Tonga's £4,931 For Fighter
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Plane
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Nukualofa, Oct. 23.
AS a. result of the gift of £2,000 by Mr.
William Cocker, a well-known mer chant of Nukualofa and the only surviving son of the first British Agent and Consul in Tonga, the late Mr. Joshua Cocker (1860-1866) “The Tonga Fighter Plane Fund” was established for the pur chase of a fighter plane for the Royal Air Force.
Queen Salote, who has given monthly subscriptions amounting to £2OO per annum towards the cost of the war, has con sented to devote the whole of her sub scriptions for the next twelve months to the fund. In addition, the Tongan Gov ernment subscribed £2,000.
The latest subscription list shows the fund at £4,931/16/8.