SAMOAN COMMISSION
MR. NELSON’S REFUSAL (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 9. Following’ correspondence between the firm o£ Findlay, Hoggard, Cousins and Wright, on behalf of the Hon. O. F. Nelson, and other petitioners, who sought the commission in regard to Samoa, and Mr. Coates, the solicitors have notified Mr. Coates that neither Mr. Nelson nor the other parties to the petition will appear before the Commission to give evidence. The grounds are that if the Commission leaves, as decided, by the Tofua on Saturday, there will not be sufficient time to prepare a case. Mr. Nelson had asked for a postponement of sailing of the Commission for a month, but Sir C. Skerrett notified the Premier that this was not possible. Further, that the order of reference is not sufficiently comprehensive for investigation of many of the most urgent grievances.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 September 1927, Page 7
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140SAMOAN COMMISSION Greymouth Evening Star, 9 September 1927, Page 7
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