Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1961Vol. XXXI, No. 7

[?]. Samoan Newspapers

p. 123 · Read in the full issue

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Go To Court

The disputes that in De ember and January were go ig on between Western Samoa’s co weekly newspapers, were sted to end up in court on larch 9 when Samoa News apers Ltd. and its managing iitor, Mr. R. F. Rankin bring dt for alleged libel against the amoa Printing and Publishing o.

The total amount involved is 34,000.

The Samoa Printing and Pub shin g Co., publishes the ?amoa Bulletin”. Samoa News ipers Ltd. is a comparative ewcomer to the field and began iblishing the weekly news iper “Samoana” in 1960.

The libel allegations were mnected with letters published the “Samoa Bulletin”.

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