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References
- 1 2 New Zealand Samoa 1944 Centre for Samoan Studies
- 1 2 J. W. Davidson (1948) "Political Development in Western Samoa", Pacific Affairs, Volume 21, No. 2, pp136–149
- 1 2 3 Labour success Auckland Star, 4 December 1941
- ↑ Samoan native-norn requests to delegation New Zealand Herald, 10 July 1936
- ↑ Western Samoa Legislative Council: Results of Election New Zealand Herald, 21 December 1938
- ↑ Samoa's New Assembly Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1948, p7
- ↑ Mr. Amando Stowers Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1963, p149