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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1948Vol. XIX, No. 2

Deaths In Western Samoa

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Prom Our Own Correspondent APIA. August 11.

MRS. R. C. Ott, wife of the manager of the Reparation Estates Tuanai mate plantation, died suddenly on August 8 from heart failure. The family is well known and highly respected. Mr.

Ott is one of the pioneers of the successful cocoa industry in Samoa.

On August 9, Mrs. G. Klunkmueller, a widow, died at her residence at Vaimoso, aged 67. She had resided in Samoa for over 40 years, but had been in poor health for some time. Her daughter is Mrs. E.

Adkins.

The infant daughter of the Hon.

Malietoa Tanumafili died in hospital from whooping-cough. She was born on June 2. (Flag-raising Day) and had been named Fua (flag) in honour of the occasion.