Samoa times

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The 'Samoanische Zeitung's' first issue was on 6 April 1901. The first half of the paper was published in German and the second half in English. Emil Lubke edited the German text while F Muller, from Queensland, edited the English section. When Muller left in January 1910 his place was taken by James Ah Sue of Chinese-Samoan heritage.

With the New Zealand occupation of Samoa on 29 August 1914 changes to the ownership and content were bound to follow. James Ah Sue effectively took over the editorship of the paper and the newspaper's name changed to The Samoa Times as from January 1915. The paper became an English language newspaper with a German language supplement, which continued into 1916. In July 1916 the paper was bought by James Ah Sue who edited the paper until his death on 21 November 1918 from influenza.

The Samoa Times continued until 28 February 1930. It was replaced by the Samoa Herald, which ran until 27 March 1936 and was continued by the Western Samoa Mail, which ceased publication on 28 March 1942 due to the war.--Papers Past website.

Last Update: 31 Jul 2026
Other Name

Samoanische zeitung (Alternate title)

Samoa herald. (Alternate title)

Place
Apia, Samoa
Other Id

AP7.7 S3 SAM (Library of Congress Call Number)

36035 (Cat ID)

64671 (DBTextworks system ID)

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