SAMOAN NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2420, 31 July 1891, Page 2

SAMOAN NEWS.

[ I'EU PRESS ASSOCIATION ]

Sydney, July 30. The h.s. Lubeck has arrived from Samoa. The latest information shows thaj, the trouble with Mataaffa is causing j the Consular Bo;a\j. considerable anxiety. A large number of' natives ot Leapaa, Famaloa, Falcapaa, Maunos, and other towns, have arrived m the vicinity of Malic, where Mataaffa has taken up his quartets, $gws was received lately at Apia that the Mauno people were tryjng to induce Tuasaaiifau, at Afigfj., to join them m opposition to the King and Government, and ifc would be a serious matter it Tuasaaroau seceded from his allegiance to the King, as j^e couifd nearly a ]| the Tuamasaga representatives. The pQwers have issued a proclamation declaring thftt any one inciting rebellion against Malietoa \yfll h<s bi'GUgfjt to subjection. Mataafta replied, aslijng for. two Or jtkree luontlis-' tj»)e m which bo censfder'the ! proclan^tipn, !j,nd intimating tjpit if the natives wero forced, to obey tfje nro^lamation, mischief might ensue, Mataa&t, declared that neither he nor his people meant war, or anything bad to Samoa, bufc only claimed the right io act upon the $rs,t condifiiQn of the ti'eaty, Mataaffa and Malie's people have duly yiid £axj?.s to t,])§ treasure!?. The question of currency m the group has beefy disgusfsgd by tlie Consular Board, Thp Qhief .fustiee jipprof e^ of rha Bowel's I'esolution that American, English, and dernu,il gold, ftiKl JJngHsh silver, be accepted at parj and Chl!i Ati WfYHr at 75 cents to the dollar, and that iio Ohilian'mone^ he accepted for duties, faxes, or licenses, after Nbvomber Ifi, ■■' • , i ■»■..■•••, r . i