SAMOAN REQUESTS

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1938, Page 5

SAMOAN REQUESTS

Recent Delegation MINISTER’S STATEMENT. WELLINGTON, February 14. The requests made to the New Zealand Government by members of the Samoan Delegation, which visited the Dominion last month, were officially disclosed, for the first time, by the Minister of Lands (Hon. F. Langstone), in an interview to-night. The representations were heard by Mr Langstone, who was the Leadei of the Good-will Mission, including Mr Jas. O’Brien, M.P., for Westland, which went to Samoa in 1936. The delegation sought the repeal of a number of Ordinances and Regulations issued by the previous Administrations, as well as an increase in the remuneration of various native officials in the Mandated Territory of Western Samoa. The Minister pointed out that the Ordinances to which exception was taken were not now operative, and that the Regulations governed by them had been repealed. The Minister also indicated that if increases in. pay were granted, they would have to apply to the Samoan service as a whole, and not be confined to particular officials.