Surprise Party For Samoan
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Administrator
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Oct. 12.
rE popularity of the new Administrator of Western Samoa, Colonel F. W.
Voelcker, was demonstrated on October 9.
When it became known that His Honour was 50 years old on that day, the people decided to give him a real “Samoan Sur prize Party.” The Apia Mothers’ Club and the Samoan Planters’ Association organised the function.
That evening, in the moonlight, a long procession of cars and buses, led by two bands, conveyed some hundreds of happy people and their abundant food and refreshments up the mountain road to Vailima. They were greeted warmly at Government House. The grounds and the roomy ball-room soon provided a colourful and lively picture. It was a very success ful party.
On behalf of the visitors, a member of the Legislative Council, Mr. A. Stowers, expressed appreciation of the good rela tions existing between Administrator and people, and the wish that he would enjoy many more birthdays at Vailima.