SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
N.Z.'S administration justified. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYBIGHT.) (AtfSTBALIAX AND H.z CABLE. ASSOCIATION.) ' GENEVA, November 3. Sir James Parr, addressing the Mandates Commission, justified New Zealand's action in Samoa. Notwithstanding a small group of . agitators, the Government had performed its , ordinary functions most successfully. Last year showed the highest birth-rate and the lowest death-rate 'yet achieved. Taxation of natives was reduced to 36s per head. All were entitled to free medical treatment. Tlie New Zealand. Government was also marketing copra, and on the natives' behalf the High Commissioner had.sold the first shipment to Europe at the highest price yet obtained, indicating the success of the moveluent. Sir Jamea Parr expressed the opinion that the. real reasons for the agitation in Samoa were copra and prohibition.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19150, 5 November 1927, Page 19
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126SAMOAN AFFAIRS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19150, 5 November 1927, Page 19
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