Queen Salote Reviews Her
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Troops
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Nukualofa, April 2.
THE Tonga Defence Force was re viewed by Queen Salote at Nukua lofa on her birthday, March 13.
After the review, in the morning, which was marked by the splendid bearing and smartness of the troops, the Queen opened a public fete, held on behalf of the Tonga Defence Force Fund, which realised £92/9/10. In the afternoon, before the Queen, the British Agent and Consul, Cabinet Ministers and a large crowd of Europeans and Tongans, units of the force gave exhi bitions in drill and marching.
At night a ball, held at Neilsen’s Pic ture Hall, also in aid of the Defence Force Fund, realised £l4/10/-. This, with the proceeds from the fete and the fol lowing donations: W. Cocker, £100; Crown Prince Tuboutoa, £10; Prince Tugi, £4/13/10; Anglican (Tongan) Ladies’ Guild, £3/5/8; Rev. R. C. G.
Page, £3/3/-; dance, £2; Hon. H. E Nicolson, £l/1/-; Hon. W. H. Stuart, £1; F. Tevi, 10/-; and “Anonymous”, 10/-; brought the total to £233/4/-.
A number of Samoan storekeepers were solemnly paraded before the judge recently and charged under the new war-time price stabilisation regulation with having omitted to exhibit in their stores the price list of the commodities on sale and with selling sugar above the standard price. They were convicted and discharged.