SAMOA AND PROHIBITION.
PROTEST BY WHITES,
[United Pkess Association.j
Wellington, Nov. 27.
A petition with 130 signatures, ex~eluding swldiers, civil servants, Germans and Sninoans., was draw a up at a meeting held at Apia on October-31st, emphaweally protesting against the pro-, hibition o{ liquor by proclamation as. againat the whole population. The IS'a-^ tives, it is stated, have prohibition b t v theuj ov;n wish, but the white people* object to Ijoiug included. The petition hittts. that it will mean the extraction of teddy from . ihe epeoanut palm, w,liietl &»s proved a curse in other places..
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Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15239, 28 November 1919, Page 4
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96SAMOA AND PROHIBITION. Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15239, 28 November 1919, Page 4
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