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With UN officials appraising an aid project, and the public irate over increased living costs, Western Samoa’s Head of State, Malietoa Tanumafili, took delivery of a luxurious black Cadillac recently at the duty free price to taxpayers of £2,000.
The car is air-conditioned and has power windows, automatic transmission, power steering, push button radio with electric antenna, soft ray glass and seat belts. It does 12 m.p.g. and generates 480 h.p. It generated a lot more public resentment. —
