Tonga Gives Its Third
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Fighter
WHILE the Governor of Fiji, Sir Alexander Grantham, was in Tonga recently, he was given a letter by the British Agent and Consul, Mr.
C. W. T, Johnson, who is chairman of the Tonga War Effort Fund, which said: “I have been requested by the Committee of the Tonga War Effort Fund to inform Your Excellency that a sum of £5,000 sterling, representing subscriptions from business firms and individuals in Tonga, is being telegraphed to the Crown Agents in London for payment to the Minister of Aircraft Production for the purchase of a fighter plane for use in the Pacific theatre of war. 9 “This gift is made not only to mark the victory of the United Nations in Europe, but also as demonstrating the desire of the people of Tonga to do what little they can do to help in bringing victory in the struggle that still lies ahead in the Pacific.-”
The fighter now presented is the third given by Tonga since the war began.
Mr. Reg Caten, of the Fiji Civil Ser vice, recently returned to Suva after fur lough spent in New Zealand.