SAMOAN AFFAIRS.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17972, 18 March 1930, Page 9

SAMOAN AFFAIRS.

<55, •- | MR E. J. HOWARD, M.P., AT HUNTLY j I i Mr E. J. Howard, M-P., spoke at 1 Huntly at the week end, repeating the \ address given at Arapuni on the 1 Samoan -situation. Tracing the his- [ ton' ol* the islands from the time of j the German occupation, Mr Howard I said the seed for the present trouble j was actually sown in 901, when the j Germans issued an ordinance abolish- j Jn-g some of the native -customs. That nation had found that it was im- j possible to enforce it, and- New Zea- j land would find, after a lot of money J had been expended, and perhaps j some more lives lost, l-lrat she cannot j alter these customs by the, stroke of a pen. ; Mr Howard used about 40 lantern j slides, illustrating certain phases- in ; the history of the islands, including j wrecks of 18S9, R. L- Stevenson s | home at Yailima, his grave on flic lop | of the hill, and other interesting pie- , lures. There was a good attend- | an-oe at the Town Hail, and the chair- | man. of the Town Board, Mr E. i George, was in the chair. Mr Howard | was accorded a hearty vote of (banks, j The member for the district, Mr I Lee Martin, was also on the platform, j