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Less Quarantine and More Politics Polio Panic Wanes In West Samoa
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Feb. 1.
EXCITEMENT over the infantile para lysis epidemic in New Zealand, and the possible introduction of the disease into Western Samoa, is dying down although quarantine precautions are still being enforced.
There are no indications that the epidemic will reach here and as it ap pears now to be on the wane in New Zealand, the present strict restriction on travellers wishing to enter the Territory will probably be lifted in the near future.
Meantime, public interest is turning again to politics. In January the Samoans held large political meetings with the intention of selecting eleven Samoan representatives for the new Legislative Council.
As usual in Samoan gatherings, the proceedings were lengthy and the district representatives could not agree on eleven candidates, but submitted a list of 31 candidates, asking the Fautua (Malietoa, Mataafa and Tamasese) to pick out the necessary 11 from the 31 names sub mitted.
The date for the election of the five European representatives has not yet been announced.