1870: English Consul, Mr Williams chases Bully Hayes from Samoa

1870: It happened in this wise. A month or two before our arrival, (October) Hayes had dropped anchor in Apia, and some ugly stories of recent irregularities in the labour trade had come to the ears of Mr Williams, the English Consul. Mr Williams, with the assistance of the natives, very cleverly seized his vessel [...]

October, 1870: German traders in Apia, Samoa were shaking in their shoes for fear of what the French squadron might do to them

“When in October, 1870, I sailed into the harbour of Apia, Samoa, in the ill-fated ALBATROSS, Mr Louis Becke was gaining his first experiences of island life as a trader on his own account by running a cutter between Apia and Savai’i. “It was rather a notable moment in Apia, for two reasons. In the [...]