Opening Of New
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Church And
Commerce Meet
Opening Of New Bank In Apia
IN the presence of the General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Mr. R. D. Moore, the Manager of the Bank of American Samoa, Mr. Alan Bigelow, the Auditor of the Government of American Samoa, Mr. Lew Allen, the Acting High Commissioner of Western Samoa, Mr. T. R. Smith, and a representative gathering of
residents, the impressive new builo ing of the Bank of New Zeaalm at the corner of Beach and Pos Office Roads, Apia, W. Samoa, wc officially opened on February 1.
The Bank of New Zealand ws established in Western Samoa i 1915, and has operated since i rented premises which have prove totally inadequate in view of tl vastly increased volume of busines The construction of the buildin took three years and the Ban premises are part of a block of ne buildings erected by the sarr builder, Mr. L. A. Pearson; they ir elude the Methodist Church, tf Wesleyan Book Shop and the bus ness premises of Messrs. H. and Retzlaff.
The opening ceremony began wit speeches by the Apia Manager < the BNZ, Mr. N. O. Maitland, ar others, after which the actual opei ing was performed by the Re R. Hobson, of the Angl i c a Chaplaincy, who had just arriv( by the Tofua.
A cocktail party ended the sui cessful occasion.
Residential quarters for the Bar staff are situated in the upper stor( of the building. t At a special sitting of the Co< Islands High Court at Raroton; on December 3, Benjamin Mauran was charged with the murder Metuakore Po Putaura. This w the third alleged murder to tal place at Rarotonga in the pa year. In the first involving t] death of a woman, the murder has not been arrested. In tl second a man was found guill The present alleged murder is sa to have occurred during a liqu party.
The new Bank of New Zealand building.