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W. Samoa
Elections
11 Europeans for Five Seats
Nominations for the Novemh 15 elections to the new and ei larged Western Samoa Legu lative Assembly closed on October 1 Of the Samoan candidates for tB 41 Samoan seats of the new A. sembly, 31 have been nominated I their districts unopposed, while 10 districts the issue has to be d cided by secret ballot.
There are 11 candidates contestin the 5 European seats. Of these fr are the sitting members (Messi Betham, Gurau, Moors, Morgan an Plowman); and six (Messrs. Ah M W. Betham, Keil, Nelson, Paul an Meyer) are new candidates.
Mr. E. F. Paul was a member the Legislative Assembly from 19( to 1954 and resigned because of ii health.
Four new candidates and one the sitting members, Mr. P. Plot man are standing on a “ticke proposed by a newly-formed “Pr gressive Citizens League”. The sitti; members, with the exception of to.
Plowman, are contesting the electu individually: so are two new ca. didates, Messrs. J. Ah Mu and T Betham.
Only one of the new candidate Mr. E. F. Paul, is assured of stroi support and likely to be elected. (In W. Samoa, “European” fi electoral purposes includes Chine and part-Europeans. There are 1.4 names on the roll; 175 full Eun peans; 125 full Chinese and 1,11 part-Europeans).