“SETTLING DOWN”
CONDITIONS IN SAMOA.
ATMOSPHERE CLEARER.
Per Press Association,
AUCKLAND, Aug. 6. Mr T. Fraser, tho representative of an Auckland firm, who was a passenger by the Tofua, said that business people in Samoa had informed him that the atmosphero was distinctly clearer. Some had told him that many natives thought to be disaffected were paying their taxes more or less secretly, not- wishing to creato a breach in the ranks of tho Mau. A number of Mau police in uniform were about apparently to uphold the prestige of their organisation. Tho military police, apart from the moral effect of their presence, did not appear to ho affecting the life of tho community. In a word,” Mr Fraser concluded, “Samoa is settling down.”
NEW COMMISSIONER
GETTING ON WELL,
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, Aug. 6.
Mr Galbraith, Commissioner of Grown Lands, Dunedin, who was a passenger by the Tofua from Samoa, said that the new Commissioner was getting on quite well. There were large areas of good land in Samoa that could be brought into profit. Mr C. D. Morrison, of Christchurch, said that the natives appeared to be sulking. He was informed that the expedition to Geneva had cost the Mau £15,000, and a recent cable asked for a further £SOOO.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 212, 6 August 1928, Page 8
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