Handcuffs Are Tabu In
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Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Feb. 20.
\I7HEN a number of cases were heard ** before Apia High Court, in which natives, caught by the recently-appointed ranger of the N.Z. Reparation Estates, were charged with trespassing and steal ing breadfruit on Government planta tions, the Commissioner of the Court (Mr. R. V. Kay) took occasion to ad monish severely the ranger for using handcuffs and ropes on Samoan offend ers. He said that this practice was strongly resented by the natives and might easily lead to serious trouble.