THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1878.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 60, 23 November 1878, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1878.

Protestant School.—- We beg to draw the attention of our readers to an advertisement in nnothor colnnin, which announces that the above school will open oil Monday noxt. The necessity of a school of this description has long been felt The fi>es arc low, mid from the long experience of Mr. and Mir-. O'Byrno in school teaching, we feel certain they are the right people in the right place, and aro fully capable of imparting a thorough education. Welcome.—AVe aro glad to welcome back in our niidit our old fii»nd Captain ''iimbi:'!. who returned t'r< :u hisinvoluu- ' iry visit to Fiji in t!io Lotisianna lost . lit. It will he remembered that Capt. iiirnhull left here homo timo since in consequence of a caw of ejectment that hud been instituted against him in the High Commissioners' <'ourt al Fiji, bv Dr. Van 'jimp. \\'.' mi lirstnnd that the case had proceeded so far that a commis sion wi'.s to bo appointed to take evidi nco in iaaini i, when, through the advice nf his friend*, and to Hnvo further trouble ami ex| i'tu»o, the Captain paid the Doctor £BSO ».• ! :•<•! a clear title to hi* projiorty. VV'a are glad thai tlm Captain linn m sueeestfu!!jr escape I -V :., the hands of the I'luii- inn*, iwid thai he i. lum* to lis in i .. j.'..'i lU| : '. ",'. pirit*. I

Tiik Am &IUTUY.—The Trqwiwr f the Cataetery Committee has tafanned a that in eonaeqtM pee .-t' the eoat of the! \ MproYM&eats already made, and the neesaity that exists Ear ft man to he ontimially weeding, the Treasun i warly drained. As many persona ivero not amongst us at the tiiui •' subscription 11 —t w, nt round x\i , liav; in- ,1 !tc I ! .■; t n ie w:!':-ig| j So give their mite if onlj asked « have been requested to state "that anj r if the committee will thankfull) . inv donation offered. The i in t-n-ists of Messrs. H.Dreyer.G. I 1). Kennison, and W. E. Agar. Aim I 1» rsou who knows what the t 'ctneti ry was, and will hx>k at it now, will agi with us that a few dollars given to this } object is not ill spent. The Weather.—During the past week i we have been visited by an abundance of! 1 rain, with occasional heavy squalls of i wind. Although the rain has not been j I very agreeable to those of our planters who were picking cotton still the good it I lues accomplished in dis] elling the catte • . pillars will more than counterbalance that evil. Mi ' ■ 'itnli'y district* : have of late b n ; • stercd by thousand of ■ cntterpiilars, which were eating up every- , tiling before them, and .starvation was , staring many of the native residents in , the face, through the ravages of these , pests. Thanhs to the late rains these | enemies to vegetable matter have disap- , pearcd and a brighter prospect opens before those who live in the lately beseiged , districts. Another good result of the ( lato rains will be the extra growth of : cocoamits, which will certainly be bene- . ficial to those who make copra out of them. Pries fortius article appear to be improving in England. The European Mai! of August :>0 says: —"Copra keeps very firm, and a fair business has been done at £22 155., since when £23 , has been paid for arrival." The Pacific Islands Trade.—The San Francisco Chronicle of September ' 29 say :—" Trade with the Pacific Islands : is at present very brisk. The barque Emma Augusta is up and loading for Samoa, to follow the Ada May, both vessels taking every pound of cargo they can carry. A couple of somewhat • un local politicians have been making elforts to get to Samoa to try their hands at erecting a government there, but information they have received from parties well posted has considerably dampened their philanthropic ardour." How thankful we ought to be for this small mercy. We want a Government bad enough, but the present pttite of affairs is infinitely to be preferred to the establishment of a Government by adventurers, whose only philanthropy lies in a desire to line thci: ; nnolotc it.tlin ovi.or.se pi' I lie luitiv- ■ ... -. , those foreigners who have made io---; i islands their home. OuiTf.UtV.—A rather Midi!-;-1 occurred an board the Cur:::: :: '. o! war. Ariadne, on Saturday !:i -a! ,•■■; , ■ o" the carpenter's crew o.\p;:i.d ov'. . expectedly. The deceased hail U ■ [ ering from some pulmonary disci-.. - • ■ . was quite cheerful and appaxently beiiei. . up to within a few moments of his expir- j , ing. In consequence of the brief stay of j the Ariadne the usual ceremonial of a naval funeral was dispensed with, and the i obsequies were conducted by Mr. [{addock in quite a private manner: —b'iii Times.