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- 1 2 3 4 5 Death of Samoan Pioneer Pacific Islands Monthly , August 1934, p19
- 1 2 Samoan affairs: Empty Treasury Auckland Star , 13 June 1934
- ↑ Local and General Samoanische Zeitung , 1 September 1922
- ↑ The Past Year's Record Samoanische Zeitung, 17 January 1920
- ↑ Samoan constitution Dominion, 6 May 1920
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