Six Tongans Return From
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London
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Nukualofa, Sept. 16.
THE six Tongan young men, members of the Tonga commando unit which saw active service in the Solomons, who went with the Fiji Contingent for the Victory Parade in London last July as representatives cf the Kingdom’s fighting forces, returned here this morning by plane from Suva.
Cn arrival in town from the aerodrome, the men marched with the Government band to the Palace, where they were wel comed by Queen Salote.
Frcm the Palace the parade proceeded to the flagstaff for the official welcome by the Premier and Ministers and the British Agent and Consul.
Later, the men were entertained in the Parliament building before they left for their various homes, where families and friends were eagerly waiting to hear tales of the wonders of the great cities beyond the seas which their boys had visited.