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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1928, Page 9

Mr. 0. F. Nelson returned to Auckland by tlie Niagara yesterday. He said lie would not comment on tlie recent arrest of Tamasese, leader of the Man. at Samoa. He intends to< proceed to Wellington to see his lawyer, Sir John Findlay. Later he returns to Australia. His present business is in connection with his firm's operations in New Zealand. Mr. Nelson denied that his appeal against deportations from Samoa was turned down by the Privy Council, and said that he could not be heard by the League of Nations because the League could accepts only reports from representative* of mandatory Powers. He is still hopeful of the Samoan tangle being straightened out and being able (o return there.

Speaking at tlie High School break-ing-up last night to the boys and girls, some thirty in number, who were, about to leave school, Mr (fray. the headmaster, said that it was very hard to lose them after four or five years’ work and it would leave a gap that would be hard to fill. Ho said he knew they would uphold the honour of the school always, but he reminded them that all the wor k they had done would not carry them far unless backed up by energy, work and determination in their future, life. He asked them to carry away one thought for their work in the larger world they were entering “The mill will never grind with the water that is past.”