W. Samoan Administrator
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Visits The Tokelaus
From Our Own Correspondent APIA. June 19. rE NZ corvette “Arbutus” visited Western Samoa in June.' The customary Samoan hospitality was extended to officers and men and during the time the ship was in Western Samoan waters the Administrator took the oppor tunity to visit the neighbouring Tokelau Islands.
The Tokelau Islands are a dependency of NZ, and are administered from Apia.
The islanders are reported to be healthy and content, in spite of their somewhat limited material resources. Their diet consists mainly of fish and coconuts and their most important industry is copra.
The islands are rarely visited by ships, but the “Tagua” has been in the habit of calling three or four times a year to lift copra and deliver stores.
The islanders complain that at present there is a plague of rats, which are damaging the young coconut trees and thus adversely affecting copra production.
During the three days’ stay of Arbutus” there was a nightly of movies—an amenity greatly appreci ated by the isolated islanders.