Death Of Former Tongan
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Judge.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Nukualofa, Feb. 15.
THE death of Mr. George Scott, a well known figure in Tonga, occurred on February 5 at his home at Fogoloa.
At the end of last year Mr. Scott went? to New Zealand for an operation, and the doctors gave him only a few months to live. He returned to Nukualofa to spend his remaining days in Tonga, which he regarded as his real home.
A Tasmanian, Mr. Scott came to Tonga as a youth, with Captain Ross in t?he “Ysaber. He held many important posts in the Tongan Government, on numer ous occasions having been Acting Chief Justice. On his retirement from the ser vice in 1931, he was Judge of the Land Court. Being of a kind and sympathetic nature, Mr. Scott loved gnd was dearly loved by the Tongan people.