Samoan Murdered At
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Pago Pago
From Our Own Correspondent
R___ Apia, Aug. 10.
EPORTS from American Samoa tell of a shocking murder committed at Pago Pago a fortnight ago. Quarrel ling with another Samoan whom he ac cused of paying improper attention to his wife, a native suddenly attacked his ad versary with a large machette and prac tically severed his head. The native was arrested and will be tried shortly.
This is the fifth Samoan murder at Pago Pago within the last few years. None of the previous murderers suffered the death penalty.
Mr. K. B. Gross, manager of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., arrived in Aus tralia from Wau by the August “Bulolo” to attend a mining conference at Mount Isa. He was accompanied by Mrs. Gross.
Mr. Pierre Graziani, of Noumea, New Caledonia, paid a visit to Sydney recent ly. He took several racehorses back when he returned to the Colonv