historic importance and significance. in Samoan itVe, namely, a fine mat, representing the authority of the- Government, an orator’s stave and foe, symbolic of voice? of Llie gi’eat Council ■ of Samoa, and a kava bowl, used on cerein onini oecn s i on s The Samoan Faipulcs ‘sent a message of confidence in the 1 New Zealand Government and Administvation.