THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1879.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 96, 2 August 1879, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1879.

Divink Service.— To-morrow bc-iiifj ths 111 —t Sunday in the month, tht ttev. Dr. Geo. A. Turner will (n.v.) hold divine service in tlio Foreign Church, Apia, at 7.:t0 pm.

The Convent English School.—By reference to our advertising columns, it will liu noticed that the above school will re-open on the 13th instant, upon the usual terms. DIU'NK and Disorderly.—ln the Neutral Territory Court, on Monday, before T. M. Dawson, Esq., United States Consul, Fred Redeg was lined SlO for being drunk and disorderly. Fine paid. Tiik Bkitish CONSULATE. J. 11. Graves, Esq., the nowly appointed British Consul, took charge of the archives of the otliee on Monday. The Consulate will be carried on in the old premises, and. as will be seen by advertisement in another column, the hours are from 8 a.m. till I 1 a.m., and from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. Neutral Territory.—Tin following is the report of the Treasurer of the Cousular Representatives for the Neutral Territory of Samoa for the month ending July "24 :—Receipts—Licenses, 880 ; fines, 858:50; arrests of deserters SSO ; ■total, .?l«fS:.">0. Expenditure—Pay of policemen, S100; food for prisoners, Ss:B7i; boat hire, $ 19:50; distribution of proclamations, &c., >l!l; printing, 525 ; balance on hand,Sl9:l2S ; total, JISS: rO. The United States Consul.—The report published a short time ago thai Mr. Dawson, the U. S. Consul at Apia. bad been removed for acting us attorney for a land company here, proves to be false, Mr. Dawson having receive,! i: official dispatch from Washington on the same date as the bogus telegram, approving and commending his course, tie has also received an official dispatch from the Secretary of State, of eight days later date than the false telegram, in which no allusion is made to any change in the Consulate here. But Mr. Dawson appreciates all the same the kindly interest taken in the matter by those who signed the paper in his behalf, which has been sent to Washington in regard to the subj..et.

Is it Possible f Tlio Auckland Weekly News, of July •"<. lias the following:—"Mr. li. W. Grilfin and family, the newly appointed United States Consul for Auckland, arrived in the steamer City of New York yesterday. This gentleman liue for many year* occupied a similar position at Copenhagen, and previous to that was identified with several daily journals in the Union." [s it possible, that this is the (irillii of Samonn notoriety I If so, for the sake of himself and our New Zealand friends, wu hope that his Samoan experience has made him a wiser and a hotter man.

Pianos Match.—Our paragraph of last issue, concerning the pigeon match fired on the 20th of last month having been incorrect, in consequence of our reporter mistaking Mr. Price for Mr. Barnard, we now append tho scores : (Japr. Chandler 0 110 „ Dicuhard 1 I 1 0 Mr. Pries Olio „ Bates 10 11 „ Houston 0 0 „ Biinird 1111 .. Usher o o ~ Klnffel 1110 ~ Ileenocko 0 0 „ Parkinson 1 0 0 ~ Dawson 1 I 0 0 „ Gorleffrov 0 110

TllK RKV. QeoROR Bnovot.—ll having been reported in town during the hisl week or two, that tho Uev. George Brown had been given up oy the doctor in Sydney, his many friends here will in: g'lad to learn by the following paragraph, which we clip from the Auckland Weekly News of July 12, that he is now convalescent: —" We notice amongst the list of pa sengers hy the s.s. Hero, which arm. I ou Monday last, tho name of the Rev. George Brown, of the New Guinea Mi sion, who has come on to Auckland to re emit his health after the arduous fati"iie, exposure, and mental anxiety to which has been subjected during the past tw.-.- •• months. 'The rev. gentleman was rccen; .•. sullcring from an attack of eon.st fowl-, but is now convalescent, lie will be u,-.-coiued back by a large circle of personal friends, and will no doubt, during his stay in Auckland, take an opportune ol enlightening the public on uiauv matters of interest connected with mission work in New Guinea. IMPERIAL IiKRMAN CoXStfLATR.—The

