King’s Birthday Sports at Apia

Apia.

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, June 20.

THE King’s Birthday sports this year were favoured by ideal weather and attracted a large crowds of natives. The station ship from American Samoa had come over for the occasion.

The aquatic sports suffered from lack of com petition, but, nevertheless, some interesting events were witnessed.

The race meeting of the Apia Turf Club was held in the afternoon. Though the attendance of Europeans left much to be desired, a large crowd of natives had gathered and followed events with lively interest. Of the nine events, the Birthday Handicap for the trophy donated by our former Administrator, Colonel S. S.

Allen, was outstanding, being won by Mr. R.

M. Sheldon’s “Wywurry.” The Administrator, who attended the meeting, accompanied by the Governor of American Samoa, Captain H. S.

Lincoln and his staff, presented the cup to the winner.

An “Uncle Sam’s Race” for sailors and visi tors from Pago-Pago and won by Mr. C. Reid, concluded an attractive and successful day for the Apia Turf Club.

The ball at Vailima Government House was on a considerably smaller scale than in previous years. The number of invitations issued to the public was only limited, probably due to need ful economy. would be theirs in exchange for un

employment, boycott, and starvation,

which the Europeans and Anglo- Indians fear will be their lot shortly in India, where they “constitute a

problem.”

There is no doubt that Papua is one of the most desirable countries in the Pacific: with its vast unexploited areas of fertile lands and its potential wealth. But it is still waiting for the opportunity and for the more adven turous to prove and make of “a golden

dream a glorious reality.”

M.L.