AFTER THIRTY YEARS
espEIVIONY AT SAMOA
PA- SAMOA, August 29. *Jv ceremony commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the landing of New Zealand troops in Western Samoa was held today. The local defence force, under Sergeant Turfus, paraded along with the native police force Boy Scouts and several parties of children from the schools. Tv/rHis A E^ celle"cy the Administrator Mro m' C v Turnbul1 ' accompanied by .Mrs. Turnbul 1, arrived at the Adminis.tation Building at 9 a.m.. where a much larger turnout of Samoans and Europeans than in former years had SnS n8£ dM-r' rhe i opened with the National Anthem and an inspection by the Administrator, ispedches were delivered by his Excellency, and. on behalf of the i Samoans. by Mr. Tualau. a member of tne bamoan Legislative Council. The flag was raised by the same Samoan Naea, who raised it on August 29 1914
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1944, Page 7
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146AFTER THIRTY YEARS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1944, Page 7
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