San iranowco Abend Post has tin* following telegram, dated Berlin, April 2:) : "The oiiioinl papers anuuunco the appointment of Corvet-Coptain v. Zombech as Consul-General of Samoa, partly to' promote the mercantile intori t» of *Oer many in these waters, and partly to erect in tho Samoan Islands a coaling station for Herman war vessels." From tho Norddeutsobo Alkera. JSoitung of May 8,1 we extract the following:—" The Imperial Foreign Office has token into consideration tho erection of a Consulate at Apia, Samoa Islands; the official district will include the Samoa and Tonga Island?, as well as otlmr independent j islands, with which the empire has already concluded treaties for tho security of Gorman interest*, or with whom it iii-1 tends to conclude treaties. The ncces I sity of this step has just, now made itself felt, as Mr. Weber, who, for many years, in a most satisfactory way, has acted in Samoa as mercantile Consul, wishes for a

prolonged leave of absence. His Majesty the Emperor has lately liestowed on Mr. Weber the Order of "the Red Eagle in consideration of bis valuable services in regard to the advancement of German interests in the South Seas. The oppartUnity for this was given by the conclusion >f a treaty with Samoa, dated January 17. This treaty, which was concluded after the removal of many difficulties, secures to Germany the rights of the most favoured nation. We hear that this treaty will shortly lie laid before the ISumlesiath and the Reichstag.*' By the mail which arrived per Albatross on Sunday last, we learn that the new German Consul will probably come out in the same steamer that is to laud Sir Arthur Gordon at Pagopago on the 20th instant. We may therefore expect him to arrive hero about the 22nd. TIUBVES ARE ABOUT. —On Sunday night, or early on Monday morning, the premises of Mr. Williamson were entered ami some ten dollars and a gold ring made oti \\W.i by the thieves.

These midnight marauders effected an entrance by taking off n few of the boards from the side of the store. They were evidently surprised in their little game, for they had placed outside a case of axes a box of blue, and a few other articles but there they left them. On Wednesday night, at about <S o'clock, two native: wearing a head-dress of siapo, very lnv over their eves, were surprised in the acl of endeavouring to open the dooi of om office with a key they had picked up. It ..:.- suggested ilia: they require,! some oi 0 ;:■ i qui foi ;;;, purpose of in . bullet - I we w lid Ivij ■:;■.:.:•■ i.r\ : : Ul iftell O tll"\ ! ■ .e.. ■ l,v. n ad; n.aile. tmi T ■■ ■■ ■ ■■'<■■ i:i ■■ The ~:; idrels i., this iostan.i broke in ;L, how door, in d ling whiei thev mad- .-o lunch noise that they wok' Mr. Hayes, who was in charge .'.f, am sleeping upon, the premises. [inmedi upon the door being buret open Mr Hayes tired two chain wis of his revolve] at the miscreants, bul we are sorry to saj that neither of the halls appear" to havi taken etl'eet. I ... the ,ame ni,dit the kit leh.n of Mr. C.-, at Matautu, was broke: into and completely cleaned; al-i tin kitchen of Ah Wing, at Matautu, am a number of fowls, a quantity of cooking utensils and other articles taken there i from.

S;:!Z" ■■ i'-o-i \ (J!:;:-,! w Ki itooxp.H. —( Mi Saturday morning last ;; report w is brought to thu German Consulate, from Savaii, that tho schooner Apia, which had bueu charteied by Malietoa, from the Deutsche Handels-uml Plantngen-Gesell-schafl der Sii (see-Ins,!n /u llatuburg, a German firm, to convey him and his party to the north side of Savaii and hack, had • been seized by the natives of tho district known as the Itutani, and the passengers made prisoners. Upon this H.I.M.S Bismarck, with Th. Wcbor, Esq., Imperial Uermuti Consul, on board, proceeded to investigate the matter. Thev arrived at Matautu at übotil 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and immediately made enquiries into th : truth or otherwise of thu report. The information gathered was to tho effect that shortly after tho schooner had dropped anchor at Safotu a party of several hundred armed men surrounded the schooner and seized .Malietoa and his party, and plundered the vessel of all the provisions, and other goods, notwithstanding that the German flag was flying at the mainmast head. Tlu-'chiefs of the district were then ordered to return the passengers taken from the schooner, and lie on hoard the Rwnini ■!< th -eve-. I.y I '.) OcioCk tile- HUM lllul'lliilg. Tu ilun .... natives oiije red n account of the next day being Sunday, wh.-reiipon Captain Uemhard informed the ~ that if they did i hot ( iply with the request made, he would lake steps to compel ilium. Isy I the time appointed the captured passengers were all sent onboard, and several ol the chiefs had arrived; hut a lew still refused to come on hoard. The bouts , wen- a! once ai aed and fully imymed. '■■ but i.hey had -■. ,-el\ time t I reach the iin tl 'l In ,■ ■ .■■ ■■,:=■ r ith-h, pr! ~, ~. :, ... -,!•■, ~,,;„,;; ~ l-'thei pi ; ■• • ; . '. \,., :<;„. ;i„. . gised. In ord' r. however, to remind them thai th- e,.11 „ e,,ni:uit such acts with I'n ■ e : „| in,. tai.i mis 01 ', ... : , : ,;v) i Iti tile tjer.lll,l r .-.•: ....-., Icadiu-' chiefs are holda<list;! ;s.