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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 73, 22 February 1879, Page 2

Mr. C L. .Svhi..—With reference to our last weeks remark wo have beeu corrected that Mr. C. L. Sahl is not and has never been Imperial German ConsulGeneral for Australia. Mr. C. L. Sahl is Imperial German Consul at Sydney for the Colony of New South Wales in Australia. Lartk.ny.—ln the United States Consular Court, on Tuesday last, the following cases were adjudicated upon : —St. Foy v. Muga and others, for stealing a ea.sk of hoof. Masmiu was lined SSO, Muga, S4O, and Vim, B*o. Wright v. Pou-oi and others, for stealing bananas &c. Pou-oi was fined sls, and To'o, $lO. Decoratiox.—The Rev. Shirly W. Baker of Tonga is, we learn, to receive a decoration from the Emperor of Germany. He will be a " Red Eagle" though of what class is not yet publicly known. There used to be a regulation forbidding a British subject from wearing a foreign decoration without Her Majesty's permission ; if it is still in forco and if W. Baker wishes to sport his " Eaglo " in public be will have to {nform Her Majesty for what services he has revived the decoration.

Obituary.—Many of our readers will bt) Sony to learn of tho death of Mr. Edward Hansen, a German gentleman, who arrived in Samoa some eighteen months ago. Ho was quite a jovial pleasant gentleman, and was respected by all who knew him. In October last he left in the Tongatabu for Jaluit, intending to proceed from there to Quiros Island, in order to visit his father-in-law who depad him to cyme. From Jaluit he went in an American schooner to Taritari, where- ho took passage on board the Upolu. Shortly afterwards he took sick, died on the 14th instant, and was buried ut so«, having suffered from that scourge of the South Seas—dysentery. Tr.kjedv aj»d Comedy at Faxealili. —Advices to hand inform us that, as noted in our lost issue, H.1.G.M.8. Albatross called at Falealili on the 11th inst, for the purpose of formally withdrawing the attachment.of that harbour, and its shores, which took place on the 17th July of last year. There was an imposing c •remouial:—Th. Weber, E*q., Imperial German Consul; Capt. Mousing, of H.I. G.MJS. Albatross, representing I'apt. von Werner, of H.I.G.M.S. Ariadne, with their Excellencies the appointed chiefs of tbo Taimua and Faipule, assembled in the make at fciaga, Falealili, and read a public notice stating that at tho German Government having made a treaty with thu •Sauiomi Government they withdrew the attachment of the harbour of Falealili, imido in July of last year. Tho whole ceremony passed off with great " eclat"! Look at this picture and on tho following: —Advicos to hand inform us, that about ♦he beginning of the currant month, of February, a family quarrel aroso at Falealili, winch ended in one of a family at B dani—Loam o by name—-going to la> tiupe and shouting dead a mini of the f imily ngsiuit which bjt and his family hid a-chronic grudge. The inurdorer wtc, pit iu irons lor a "lew hours" by tho •' Government "judge of the district, and t icn " Dfl at Htoriy}' Has Bnmoa any " Government "!

Thk Samoa Laws.—Mr William t'«*. who wu in town ou Wednesday last, informs as tint the old Steinbeigw laws are being rigidly carried out iu hid distriet—llanouo. The toads have been cleaned ; the police are on the alert, and on the slightest breach of any of the laws the offender ia at once taken into custody. No one but white men are allowed to travel on Sundays; nor to he out alter eight o'clock at night. Our informant was quite surprised to tind that we were not so far advanced as the Manono people. It does seem strange that the people to leeward should set such a good example to us here, where is the very seat of Government, and the abode of the Government adviser. It is to be hoped we shall not bo slow iu following the s'.eps of Muuono.

Drusken Rows ;—There was another repetition on Wednesdiy afternoon of those disgraceful native drunken rows which so frequently occur in our midst without any attempt being made ou the part of the Government (?) either to check them or bring die rowdies to account. The rightiug first commenced in Matafele; sticks, stones, and bottles, being freely handled by the combatants who wore evidently very much under the influence of fighting gin. After a couple of men had got their heads broken open, a temporary lull in hostilities took place, only to break out with renewed vigour in Apia. One man was knocked senseless with a stick or stone, and carried into an adjacent house by some of his friends. He was followed by the opposing party, and in this senseless condition again attacked by two or three brutes. His friends succeeded in again removing him, and while iu the act of doing so one of his enemies procured a gun and was in the act of taking aim at his victim, when it was fortunately snatched from him by another man who immediately discharged the contents into the air. The whole scene, which lasted for upwards of an hour, baffles description. Women and children crying ; men running here and there with bleeding heads roaring like bull-calves at the sight of their own blood; sticks, stones, and bottles, flying in all directions, to the imminent danger of persons passing along the road, and as usual, not a single officer of the Government anywhere near to attempt to quell the disturbance or arrest the ring-leaders. The indiscri m i nnte throwing of bottles.and stones, by a drunken half-mad mob of Kanakas on the public highway is bad enough and ought not to be so quietly tolerated as it is ; but when loaded rifles are introduced it is time for the white residents to take the matter in hand themselves, for their own protection and not wait any longer for the interference of that miserable body of people on the Point yclept " the Government" (?) It is a great pity that there are no means —at any rate at present—of preventing the salo of liquor to Kanakas. On making enquiries we are assured by the bouafide publicans themselves, viz. : —Bell, Acosta, Nelzler, and Smalley that they do not sell liquor either in nobblers or by the bottle to Samoans. Such being the case, the natives must obtain their liquor from some of the storekeepers, most of whom we know have quantities of gin always on hand for sale. We should not have the slightest sympathy for these unscrupulous grasping people,—who, for the sake of making an extra shilling put such an engine of destruction into the hands of the natives as bad, fiery gin,— if, during one of these drunken rows the participator's were to assault the man who had served them with the liquor, or do some material damage to his store or residence. Wo should simply say " Serve him right "; and we helievo this would bo heartily endorsed by those foreign residents who do not traffic in this highly dangerous commodity.