GOODWILL MISSION
TO WESTERN SAMOA HON F. LANGSTONE AND MR J. O’BRIEN (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day.. “It is purely a goodwill mission, and we will hold out the hand of cordial friendship to the people of Samoa” said the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Langstone, who, with Mr J. O’Brien, member for Westland, will leave Wei- y lington this afternoon for the mandated territory of Western Samoa as a delegation from the New Zealand Government. Mr Langstone continued: “While in the territory we will dbfiui?-' best to make ourselves familiar withthe management and administration of Samoa and will report back to the Prime ,Minister on our return. It is not our intention to open up old wounds of the past; rather we will ask the Samoans to endeavour to forget previous disturbances and to see if it is not possible to enter into a new era of administration under the Labour Government.”'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 June 1936, Page 4
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155GOODWILL MISSION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 June 1936, Page 4
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