Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 September 1947Vol. XVIII, No. 2

Tongan Prince To Visit

p. 9 · Read in the full issue

Page 99

Australia

rpHE Crown Prince of Tonga, Prince X Tungi, will visit Australia in October, to attend a conference of the Meth odist Church. The prince, who is the elder son of Queen Salote, is heir to the throne of the small Pacific Kingdom.

Prince Tungi and his younger brother, Prince Fatafehi, were married in Nuku alofa in June. The Crown Prince is a graduate in law of Sydney University.

In Tonga, he is a member of the Cabinet and holds the portfolios of Health and Fkiucation.

Outward passengers from Sydney in MV “Malaita,” in August, numbered 48; of these, 31 were booked for Lae, 14 for Madang, 1 for Samarai and 2 for Port Moresby. Montoro bookings from Sydney totalled 90, 6f whom 41 were booked for Port Moresby, 34 for Rabaul and 15 for Samarai.

Digitised by the National Library of Australia · OCR text via GLAM Workbench · uncorrected OCR, expect errors
A non-commercial reading archive for research and private study. Copyright in Pacific Islands Monthly varies by issue and article; pre-1955 anonymous material is in the public domain in Australia, later material may remain in copyright. Rights holders with concerns about any item can request its removal.