WESTERN SAMOA.
THE REPARATION ESTATES. MANY APPLICANTS FOR MANGERSHIP. (Peb United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. March 31. Hundreds of applications from all over the world have been received by the Government for the position of general manager of the New Zealand reparation estates in Western Samoa. Applications dosed to-day, but it will be some time before the announcement of an appointment is made. A good percentage of New Zealanders have applied for the position which carries a salary of fIOOP a year. The reparation estates comprise an area of approximately 100,000 acres, representing mainly former German-owned properties in Samoa, which the New Zealand Government took over as part of ita share of the war reparations due by Germany In November, 1028, the control and management of the estates were the subjects of a searching investigation _ by a New Zealand departmental committee. The decision to appoint. a general manager for the estates was one result of the committee’s recommendations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20990, 1 April 1930, Page 10
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