RETURN TO SAMOA.
HON. O. F. NELSON WELCOMED BY MAXI. APIA, May 16. Hon. 0. F. Nelson and family arrived at 8.30 a.m. to-day. Two motor launches brought his party and five Man chiefs who went over to meet them from Pagopago. The launches were met in the roadstead by one motor launch, three fautasd, and two row boats and approximately 1500 Man women were assembled on the foreshore. No male members of the Man were there to meet him. Ihe office staff of O. F. Nelson and Co., Ltd., met him at the end of the wharf, after which he walked through the lines of women, who raised a cheer for “Tais!’* as he passed. There was* no active demonstration and the reception passed off very quietly. A Samoan welcome is l being given this afternoon at Vaimoso village. Mr G v B. L. Westbrook has also returned. Mr E. W. Gurr was taken to hospital at Pagopago seriously ill.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 May 1933, Page 5
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161RETURN TO SAMOA. Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 May 1933, Page 5
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