THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 162, 4 September 1880, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.

Tub CJovKKKoitsuip or Ft.it.— Winn trie tie'wa readied us by the Emerald that Sir A. H. Gordon had boon appointed to Now Zealand, xpeoiilfttioii became rife as ■'it-who would bo his successor in Fiji, no 'one having been named in connection with the vacancy. Some, miiintorprotiajr, note njipondi*l by the Editor of tho iji.Timet to u telegram published in that journal announcing .Sir A. H. Gorton'* new appointment, nmiutuined that lie would hold tho dual position of Gov,mrunr of New Zealand and Fiji, but this wtion wan not entertained by litany, A ulogrMl'datMl London, August IS, which wo publish in thin issue sets the tnaltor ,:it teat. Mr. Dea Voom, who was lately .appelated to the Bahamas,und who aeted «* Governor of Fiji during tbe absence of .Sir A. 11. Gordon in Kumpc, has been n.li.'cU'd to till ill" vacancy caused by Hie JKicelletii'vV removal to Sew Zealuud. I

Native Troubles.—We regret to learu that the trouble originated by the burning of Palauli still continues. During the past week several villages on Savaii have been burnt by the contending faotions, ' and on Thursday news reached us that the Tnainasaga were burning right and , left in Aaiiu. Not content with destroyi ins{ the property of their opponents, the King Party have within the past few days committed great kavoo on the property of Mr. Flunk Cornwall in and around Fasotootai, Faistoouta, ATagia, and Satapuala. Bread-fruit and cocoanut trees have been wantonly cut down on all the lands named, pigs and fowls have 'been stolen, and the labomei-s on Magia have hud their working tools carried off hy the marauders. Are these incendiaries aud thieves to oscapo scot f reo ? Entertainment.—By the schooner Daphnae. which came into this port 3 - es- j terday, thero arrived two gentlemen who \ purpose giving a series of entertainments during the ensuing week. One of our visitors is, we understand, a ventriloquist of the first order, and his companion exeells as a scientific magician. As soon as the arrangements regarding a hall, Ac., are completed, particulars of the entertainment will ho published.