WAR IN SAMOA.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 31, 5 January 1884, Page 6

WAR IN SAMOA.

Our Tonga correspondent writes: — "By news just to hand, it appears that war has broken out in Samoa, at the island of Tuituila, between the old and young King parties. For some considerable time past a great amonnt of ill-feeling has existed at Tuituila between these two political parties, but it was not supposed that they would go to war. However, fortunately for the rest of the group, there were two men-of-war at Apia — the German man-of-war Hyaena, and the British man-of-war Miranda. These 1 immediately proceeded to Tuituila, together with the Consuls and the Rev. Mr Phillips, the missionary stationed at Apia and in connection with the London Missionary Society, and through their intervention and a dread, »© doubt, of the men-of-war, the fighting foy the present has ceased, and. the ; land, is at peace once more, but for how long ' it is impossible to say. I

nrranjred, and the new school is n-»w to be completed at Woioromromw l»y the first of Ma.vh next, the material « hoing already »n the ground. The mU.ibitnnta ot Waioronsomni certainly have no reason to complain of t.e attention their wants and wishes have received *t the hands of the present School Committee, who 'have always given their requirements every attention, and from the first did all in their power to ohtaiii a school, schooltn.Kter, and now a new and more suitable sohool-hmihe. As we have alreay stated the Board of Education have acted with great liberal^ to the district. No doubt th» inhabitants of Shaftesbury, feel greatly annoyed at the action of the ttuard, but no" impartial observer can but -admit that Waionmgomai stood in most need of a now school-house. Waioroncomai is steadily increasing the number of its inhabitants, whilst Shaftesbury is steadily decreasing ; and this fact is not to be wondered .it considering the small amount of labour now employed in anrt around ShaL'tesburv, and that most or., those w1... aie le.ivi.l4 are working men, <whu indeed priucipilly constitute the population). Uronglit out under the auspices of Messi. Gr.mt and Foster, and employed b\ them for some time on thenspecial settlement; many of them now hay • to seek work «•!«•? where. We some time since referred ti» the action of these gentlemen i» discharging so ninny hands, directly they got their Crown grant, and making an\m;ements to "tike down a number of houses and have them re-erected at Waiorougomai. Can we suppose that <TOverninent tor one moment anticipated any suoii course as this would be adopted, vli n, in |j l m..nr.ib l y fulfilling their part v£ the amx'jiuctit they granted these gentlemen their title. If the correct intorpr -t.iUoit «f special settlement is that o.f induciug a nuinbtr of hard-working, industrious' men, with wives and families Spending on them, to emigrAte to this J.md, expecting to &nd comfortable homes iuu\ plenty of enr»lo\ mtntfound them, and on the cintrary finding aomo three acres or mi of poor l.md .iwaitiug them, upon which to make a home, aud employment suddenly; curtailed, the sooner we see the last of Mich bcttl.menta the Letter for Nnw Zeal.md. Why should Government sell large tracts of laud on nominal terms with the professed object of inducing a. desirable class of emigrants to cast in theii lot in tUU coL.ny, if the conditions attending Mich sales are only nominally carried out, and t.ie ultimate result attained is tiie em idling of the few ? \\ c admit that plenty of labour is to be had ior all who an! able and willing to work, in and around our large district at good -wages, but this fact in noway alters the facts referred to, and the "special settlement" business. It is the duty of Government to see that the full advantages intended are derived by all concerned.