THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1880.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 174, 27 November 1880, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1880.

11V tliu arrival of tho (jonnnn barque Dora, from t'iji, on Moudny last, we have Kurnpean telcurams'to the 25th ult., mu. ji intmlian ann Fiji Rl6n to the 23rd ult. < a, id 10th curt., respectively, The "Eos- . t >rn Question " ami the troublas in Ire--1 nil still cHiUniio t" fiirm tho principal - i ontHof I'.uropcan intelligence. Aeonb'. li.-ieia.lilc* pcrtioii of the telegrams ai'j i

alto devoted to the situation in Affghanistau. The information regarding Turkish affai i i U rather contradictory, hut it would appeal ad if the "sick man" intended to inake use of the want of unanimity which had arisen among the Great Powers when ~ ' IhetiroeforßCtualcoercivenieasuresagßinst ; hiw bad arrived, to shuffle out of his en- '. sfajeim-uls under the Treaty of Benin . | relative to the lectification of the Greek .! frontier and other mutters). The long ! talked of settlement of the •• Eastern 'lQuestion" would, therefore, seem to he j a-, far off as ever. The Iffuttrttfetl Lomfon j Xi ■■•■! in a late issue hr.s a very clever '{caricaturo on the position nf Turkey I ami tliute Powers who have lately been | threatening the Sultan witli all 'of punishment in the event of his rej p;i Hating Treaty obligations. The eariI entire is a double one, and represents the Sultan standing on a pier, watching with great anxiety the. approach of the Allied Powers, tvho are each represented j by a soldier sitting in a canoe, and wearing i the uniform of his respective country. The I other half of the picture shows the Sultan, j -tiil on the pier.lmt now waving his anus | I in exultation, his enemies being depicted i I as engaged in a free tight among them- j j selves. Those who scat! the caricature ; are -opposed to form their i.wn opinion j of :iir. change of scene, no explanation ! being given.— The troubles in Ireland ' i are on the inerense. and in the southern I and western counties a reign nf terror j ' prevail-. Many districts have been •■ proclaimed," and the garrisons in : ■ vari- "is parts have been largely rein-! j foreed. It i- sati>facton* to note that : [while one part of the I'lnted Kingdom j I is in siii-li an unhappy condition, the

vivii'l 'in \rmleY the Board of" Trade. returns, if tin! quarter ending S«p----j tend..■■!• 3 fl . si: ."Jul' ,1!1 illClea.su both j in the imports and export*, iver tin-1 I corresponding quarter "i 1373. — 1 \:-[ 1 statu of Affghanistan lias been inucli Moure satUi'actorv since the victories I pained l.v the "British troops under I General Roberts, and it is hoped that , a war which has cost England thousands ' I of her bravest soldiers, and an immense 1 ! amount of treasure, is now at a close.— 1

j The principal topic in the Australian journals still continues to be the Mel j j bourne- Exhibition. 'l'm- great attraction ■ u'.-.t up by the inhabitants of the city,! ■ proudly styled the "Queen of the South'," I does invl yet seem to have attracted any [ \ extraordinary number of vi-itors, but. no doubt as the Sfiason advances, and as the the holidays come round. Melbourne will ! be filled to overflowing.—The Fiji TinuA of the Cth inst. devotes nine columns to la report of the valedictory address de-

! livei-ed hy His Excellency Sir A. 11. I j Gordon, at Nasova, prior to his departure i to his new sphere of labour in New Zealand. Our contemporary, not bating j one jot in the method of criticism which I it has consistently adhered to in reference to II is Excellency's policy since his ndi vent in Fiji, mther severely handles the! ! address in a leader of the same issue a = ', I that in which His Excellency's speech is I reported. In its issue of the 30 th tilt., I the Tinir* has a leader on the case Hunt j Ir. Gordon. As we purpose re-publishing j this article, and the "able and exhaustive j ; judgment'' of Chief Justice Gorrio upon I the c!'e in point, at an early date, we will I j refrain for the present from making any ! • extended comments on our contemporary's view if this ease. Woiie coined lin.,' with : the views enunciated by the Timrs in rc- ■ "aid to the arbitrary character of portions 1 of the \\ s:. rn ! 1;-f]. Cliv'.-i- in t lun.-d we aie indited 10 think that our con- | temporary is not thoroughly posted as to the circumstances which led to Hunt's j removal from Samoa, .'ind we regret that I j the Times should oven appear to have tin- ! semblance of L'hampinniiig the gentleman ! I " who represents himself as Chief Secre- ! tary and Minister of Lands to Malieton, I . the so-called King of Samoa.''

I j ''Samoa liuks Kxpkess."—The I manager of the " Samoa n Time. Kxpress" I desires us to draw the special attention of tin? public to the following postal notice, which appears in our issue of to-day.—" On ami after this .kto, run) until further untie.-, nil letters. &c. posted at the Samoa Times Jixprcss Dlliec, must In- prepaid in Eiigliih money, or ton per cent will be charged to tlie| advertised rate of charges." The great! difficulty experienced in procuring ling- j lisli money for carrying out mail arrange- 1 I uienls will make it necessary for tinmanager of the "Express" to adhere strictly to the foregoing notice. As we ! heliove the ■■ Exprestf" postal (service is of

considerable value to law community, it ; is t'i In- hoped that tlio foreign residents I ! luri' will enable tho manager to continue I his ]>ostal arrangements by complying I with the notice 'juotod above. ! Bnxixn iJ.o Spouts,—The (.'onutiittee i nominated in the public meeting held at ' the ('uurtliiiuse mi Tuesday, the liith iinst.. met for the first tiine.it the Inter-; national Hotel on Monday evening. The j eliair having l*eon taken hv .1. H. Graves, I i Ksq., Hritisli Consul, the eleetion of n sec- i I rotary aiel treasurer was proceeded with, i The Wrofnrvship full to the lot of M r. | Hcutham. Ml. Dawson, U.S. Oon.ul, | being appointed _to take ehiueo of the.' : funds. Messrs Kelsall and Botha m wore lappi.imorl collectors. Messrs. ('. V. ISimut ; 1 ami A. S|>. irs were subsw'Uenlly added to ! the committee. Sub-committees for the I various division 0 of the sports were vlmi appointed as follow-;: Messrs, Graves und Brnnckrr. for horse meet; Messrs, Meredith. Kelt-all, and Bvetham for hnat races; iTessrs, Bauer and Spoil* for foot races, i The chairman intimated that the niiL- i -riiptions Imd reached tho sura of $1 flO, The Sports Committee held it s ml • meeting on Thursday evening, when '

- the collectors intimated that the sub i seripuon list now showed 8204, whicl I they hoped would ba augmented in thi i course of a lew days. Tho sub-coin i | uiiltees having handed in their reports II a programme of the sports was drawn up t i which it iva.< decided to publish ir. rhi - Samoa Times.