Samoan Chiefs

Official Visit to NZ

rE three high chiefs of Samoa, Tama sese, Malietoa and Mata’afa, have spent a month in New Zealand as the guests of the NZ Government, and have now returned home. Everywhere they called —in Fiji, Tonga and New Zea land—they were warmly greeted and lavishly entertained.

Mr. G. K. Roth, assistant to the Sec retary for Native Affairs, greeted the chiefs in Suva on behalf of the Fiji Gov ernment. They were given a Fijian welcome at Navuso Village, and were entertained at the home of Ratu Sukuna.

The chiefs travelled all over New Zea land ; were given kava at the Christchurch Museum; and were entertained at a State luncheon in Wellington.

At the latter function, Tamasese, speaking in English, made an impressive speech, in which he thanked the NZ Gov ernment for its hospitality, and paid a tribute to the memory of the Samoan Mau leader. Mr. O. F. Nelson. He felt that the visits of the Prime Minister to Samoa, and the chiefs to NZ would strengthen bonds of good feeling.