THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.
OBSERVED IN SAMOA.
LOYALTY. TO HIS MAJESTY. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. APIA June 3. The King’s Birthday was observed this morning by an official reception at the Government offices, attended by the Administrator, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of the Administration, the Secretary of Native Affairs and the Hon.- A. W. Johnston, the chiefs Mataefa and Malietoa, also thirty-five Faipule, who at a Kava ceremony expressed loyalty to the King. At ten'o’clock this morning there was a public function outside the Government offices,' when the Administrator inspected the constabulary and.the guard of honour. A royal salute was tired by the pilot station battery, after which the Administrator Invested the chief Malietoa Tanumaflli with the insignia of the Order of the British Empire. The Administrator will attend the races this afternoon, and will give a ball this evening at Government House, Vailima.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7
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146THE KING’S BIRTHDAY. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18347, 5 June 1931, Page 7
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