Defence Plan
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Western Samoa
Rejects
(From Our Own Correspondent) WITHOUT debate or discussii the Western Samoan Le§ lative Assembly in late Aug: rejected a Government proposal] set up a small local defence fa and coast-watching service as p of a regional plan prepared by New Zealand defence authorit and agreed to by both Fiji s Tonga.
Fifteen members voted agaii the proposal and eight (the 1 official members, with two Samot and one European among elected members) voted for it.
Another Government propc which met with a chilly recept: asked for subsidies for airpe facilities and their maintenance: Faleolo and Satapuala. The qu f ion was ultimately referred tc Select Committee, which is to port to the October sitting of Assembly.
The New Zealand Governmj has asked Western Samoa for aj pc contribution towards the c< maintenance and operational penses of Western Samoa’s airpo< It has been pointed out that I makes very large payments towai the cost of air services, and tl; both Tahiti and Tonga meet cost of all their airport faciliti Tonga even paying operatioc losses.