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Tonga
Formally Opened By Queen
From Our Own Correspondent nuktiat o'R’a O T™ Onppn rvf RUKUALORA > Mar. 3 HE Queen of Tonga, on February 21, formally opened the new school house of Beulah College, which is under the Tongan Mission of the Seventh Day Adventists. A large gather ing of Europeans and natives attended the dedication servicp service ine College is situated near the village
of Vaini, about seven miles from Nukua loia.
After the dedication service, at 10 a.m., Her Majesty and leading citizens were entertained by the Principal (Mr, A, E.
Watts) at his home, pending the prepara tion of the feast, which commenced at Two long lines of native shelters were provided and accommodated about 900 people. At the head of these a special booth was provided for the Queen In which she dined with H.B.M.’s Agent and Consul, and Mrs. Armstrong. The Queen in company with the foregoing, later in spected the new building. The male gu^rc V of honour at the entrance to the school, and a similar guard of the girl students lined the en trance to the Principal’s residence.
Tonga’s smiling Queen, Dame Salote, walks between lines of girl students with Principal A E. Watts, after the formal opening of the S.D.A. new school, Beulah College, near Nukualofa. —Photo, by Hettig.