Samoans Give Lavishly
pp. 37-38 · Read in the full issue
To Church Funds
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, June 19. rpHE now-famous annual meeting of A London Missionary Society adherents at Malua, Western Samoa, took place this year between June 10 and June 20, after being postponed for some time owing to the influenza epidemic in May.
Thousands of Samoans from Upolu, Savaii and American Samoa attended, and £7,000 was collected towards mission funds. The Administrator. Colonel F. W.
Voelcker addressed the large assembly before it dispersed.
A new LMS church has been opened at Fasitoouta village, Western Upolu. Many thousands attended the ceremonies and £6,000 was contributed to the building tund. This church has been in course of construction for the last 14 years.
This whoiesaie giving to church funds, which is a characteristic of the Samoans, is nevertheless an indication of their pre
sent-day prosperity.
Mr. S, H, Yeoman, Patrol Officer at Gairana in the hinterland of the Morobe District, is at present attending the Aus tralian School of Pacific Administration in Sydney. He was formerly well known in the TNG as accountant with the firm of Greenwood and Laws. He did valuable work among the mainland natives during the war, and has since joined the Ad ministration.