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I [FBOI* OCB VJT& ooßazsrasDKSx.]& , ° -AriA,'3nly 15. '* Sa^-tcw^ji^SjgiTO,^'M\; iieowuft^of^ fourth, 33 ? tiae hl'ml' wa3 cloved- ■ J dntsQwiai'B.diy ™ * : May'"wa* l qoist, 1 roust spirit,' -no*'; aU the .oid prajtiaicea - AO nf the' Occtdeotd Hotd; girea" splendid bullet jn hoacrar of the day to : all, irrespective --of ctraabriei." Tlu»iS;,M,it mniiili • like .Uiia it does ,6m's heart good .to see-Eaglishmeareioiarig;OT v Ui« s &y. fOafi mpariicalar,jveigingoii7o, eaid—"lfl do ; not get tight, Iwll daitce tonight". And he did so; andiwtWSMffedwiih that, *beu everybodywas doneup t .be went at it again j the next night, startling everybody bot.oL] their aSeep -srith- Chinesecracters, apd feeding the children with lollies. ~.. . .: ; ... : On. the. 9th a serioas Gre.occurred in * Chinese store. The whole bailding,.,* twostoried hotua, Tra l destrpy«l r -goods l books, and all. The.poor fellow, [who .is the best little ; Chinainan who ever, came - here, '.is ntteriy ruined, and being lankly in debt in the colonies, it is a reif setioos circamiiance. for hipyhaTin;;LugeoatstJniiTngdebta, and no books' to, prove them. ~ Hii lass isaboat 7000 dollars.-: We"all feel Irat. no doubt he will be helped np .again.; > •July 11 was an epoch.day in the;municipality. <>rtain"csiargea agaiiirt certain nitives, aiid judgment given against ] m»hi-.. They were sentenced and fined, or j jn;de£aalt to: be locked up. The wholebody of natives. walked": oat, .and told the insgjstirate to-do.it; which be ©sold not- The. next, day ,a v great mating ; was held, at Jinlinun,.', a° 1 Govcnimest formed, sad ,the accient artlllery or Steinberger fiied,'a Boyal Balate 'of .21 gnna, . This looks as if tte.King is waking np, and thinks'he' has some right to his share of the gooseberry 'pie hitherto enjoyed bythe municipality. It looks to me as if the ilnmcipal, teHmcit shortly be thrown cmt, as itis evident the Ministers are defeated! " "...' >■*,■'■ : . In the evening a sort of a hollow apology wa3 made by the King for going against tha municipality. " ' ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 6
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315OUR SAMOA LETTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 6
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