Queen Salote
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Will Visit Australia in September Next
TOURING September of this year, Queen Salote, of Tonga, will arrive in Mel bourne, en route to Fiji to attend the Methodist Mission’s Centenary celebra tions. Her Majesty will remain in Aus tralia for a month, and then will travel by the Katoomba to Suva, where she will be the guest of the Governor.
Queen Salote occupies a position unique in the Pacific. She is a constitu tional monarch, ruling native subjects who owe no allegiance to any other ruler or State. While other Pacific groups have been annexed by foreign powers, Tonga has
remained an independent kingdom, en joying the protection of Great Britain.
Born on March 13, 1900, Salote Veiogo Tubou was educated in New Zealand.
She ascended the throne in 1918, having married Prince William Tugi in the pre ceding year.
Coming from a line that has produced several men of outstanding ability and remarkable leadership, the Queen is a woman of commanding stature and per sonality. She has been described by those who know her intimately as having the highest intelligence and being the clever est speaker in Tonga to-day.
Queen Salote of Tonga and her Consort, Prince Tugi, who is Premier of the Kingdom.