Local and General.

Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 19, Issue 19, 10 May 1919, Page 5

Local and General.

According to present advices the " Talune " is due to leave Suva on the 17th inst., arriving hereon the 22nd. At Suva she connects with the " Moeraki," which was expected to leave Sydney on Thursday last, and as the latter vessel has on board a large consignment of cargo for Samoa, its transhipment may delay the "Talune" beyond her scheduled time.

Tupati, of Fasitoouta, drove a taavale along the road at Leulumoega on the night of the 19th ult. without a light. He was brought before Captain Cotton in the Police Court on Friday last week, charged with driving to the danger of the public, and was fined five shillings, or five days' imprisonment.

The Blackboy walked up t° the bar and ordered an icecream. They brought him a plain one, without fruit juice as flavouring over it. The Blackboy noticed the omission. " Bling-hitn- along- that- fella-him-walk-all-over," he said.

Mr. A. S. Glen, hon. secretary of the Samoa-born Soldiers' Welcome Committee, has received a communication from the committee of the Samoaborn Soldiers' Fund, acknowledging the receipt of £l2 12s. 3d., representing the balance on hand from the recent Welcome Home entertainment, "to be applied towards such permanent memorial as may be erected to the Samoa-born soldiers who left Samoa to offer their services during the war."

" To Bust Rissia."

Herr WilhelmHohenzollern has requested permission to return to West Prussia, It is not correct, as inadvertently stated iu our Wireless sheet on Thursday, that " the exKaiser has asked for permission to return to bust Russia." As all the universe knows, Wilhelm himself is busted, and his vision of world dominion dissipated like the baseless fabric of a disordered dream. The notion that Bill was anxious to bust the Bear originated in the weird imagination of a member of our composing staff, who ought to be busted himself, — if his unconscious wit were not altogether too delightful for reprobation!

I Smart Wedding.

One of the smartest weddings seen in Apia for some considerable time took place on Saturday forenoon last, when Captain W. R. Phillips, (mercantile marine) son of the late Major W. H. Phillips (44th Essex Regiment) was married to Mrs, Lucia Preuss, daughter of Mr. Peter Paul, of Apia. The civil contract was signed in the Court-house, after which the party attended the Apia Foreign Church, where the religious ceremony was held, the Rev. W. E. Clarke officiating. Mr. P. Paul gave his daughter away, and Mr, H. S. Newton supported the bridegroom as best man. The bride was tastefully attired in a dress of white China silk, trimmed with dainty hand-worked flowered lace, and her hat was white, with white ostrich feather. Miss Tina Hack was a handsome bridesmaid in pale blue

silk, trimmed with torchon lace,

< After the nuptial knot was tied the party motored to Papaseea Cafe, where the wedding breakfast was served. The guests included Rev. W. E. Clarke, Judge Roberts, Captain Salter, Messrs. A. S. Glen, G. E. L. Westbrook, R. Fabricius, P, Fabricius, Chris. Hellesoe, Chas. Hellesoe; Mesdames E. Huch, Spemaun, P. Fabricius, Westbrook, R. Fabricius, J. Cobcroft, Haubold, C. Hellesoe; Misses. Latapie, Hack, Gladys Syddall, L. Hellesoe. While the repast was being discussed Judge Roberts proposed the health of the happy pair, Captain Phillips responding in a few felicitous phrases. The wedding cake, which was a handsome specimen of the ' confectioner's art, was supplied by Mr. N. Johansson, Matafele. Capt. Phillips is a returned soldier, having spent nearly four years at the Front, first Gallipoli, and afterwards in •France.

Tie Wreck of tie km.

Four shipwrecked sailors recently arrived in Apia, having been brought here via Pago Pago by the " Dawn," which picked them up at the scene of the disaster, Niue Island, Their names are: Captain A. Anderson, —Ratth, mate; Stanley Hill, second mate ; and John McLeuchlan, cook. They comprise the white members of the crew of the Awanui, which was wrecked on the reef off Alofi, Niue, on January n last. The rest of the crew were natives of Niue, and all were saved. The " Awanui " left Auckland on the 18th December last with a general cargo for Niue. Nothing untoward occurred during the voyage, but on the night of January 10, as the vessel lay in the open roadstead off Alofi, a strong wind sprang up which soon developed into a gale. The boat was double-anchored at a distance a quarter of a mile from the reef, but about two o'clock in the morning, when the wind blew with hurricane force, the anchors began to drag. Two or three hours later, as the boat was slowly drifting towards the reef, the lifeboat was got out. About 8 o'clock, when the tempest was at its worst, the ship's cables parted, and the men pushed off in the lifeboat in a hazardous attempt to reach the shore, there being no break in the reef which stood between them and safety. The seas were tremendous, and as the boat drew near to the reef she was caught by a wave, which swept her against the edge of coral rock, where she capsized in the surf. Some natives who had noticed the men's predicament swam out to their assistance, and all reached the shore, in an exhausted condition, but otherwise little the worse for their perilous experience. The " Awanui"

drifted in and went to pieces on the reef. All the men whose names are given beloug to Auckland, and, with the exception of Stanley Hill, who signed on as chief officer of the " Dawn," will return home by the next boat.

Rev. P. Caee to Leave Samoa.

We learn that the Rev. P. Cane, L.M.S. Mission, intends to leave by the next steamer for New Zealand, where he will join his wife and child. Mrs. Cane left Samoa about twelve months ago, having been ordered a change of climate by her medical adviser. The family, according to present intentions, will sail for England at an early date It is improbable that Mr, Cane will return to Samoa. The event of his departure is viewed with great regret by adherents of the religious body with which he is associated, and not less so by others of the community, ainoug whom he is greatly esteemed. Apart from his pastoral duties, Mr. Cane has rendered distinct social service to those about him, and in the Matautu district, Saveii, where his labours have long been centred, he will be especially missed. It was in Matautu, during the epidemic, as will be remembered, that he and Mr. R. Williams, the Deputy Administrator of Savaii, were associated in the work of combating the fell disease. For two weeks or more, being the only white men in that part of the island, the full burden and stress of alleviating the suffering in that terrible time fell upon them. Mr. Cane is devoted to the natives under his care. He is widely conversant with the folklore and customs of Samoa, and talks interestingly of the many phases peculiar to native life. The climate of Samoa, he says, suits him, and he is profoundly sorry that circumstances compel his severance from the people among whom he has laboured so long.