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- ↑ Mandated Territory of Western Samoa (nineteenth report of the Government of New Zealand on the Administration of, for the year ended 31st March 1939 Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives
- ↑ Lauofo Meti (2002) Samoa: The Making of the Constitution, National University of Samoa, p21
- ↑ W. Samoa's New Assembly Now Taking Shape: Samoan Members Chosen Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1948, p49