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

[?]Estern Samoa’S

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[?]D Report

[?]Es To Assembly

[E Commission of Inquiry into Public Works Department activities in Western Samoa pleted its report at Apia in iember, and the New Zealand ibers of the commission had rned to the Dominion by the of the month. [M’s Apia correspondent reports i the commission’s voluminous iment is based on two large id volumes of evidence heard ng the three weeks’ stay of the Zealand members, i the main the report attributes lack of efficiency in the depart t to insufficient numbers of srvisory staff and to the lequacy of the control methods systems used. blames a number of Govern t officers for the over snditure on the Mafa Pass d. iparation of the Stores Depart t from the Public Works blishment, improvements in the inistrative and clerical iches of the PWD, and the loyment of nine senior ond e d officials, engineers, stants and overseers are recom ded. le report will be submitted to Legislative Assembly during November session.