General Hart Leaves Samoa

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, August 2.

SIR HERBERT HART, Administrator of the Mandated Territory, has departed by the Maui Pomare to New Zealand after the termination of his extended term of four years. During the last few days a large number of farewell functions showed the regard in which he was held by all those who had the pleasure of meeting him.

As Administrator, his powers .were ap parently more limited than those granted to his predecessors, who had left him a most difficult political situation. Sir Herbert’s smiling, courteous and genial personality will be long remembered, especially by the members of the Administration. The Samoans gave a taalolo at Mulinu’u in honour of the departing Administrator, when regret at his departure was suitably expressed by native orators.

Mr. A. C. Turnbull, Secretary to the Administration, is acting as Administrator until the arrival of a successor.

Rev. Father Granger, a Roman Catho lic missionary in Papua, died of fever at Yule Island on July 18. He had been in charge of Inawaia station for almost 30 years.