SAMOAN CHIEFTAINSHIP
THE MALI ETOA SUCCESSION AUCKLAND STUDENT CHOSEN EFROM OU"R OWN CORRESPOKDKNT] APIA, Oct. 23 The question of the succession' to the title and estate of the late High Chief Malietoa was decided after a threa days' fono at Mulinu'u. The fono decided in favour of Aiki, second son of the late High Chief, who, although only a youth fresh from school In Auckland, shows remarkable aptitude for the assumption of the important ~ position and duties of the greatest High.'} Chief in Samoa. He is a direct-de- - scendant of the. Royal Malietoa line for? the last five generations. ' . * - fl <'i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23491, 31 October 1939, Page 8
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101SAMOAN CHIEFTAINSHIP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23491, 31 October 1939, Page 8
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