Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1961Vol. XXXII, No. 4

What The Same

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Bill Does

The Independent State Western Samoa Bill, which ceived its second reading in New Zealand House of Rep sentatives on November declares that the Queen sh have no jurisdiction over Wests Samoa after the termination \ the Trusteeship Agreement tween the United Nations t New Zealand.

The bill provides for West Samoa to be treated under N Zealand law as if she were member of the Commonweal It also repeals or amends i New Zealand legislation nom force in Western Samoa, continuation of which would\ incompatible with the statusi Western Samoa as a fully dependent sovereign state.

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