Tongans Feel Effect Of
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February’S Hurricane
From Our Own Correspondent.
Nukualofa, Sept. 25.
THE people of Tongatabu are now feel * ing the full effect of the hurricane, which swept the islands at the end of February this year.
There is a general scarcity of foodstuffs and coconuts. The position will be worse
when the available yams are used as seeds, now that the planting season is here. The outlook is not too bright for the future, especially with the prices of commodities steadily rising and copra selling at 401bs. for 1/-.
Monsieur Doley, a new judge who will sit on the Condominium Court of the New Hebrides, reached Vila recently from France by the Eridan.