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KEEP TO THEMSELVES.
CHINESE IN SAMOA. HAPPY AND CONTENTED. "There arc less than a thousand Chinese residents in Samoa, and they arc a happy and contented people," said the Rev. W. Mawsoii, Presbyterian missioner for.Chinese, in Auckland, who returned from a trip to Samoa by, the Tofua this morning. * Hγ. Mawson said that the Chinese were brought to Samoa for a term of three years, and eonld if they wished remain another three years* term, li a Chinese wished to leave his job he could do so after, seven days , notice, and he was then, given three days to get another job. If fee failed to'get one by that time In had to take the first job that was on the Government -waiting list. Mr. Muwfion said that tJiere were no fears of the Chinese mingling with the native population. The law on the point was very strict, bnt the Samoan Chinese seemed quite content to stick to their own race. Most of them were employed on the plantations, some were in domestic service, and a few were in business. In the time of the German occupation a number of the Chinese married Samoan women, and they and their children were exempted from the regulations. KEEP TO THEMSELVES.
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LVIII, ISSUE 209, 5 SEPTEMBER 1927 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270905.2.114?query=chinese%20samoa
CHINESE IN SAMOA. HAPPY AND CONTENTED. "There arc less than a thousand Chinese residents in Samoa, and they arc a happy and contented people," said the Rev. W. Mawsoii, Presbyterian missioner for.Chinese, in Auckland, who returned from a trip to Samoa by, the Tofua this morning. * Hγ. Mawson said that the Chinese were brought to Samoa for a term of three years, and eonld if they wished remain another three years* term, li a Chinese wished to leave his job he could do so after, seven days , notice, and he was then, given three days to get another job. If fee failed to'get one by that time In had to take the first job that was on the Government -waiting list. Mr. Muwfion said that tJiere were no fears of the Chinese mingling with the native population. The law on the point was very strict, bnt the Samoan Chinese seemed quite content to stick to their own race. Most of them were employed on the plantations, some were in domestic service, and a few were in business. In the time of the German occupation a number of the Chinese married Samoan women, and they and their children were exempted from the regulations. KEEP TO THEMSELVES.
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LVIII, ISSUE 209, 5 SEPTEMBER 1927 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270905.2.114?query=chinese%20samoa