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z /iPIA, Wednesday. It comes as something of a surprise to find that there were two convictions for witchcraft at Savai'i, Western Samoa, last year. This. information is contained in the latest criminal statistics covering the mandated area. Other particulars give an indication of the decline of the unrest among the native population which mai'ked 1930-31. In that year no fewer than 286 offences were reported under the Maintenance of Authority in Native Affairs Ordinance, whereas' last year there were only 62 convictions under this Ordindnce, a decrease of 224. Offences under the Seditious Organisations Regulations last year numbered four, as against 44 the previous year. being 30. Even in Apia, it appears, traffic breaehes constitute the major work for the courts. Minor traffic breaehes resulting in convictions totalled 178 last year, as against 135, in 1930-31, showing that the problem is increasing even as in large cities. In addition to drivers of vehicles, however, one person was found guilty of dangerously riding a horse, a charge which has probably not been laid against anyone in the congested areas of New Zealand cities for many years.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 434, 19 January 1933, Page 6
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