CONDITIONS IN SAMOA.
(By Tolepraph.—Soeoiai Oor.resDondent.) Auckland j November -.1. A letter received from an Aucklandcr now in Samoa mokes interesting' reference ■to,oxistiiig conditions in that tjib Germans i-ule, but . where, English manners andonstoms most .prevail.Since his arrival a'tSanloa, the erstwhile', resident-of Now Zealand, states, that lie has seen 6onie surprisingly hitter fights between Germans and Britishers <>n- na-; liohality, in which. (*>mo of the participants have rehimed to the hospital for ropair's. "It is a -'\«ry bitter pill,", ho■adds, "that the Britisher does not, and iwed hot.-l'earii Crerman, but tho German, if ho waiits to got oii, must leahi English. This makes them.very touchy, and if they think anything is being pushed.- on to them] it is immediately pushed;baok, and another brand demanded. At tho. samo : time, from ihb officials this Britisher's.rj-: ceive evoi;y courtesy and consideration."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 2
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138CONDITIONS IN SAMOA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 2
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