THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1880.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 169, 23 October 1880, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1880.

Divint. Service.— The Ilev. J. Marriott will (D.V.) hold divine service in the : Foreign Church, Apia, to-morrow (Sun- j clay) at 10 a, m. j Municipal Court. —The following cases' have been dealt with in this Court, bef( re i K. Hetheringlon, Esq., Municipal Magis- 1 Irate, and Moisake. Native Magistrate, i during the past week : —On the 16th Sai- 1 lemiu and Taupipei were charged with : stealing a pig. Case dismissed.—On the ISth, G. Duseignenr was fined §5 for furious riding in Beach-street.—A trio, Sale, Aipolo, and Kate appeared on the 20th to answer to a charge of assault. Case against Sale and Kate dismissed, Aipolo fined §5. —On the same day, Paioka, for challenging to tight, was fined in the small sum of >1 : 250., in consideration of his having got a sound i drubbing from the party to whom he I assumed the bellicose attitude. The) 20th seems to have been a busy day in i the local Court, as on that day another Samoan, named Faitasi, had to put down $2 for being guilty of conduct calculated to create a breach of the peace. P.u.nt.o.—Wo believe that we, were slightly out in the notice which we published in onr last issue regarding the date of the appearance of these marine phenomena. An authority informs ns that the “ worms ” will probably show up on Tuesday morning next, but that they will be most plentiful on the following day (Wednesday) between the hours of five and seven a.m. Mail Service. —ln another culnam of this issue will be found a notice relative to the establishment of steam communication between Auckland, Fiji, and Tonga, hut wc regret to say that no mention is made of extending the service to Samoa. Considering the frequent communion inn which the two German firmsherehnvewith Tonga, might it not be possible for this community to offer some inducement to one of these (inns to run a small vessel monthly to connect with the mail steamer at Nukualofa? A regular mail sendee would be a great boon to this Group, and wo therefore hope that the suggestion which we have thrown out on this point may be taken up and acted on. The War on Savah.—A resident of this town, who has lately returned from j Savaii, has kindly furnished ns with the following notes relative to the progress of the disturbances on that island:—On arriving 'at Pabmli, about a fortnight ego, found : that the Tuaniasaga had a* usual Imi ned j down houses, cut darn fruit trees, and ) committed other depredations. This party j while at Taga burned down a house c„n----j tabling about SOOOlbs. of copra, belonging ; to Mr. Wallworth.a trader for the Deutsche 1 Handels and Plantagen Gesellsnhuft. The leaders of the Old Party seem to have great influence and control over their followers, and do all they can to prevent wanton outrages on property, Manama, especially, uses all liia influence for the protection of foreigner’s interests. On the other hand, the King’s forces are continually misconducting themselves. As an instance of the di(lerenct) between the two parlies murk the following - ,—A contingent of the Old Party when on the war path parsed through the plantation of Mr. hj. Cornwall, at I.ata. They asked for food, which was given them, and on their departure not the smallest article was missed. Seme days later, Malicious party came to Lata, and without asking leave helped themselves to nuts, which would have made lo.OflOlbs. of copra, besides carrying off larae quantities of , other "edibles. ,Ln addition- to thieving, they grossly insulted Mr. McKenzie, the overseer on the plantation, also telling him that Mnlieton was King of the* whites ns well ns of the ,Saturnine. At, the last fight which took place at Tufa, near f’alanli, the Old Party had twelve killed, while the King’s forces mustered ten I fewer on the roll at the close of the 'sklimish. Only a portion of the Old Party'., foi'c tel. pad m (his engageimnt.

Municipal Board,—The usual weekly i meeting of the Representative Members I of the Board was held at the Court House j on Tuesday. Present: Messrs. Alvord,' Coo, Volkmann, Davies, ami Spoils (Sec- * rutary). Mr. Coe, Vice-President, in the absence of the President, took (ho chair. In addition to the usual routine bus. nets, areguhilioncoucerningtrespnsswas agreed upon and remitted to the Consular Menihuis for their consideration. It was resolved to take immediate steps against those parties who were in default in regard to assessments or licenses. An application for a publican's license for the house known as the Pacific Hotel, Matautn, was | heard, and it was agreed to recommend to the Consular Members that the license he granted. The Treasurer submitted bis financial statement for the quarter ended dOlli September, showing a credit balance of ,Ssoi). This amount, with the sums accruing to the Hoard from the current quarter’s licenses and assessments, will enable the Public Works Committee to effect considerable im-1 provements on the roads and bridges during the months yet to coma of the present year. .