SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
ADMINISTRATION WORK. IMPROVEMENT IN POSITION. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian, Frees Association.) Received i. 30 p.m. to-day. GENEVA, Oct. 30. The Mandates Commission has concluded the examination of- the New Zealand Government’s report ron Western Samoa. Sir James Parr, dealing with the administration of justice and l _ police force, said that there was no differentiation between the whites and the natives regarding the repression of crime. The police force was composed! of natives, and 70 Europeans sufficed to maintain order. Certain schools which were closed owing to the agitation had been reopened. Instruction in the Work and aims of the League of Nations was being giver!'. New Zealand was persevering with educational and health measures. Though the position regarding the agitators was not yet satisfactory, disaffection was decreasing and the position was improving. The police were working excellently. . Confidence must l>e shown in the present administrator of the mandatory Power. Other measures would he adopted regarding the agitators if tolerant treatment failed'.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 31 October 1928, Page 11
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