Samoan Affairs

N.Z. Minister’s Goodwill Mission

THE Minister for Lands (Hon. Frank Langstone), accompanied by Mr. J.

O’Brien, Member of Parliament for West land, left Wellington on June 16 for Apia by the Maui Pomare to investigate affairs in Western Samoa and report to the New Zealand Government.

The visit of Mr. Langstone will be in a sense a goodwill mission to the Samoan people. Advantage will be taken to in quire into the affairs of the administra tion with a view to guiding the N.Z.

Government in its choice of an Adminis trator of the Mandated Territory in suc cession to Sir Herbert Hart, who resigned last year.

The duty of the two Parliamentarians will be to find out the true State of con ditions in Samoa, and to meet the Samoan people and explain that the new Govern ment intends to work with them for the good of the territory as a whole. They will investigate the natives’ grievances and take back recommendations regarding the best method of approach for their solution.

Messrs. Langstone and O’Brien will be absent about a month.