Wellington, N.Z., Jan. 8, As a consequence of the murder of a policeman during the outbreak at Apia on December 20, the New Zealand Government has decided to adopt a firmer policy in Samoa, and thas authorized the administrator to Rake whatever action is necessary to assert the law and to maintain order.
The cruiser Dunedin, carrying a seaplane, has left Auckland for Official notices have been posted the chief centres of Samoa re-{quiring all Samoans, not usually resident within certain areas, to leave them and to return to their own, Homes before January 11.
Fifty-eight specified persons have Yeon called on to meet the administrator at Mulinu to-day, while 28 others, whose arrest for various offences had been prevented by the native organization called Mau, have been required to surrender at! Apia before noon on January 11.
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