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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1955Vol. XXVI, No.3

Mau Headquarters Still

p. 88 · Read in the full issue

Stands Near Apia

Thirty years after the Mau unrest in We[?] Samoa, this trading store in Vaimoso vi[?] near Apia, still serves as a reminder o[?] movement.

The Nelson and Tamasese families have [?] been linked by marriage, and the p[?] Tamasese is one of the two "fautua" — Chiefs with authority recognised by the Govern ment —recommended by the Constitutional [?] vention to be Joint Heads of State Western Samoa eventually achieves government.

Formerly the headquarters of the Mau [?] ment, this building still bears the [?] rallying-cry "Samoa mo Samoa" (Samoans the Samoans) on the freshly-painted sign [?] the door. —Photo by Jack Thon[?]