IN SAMOA
;■ : QUIET AND PEACEFUL. (Per Press Association— Copyright.) WELLINGTON, October 4. Brigadier General Hart, administrator of Western Samoa arrived by the Man' ■Fomare via Lyttelton.-He told a Ibporter that all was well in Samoa. The conditions, generally- were ' very satisfactory. The prices th 6 territory was getting for commodities was love l ', but among - the Samoans -there Was -no unemployment, no shortage of food, and jjo house -rent to .pay, so the drop in prices "had li'ttlo. effect. The total trad e turnover last year decreased by one third with a corresponding drop in revenue Ibut steps were, taken to meet the changing situation and th 6 financin', year finished with a small • credit oalance. , Th© estimates this year .provided for a small surplus. Politically, 'Samoa was very peaceful.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1932, Page 6
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