Jubilee Of Tonga College.

Queen Salote Unveils Memorial to King Georgs Tubou I.

From a Special Correspondent.

Nukualofa, Nov. 3.

FEELINGS of deep affection for their old College marked the gathering of hundreds of Old Boys at Nukualofa for the Jubilee celebrations of Tonga College, founded on October 30, 1882, by King George Tubou 1.

On Sunday morning, October 30, a commemoration service was conducted in the College Hall by the Rev. R. C. G.

Page. The Queen and the Prince Con sort were present. The hall was full to overflowing, and the Native Jubilee Choir under the direction of Alo Vei

kune sang appropriate hymns and also gave a magnificent rendering of the Hallelujah Chorus.

An interesting personage at the ser vice was Pauli Taumoepeau, a veteran of ninety-four years of age and the first native tutor to be appointed to the Col lege staff.

The following day revealed the strik ing popularity of this Government insti tution, and fully 5,000 people—Old Boys and their relatives, and friends of the College assembled in the College

grounds during the morning. At 12.30 p.m. the Principal (Mr. Ragnar Hyne, B.A.) welcomed to the College Her Ma jesty the Queen of Tonga, In a most interesting address, Mr.

Hyne outlined the history of the College and also emphasized those ideals of true education which actuated King George Tubou in establishing Tonga College, The Queen unveiled the beautiful me morial stone which had been given by the Old Boys of the College. The in scription on the stone—engraved both in Tongan and in English—is as fol lows;

This stone was erected by Old Boys of the Government College to the memory and honour of His Majesty King George Tubou I, the founder of this College; and was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Salote Tubou, D. B. E. on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the College.

The memorial, which is of Balmoral Red granite, was supplied by Messrs.

W. Parkinson and Co., Ltd., of Auck land, N.Z.

Following the unveiling ceremony,

Her Majesty of Tonga (Queen Salote Tuoou, D.B.E.) at the formal unveiling of the memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Tonga College. Left to right: The Queen; Mr. H. Selwood, Master at Tonga College; Mr. Ragnar Hyne, B.A., Director of Education in Tonga; Jiaoji Vilai, aide-de-camp to the Queen.

huge native feast was held, to which everybody was invited. Singing and dancing—which had begun in the early morning—were continued until sunset.

Among the many and graceful native dances witnessed during the day, par ticular mention may be made of the Iakalaka arranged by Princess Fusibala.

Surrounded by members of his family, the central figure is Pauli Taumoepeau aged 94. who was the first tutor employed in Tonga College, in 1882. He was one of the first students in the Wesleyan College, in Tonga, in 1863. In the front row, extreme left, is his great-grandson Jione, now a student at the College. This group gives an excellent idea of the fine type of Polynesian people that has been evolved in the Kingdom of Tonga. The College celebrated its Jubilee in October, 1932.