THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 62, 28 December 1889, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889.

Tint extrnordtoarv prnccrdtnjrs at the auction on Thursdnv. the IDth J iiwt, of Mr. K T. (MiatfiVld's effects, wider- writ of serenre. issued out of H.M. TTfffh OnmmisHinnor's TOonrt, iiro almost the note puUic matter UtM Ims entrsTed the attention of our townspeople since the aale., or the attempt to sell. Thr *nl»j«rt 4ms tiefcn jrarionslv comi mented on, and .whether jusHrTaJuY or otfniwlMi Mm course of proceed;ing* IftU *tVmi "IrtrtyrfrwiHi disap"proved of.'* On account of the groat .jMjnJlc interest the matter ha" created in Apia, we foci the necessity of giving: some explnnation ot the reason* which cave, rise to the eournc taken hy.tho TVpntv Com'miasioner in acninst Mr OhatfiVM. Mr. Chatficld wan nrt officer of thp High Ooniini*>donarV Oniirt in Apia during the hearlnu ot the groat caw of Cornwall and MeArlhur and Co. A mnsidcrahlr amount of outside work wan re •liiin<d t*> W limit' in the camc, and Mr. OhtlMd wan instructed U "«m» ftonpoMia*, etc. to variou* partio> residing in the island*. Fot tats work a lturuW scale of charge* ia laM down in the the form of * Nbh>dide of ft-CM potted in the office Mf. ChftUUthlk it A|>|>cai'H. followed the. Male literally l»y chm <y\na milea** on erery nnhpreni tcrved ever though there might havphecn t>i».-r . or ftmr person* to he •nmmone<| in " tha one district. This Mr. Olmtfu hi ¥***s*• *M> «M pM*et'v entitl.il (• JaMfk -ll* waa roreivinr no pay fr«.m MWfwU o«Mim , i«hnt<r , i Court Wing <h< (Nnwwia or payment (or *cr< tfNLflrt. *f •»**• kaatii JOMri. When the lenpthv MinHr r/MeArthur mvl aj*ajijl r .aad a vcrtliei I jit*er. with er*U ■Mr" mc Mrving r. -, * ml and,

iwfPJji, Um ftdl amount .erf the ae*. eoont m .'iaallowed. end inatroctioae sent to the Deputy Coniinhuotwr here to have them reduced, end the balance, refunded by Mr. Chatflckl.ThelhipntyCommindoner immediately auhmitted the mutter to a representative of both plaintiff and defendant in the great eaec, am! those gentlemen and the Deputy Cotnndsmoner enquired fully into the itemn in Mr. Ohatfield'ft account. resulting in an order Iming issued to Mr. Cbat- , field to refund the win of C<»4 4s fid as the amount of exemnive charge* made by him. This Mr. ChathVld declined to do, and in a letter to the Deputy CtHiiuiiHwionci' held that the Deputy Commiwuoner was the only party ror.pinsjl.if*. \ lengthy cornwpondence on the sulij«.-ct panto I between both parties, which has already appeared in our column*, ami which it is not necessary to I di*eu«i The Deputy Commissioner placed a bailiff in pn-.Hi<*.siou () f Mr Chatficld'ft .ducts. The public up to that time t»mk very little notiec- • of the matter, nod hud Mr. C'hnttield'n good*. licen sold at hi*, resi <lcnco, iii accordance with the I usual custom, it U more than pvor Iwldc that ihe goods wrould have , lieen soid, and the amount required t to satisfy the ordei recovered, and r without much inconvenience to Mr. r Chaltield or his family. There - was nearly enough morchaiidise on o the prtmUic?: to realise the amount, e but, unfoi innately, we think an i- uniiMial course, was pursued. Knr c no reason- assigned the goods were - tnken away in a punt, and carried to - tho unction room in Apia, leaving t only the Infilling, an We are informed, » in the honse for Mr. Chaltield and his • family. Thin action of the officer of f the Court wan generally condemned n and a feeling of sympathy aroused • for the family, for what certainly r. appeared to he nn aildtiury pron cccding. This fooling was not '« confined to British .uhject* only. It if Wftß a ooomo very severely cerrmrcd rl by many foreign residents of other e nationalise*, hence the failure to •• effect a Male of the good*, an<l the '1 loud expressions of dbtapprot al of o the proceeding* by the numerous M audience n-.iviiil.lc*! at the auction i- room.