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The 1889 cyclone heroes who got rewarded with gold watches

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By Fuimaono Lumepa Hald 01 May 2022, 6:43PM

Apia's harbour was described by Robert Louis Stevenson in his 1892 classic "A footnote to history: eight years of trouble in Samoa" as encapsulating of the beauty of Matautu, Mulinu'u and Vaisigano.

By Fuimaono Lumepa Hald 01 May 2022, 6:43PM

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