Euronesians Want to Fight
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Loyal Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, March 4.
THE names of the first 25 volunteers for military service overseas have been announced; 11 are New Zea landers and Australians, and 14 are Euronesians. The Administration finally waived the regulation requiring more than half European blood in volunteers, and now men of half Polynesian blood are being accepted.
The prohibition against men of more than half Polynesian blood is still arousing indignation among the Eurone sian people, who are petitioning the NZ Prime Minister to further modify the recruiting regulations,
How £5,000 Was Raised
Nearly one-quarter of the £5,000 raised here for the purchase of a Spitfire fighter represented direct contributions by Samoan banana-shippers, and about the same amount was given by the Pub lic Service. Nearly £l,OOO was collected by that patriotic lady, Mrs. A. G.
Smyth who. from the beginning, worked tirelessly and energetically for the cause.
Our “Spitfire” Fund probably will long remain as Western Samoa’s record cash collection.