SAMOAN AFFAIRS
GENEVA DISCUSSION The mandates commission [ Australian Press Assn. ] Received June 22. 11 p.m. GENEVA. June 22. The Mandates Commission did not conclude its examination of Sir Janies Parr and General Richardson concerning Samoa. They will be further examines to-morrow. Questions and answers closely followed the lines of the Royal Commission’s report, but various members put questions based on the petition submitted by Mr Nelson and certain natives. One question related to the complaint that Samoans had not been introduced into the Legislative Council as promised. It was explained that this proposal originated in New Zealand in 1913, but the chiefs did not respond. General Richardson was convinced that the natives did not want representation. Moreover, the Royal Commission pointed out the danger involved. Sir James Parr told the Mandates Commission that the native agitation grew to a large proportion owing to the unceasing and unscrupulous agitation of half a dozen whites, while the Administrator had neither the legal power nor the police necessary to deal with the agitators.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20180, 23 June 1928, Page 8
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170SAMOAN AFFAIRS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20180, 23 June 1928, Page 8
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