Death Of Aged Fiji
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Lali Beater.
Mr. Slocombe, a well-known commer cial man of Nukualofa, Tonga, arrived in Sydney, via Auckland, in March.
Ratu Takalaigau, an old Fijian Chief, reputed to be over 100 years old, died recently at his home on the island of Gau. As a man of about 40, Takala[?]gau was selected to beat the lali (native drum) at the signing of the Deed of Cession at Levuka in 1874, when the Group was annexed by Great Britain. He was the beater of the lali at the Golden Jubilee cele brations in 1934, and again in 1935 when the Cession Memorial Stone was unveiled by Sir Murchison Fletcher (the then Governor).