IN SAMOA.
SAMOA ARRESTS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 25. The following radio message was received from the Editor of the “Samoa Guardian” :—“The Administration took action, a large armed force from the warships being landed at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday to round up Afau police, and the object was accomplished. The Aran offered no opposition but protested, though they submitted peacefully, there being no disturbances on the part of Afau police, three hundred of whom are now under arrest, pending nine charges to be laid. Afau members expressed a wish to meet the Commodore of the fleet to discuss their grievances, declining to confer with the Administrator. Afau chiefs exhorted the people to keep the peace. The marines searched native and European houses.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1928, Page 1
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125IN SAMOA. Hokitika Guardian, 27 February 1928, Page 1
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