Death Of Devoted Teacher

Apia, Dec. 6.

MANY of the residents of the Territory, particularly former pupils of the Marist Sisters Convent School for girls, at Savalalo, heard with deep regret of the death on October 10, of Sister Aloysia, one of the best-known and well loved teachers of the Savalalo School.

Sister Aloysia (whose lay name was Elizabeth Scheden), was born at Bern burg, Germany, in 1883, and arrived at Apia in 1904, to take up teaching at Savalalo. With the exception of 21 years of teaching at Leone (American Samoa), and a furlough in New Zealand because of ill-health, she worked at Savalalo con tinuously for 35 years as a teacher of English, French and German, and of needlework. In all branches of teaching she was thoroughly proficient, and ob tained splendid results. Sister Aloysia had been unwell for some time, but her death came unexpectedly, and was a great shock to the community and to the Marist Sisters, who find it difficult to re place this popular and efficient member of the teaching staff.

A number of Western Samoan residents have left the Territory recently for New Zealand, either on furlough or in order to take up permanent residence there.

Amongst them are; Dr. P. J. Monaghan (Chief Medical Officer), Mr, C. A. R.

McKay (Secretary of Native Affairs), Mr.

N. S. McCulloch (Secretary to the Administration), and Mrs. McCulloch, Sergeant' H. Irwin (Police Department), Mr P. Kelly (Education Department), and Mr. J. Shinnick (Treasury Depart ment). Two well-known residents who left the Territory for health reasons are Mr. F. L. McFall and Mr. August Setham.

Mr. Setham was accompanied by his family.