Monster Art Union.
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Planned in Western Samoa.
From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, March 31.
At a citizens’ meeting recently, a proposal to organise an art union with the object of rais ing funds for beautifying the beach and Apia Park and to assist sports bodies, was discussed.
It was decided to raise £3,000, of which amount £1,000 would be spent on prizes and expenses, the net proceeds of £2,000 to be used for improvements to Apia Park. Mr. W. E.
Burnett was appointed secretary of the art union.
It is strange that at the meeting no sugges tion was heard to set aside part of the proceeds of the art union for the relief of needy and destitute Europeans out of work, of whom there are quite a number in Samoa. That real dis tress exists in Samoa, due to unemployment among Europeans, was shown recently when at the Court House not less than 60 Europeans were summoned and prosecuted for non-payment of personal taxes. Some Europeans receive small weekly amounts from the Administration.