Food Shortage In Samoa
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Apia, September 24.
AMERICAN Samoa has been suffering from a severe food shortage, mainly due to the non-arrival of the Islands steamer “Matua” in August. Flour, rice, canned meats and native foodstuffs were extremely' scarce, and sometimes fantastic prices were offered for supplies.
As Western Samoa also ran short of supplies during the sarnie period, though to a much smaller degree, no relief was available from Apia, though large amounts of native foodstuffs were for warded to Pago Pago to relieve the situation somewhat.