NEWS FROM SAMOA.
NovEMjj^it <20fch insM ;the, JNorfcK I German* Lloyd's steamer Lubeck,Captain Schmolder arrived at Sydney from Apia and Tonga. The Rev, Mr Moulton, fpr many, years a missionary stationed *at Tonga^ ahd'Mrs Moulton, have come up to Sydney to attend the Wesleyan Couference., jThings.generally at Samoa are quiet. ( Jtis understood that the Germans have 'Withdrawn the sentries from the old Government House, and practically speaking there aro ho sentries whatever now at Apia. The German men-of-war vessels Olga and Adler were in the harbour, but the Adler had been to Tutuila, so it was said, to arrest » an insubordinate chiof. H.M.s. Opal hadjeft ,a fortnight ago for Fiji in order to com! municate with the High Commissionerthere. It is understood that the American and English consuls still refuse to recognise Tamasese as king. Generally speakings things at the island are very quiet. The woatherhaa been favourable, and vegetation of all kinds soems at pi-esent to luxuriate, as is instanced by the fact that the Lubeck has brought a larger amount of bananas than she has ever brought on one trip I before.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 240, 4 February 1888, Page 4
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184NEWS FROM SAMOA. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 240, 4 February 1888, Page 4
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