NEWS FROM SAMOA
MAU LEADERS SEEK PEACE. [per PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. August 12. Tim Samoan correspondent ot the United Press Association writes from Apia on August 3: — Mau leaders lately have had several meetings with Lll£ Administrator, with a view to settling the grievances. Although no definite conclusions have yet been arrived at, the position has greatly improved. Negotiations towards a settlement are further advanced than they have been for some considerable time.
H.M.S. Dunedin made a six days’ visit to Apia, from July 26. The officers and crew were hospitably entertained during the period of their stay. The Dunedin afterwards visted Pago Pago.
The Bishop of Polynesia was a passenger on the Dunedin, and was entertained at a reception and social by members of the Apia Anglican Church. A severe earth tremor was felt on Monday morning, July 24, preceded by a rumbling sound, houses being violently shaken and articles displaced.
Mr Mcßride, head of the Native Office in Samoa, is being transferred to New Zealand. He has been in illhealth for some time.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1933, Page 2
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