SAMOAN MANDATE
COMMISSION’S ENQUIRY.
(United Service.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.)
LONDON, June 21.
At Geneva Sir James Parr and General Richardson attended a meeting of the Mandates Commission, and made statements regarding the situation in Samoa. Their statements amounted to a summary of the recent New Zealand Royal Commission’s report, especially dealing with the sale of copra by the Administration, owing to low prices paid by traders, and also with the application of the prohibition law and methods used to influence natives against the Administration. The last statements included figures allegedly showing the Administration’s expenses compared with those of other islands, which Mr. Gurr admitted before the Royal Commission were erroneous. The members of the Mandates Commission asked a few questions. Notably they questioned regarding the Samoan Natives’ right to petition. There were no new points elicited. The meetin'g lasted for an hour. The discussion will probably be finished to-morrow. The Commission will later draw up a report, which will not be published until it is submitted to the League of Nations Council in September.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 June 1928, Page 5
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