John Gu

ON the night of August 11, a new for ward was added to the Rugby Union football team which represents Gor don, a suburb of Sydney. His name was stated to be John Gu. He is 18 years old. six feet in height, and his weight is 18i stone. The Gordon Football Club welcomed him with fervour. He is a first-class footballer.

Officially, the young man is addressed as His Royal Highness Prince John Gu fatahumanunathogo, younger son of the Queen of Tonga. He is a student at Newington College.

Prince John Gu played for Newington College last year. But, because his weight was 19i stone, he was withdrawn from the team because he was too heavy to plav against schoolboys.

Unlike most young men of phenomenal size, he is no victim of glandular de rangement. He merely is the worthy son of a line of Tongan noblemen who were always noted for their size. The Editor of the “PIM” ate luncheon at a picnic with his grandfather in 1914. and that King (George Tubou IV) weighed about 22 stone, yet was so tall that his bulk did not seem out of proportion. His father and grandfather also were men of great height and bulk.

Prince John Gu’s brother is heir to the throne of Tonga, and was until recently a distinguished scholar at the University of Sydney, where he took the degree of BA He was studying law until war con ditions obliged him to return to Nukua lofa.