SAMOAN ESTATES
MANAGER AV ANTED. HOST OF APPLICATIONS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association, WELLINGTON,. March.. 3l. ' Hundreds of applications from all over the world have been received, by the Government for .the position ox General Manager of tho. Ne>v. Zealand Reparations Estates in Western Samoa. . ' The appjicatioiis .closed to-day, but. it will be some time until the announcement: : of. an appqintnfent is iiiacte. ~ A good percentage"of 'New Zealanders have applied for the position, which carries a salary' 1 of £IOOO a year. The Reparation Estates comprise an area- of approximately 100,090 ; acres, representing mainly former German--owned properties in Samoa, which the New Zealand- Government "took over as part of its share of the war repara- , tions, due by Germany in November 1928. The control aiid management of the estates were the subject of a searching investigation by the New Zealand Departmental Committee. The decision* to appoint a General Manager of the- j . estates was one result of the Com--Z mittee’s recommendations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1930, Page 4
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