Death Of W. M. Burnett
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Of Apia
ONE of the best known European resi dents of Apia, Western Samoa, Mr.
William M. Burnett, died on October 12 at the age of 69. He was in business at Apia, as commission and in surance agent and auctioneer.
Mr. Burnett was a Scotsman who went to Samoa 30 years ago. He was popular and well respected, and as an auditor, he was closely connected with many busi ness and plantation enterprises, and with
the London Missionary Society and the Methodist Mission.
He had been in Apia Hospital for some time. A funeral service was held at Apia Foreign Church, of which he had been a prominent member. The Rev. H.
Whyte, and the Rev. P. Kightley of ficiated. At the graveside a masonic funeral service was conducted by the members of Lodge Calliope, Apia.
Mr. Burnett leaves a widow, a son re siding in England, and a daughter, who is in business in Auckland, New Zealand.
Ratu Viliame Toganivalu, who has been at Gatton Agricultural College, Queens land, has been promoted to Agricultural Assistant, Fiji.