SAMOAN FAIPULE

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12014, 17 December 1924, Page 8

SAMOAN FAIPULE

VISIT TO MUNICIPAL WORKS. GUESTS OF SIR MAUI POMARE. A full programme was laid out for the entertainment of the Samoan chiefs yesterday. In the morning a tour of inspection was made of. the various municipal works, commencing with the municipal milk . depot in Dixon street, where the general manager, Mr It. E ' Heron, took them in hand, and explained the many processes through which Wellington’s milk supply passes before being, distributed to the consumers. Under the direction of Mr M. Cable, they were then shown over the Evans Bay powerhouse, and were later given' an in sight into the working of the city’s tramway system. They were entertained at luncheon 'ey the Wellington Rotary Club, and in the afternoon, were the guests of Sir Maui Pomare, Minister for Health, at his home at Moiling. Here they met representatives of the Maori race residing in the Bonthem portion of the North Island, and the full significance oi this meeting of the chiefs of the two long separated branches of the Polynesian race was appreciated by all of item.

ROTARIANS’ WELCOME

“SAMOANS ENDEARED TQ US.” “A MESSAGE QF LOVE.” The Samoan Faipule were yesterday the guests of the Rotary Club at a luncheon. They were welcomed by Rotarian D. A. Ewan, who said: “We esteem it a great honour to have with us such distinguished visitors. The Rotary Club stands for fellowship and goodwill, and we welcome you here, not only because of that, but also be cause of your ancient kinship with our splendid fellow subjects, the Maoris For many years Samoans have been en deqred to ns through one of our most famous writers, Robert Louis Stevenson, through whom we have learnt of their good qualities and lovable characteristics. f PART OF THE EMPIRE. “We weloome you here also, with still greater feelings of friendship, because of those expressions of favour towards British rule whioh von have mode since you have been in this country. • It would, indeed, be a very great pleasure to jus if the future of Samoa and New Zealand could be still more akisely entwined, and it is most gratifying to us toknow that you share with us in loyalty to our great Empire. We hope that you will thoroughly enjoy your visit to New Zealand, and that yon may carry away with you happy memories and very much useful infozmation.” RECIPROCAL FEELINGS. Toelupe, the orator of the party, returned thanks in his own language, his speech being interpreted by Mr H. S. Griffiths. They ap predated very much, he said, the cordial reception they had been accorded, and would carry back with them the most grateful recollections of their visit. They carried with them a message of love and friendship from their own country of Samoa, and this feeling they now found to be reciprocated by the people here.