Tongans”

Health Is Not Ruining

(A Letter to the Editor) * reply to the article, “Wealth is ruining Tongans,” (June, PIM), a Tongan, would like to say to r. R. J. Harrison, that my opinion to the contrary.

This copra-prosperity is a god id. It helps us to improve our ndard of living with regards to alth, education and domestic nec ities.

The difficulty of obtaining serv ts is a world-wide problem and t limited to Tonga alone. The r alty and reliability of a servant lends more on the righteousness his master.

Let me remind him that stealing also practised all over the world 1 in more serious forms, fhe word “Native,” as was taught school, is an adjective and per img to the place of birth; not ac red. The using of this word by ie Europeans is becoming an in : and therefore we Tongans pre to be called Tongans, not natives, m referred to. dr. R. J. Harrison says that he 'M return to Tonga. He has al □y been in Tonga twice. Why ti did he not ask for his term of

service to be renewed instead of leaving in a hurry before his contract was up? He also says that many Tongans are richer than other Euro peans. Does Mr. Harrison think this is wrong too?

I am etc.

Vavau Tongan

Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Griffiths, with infant daughter Gail, were in Sydney en route to Malaya in September They have been in Fiji for six years where Dr. Griffiths was with the Colony’s medical service. He will take Up a new a PPointment in Singapore.

ited, the holding company which has the controlling interest in Bulolo Dredging Ltd., of New Guinea.

It gets rich returns from three jold-dredging concerns—Bulolo, and Pato and Asnazu, in Columbia, South America. It also owns oil veils in Nevada, USA and lead-zinc nines in Canada. It has missed out m some of its enterprises; but in the r ear ended April 30 last it made a ►rofit of just under half a million lollars. It has an issued capital of 1800,000; a capital surplus (being hare premiums and appreciation of ivestments) of $6,653,000, and a alance of over $1,000,000 in P/L ccount.

Without any trouble at all, the 10. during the year paid dividends stalling $BOO,OO0 —being 100 per ent. per annum!

Australian tax-gatherers must offer agonies when they see that lis Croesus concern, which takes at :ast $lOO,OOO p.a. out of New ruinea, is registered in Canada.

aim Planting Cost

The compiler of a handy book on aconut planting, Mr. A. Richards, f Rabaul, corrects a statement we lade in the May PIM; “There is a little mistake in your ;view, where you state that under >-day’s conditions it would cost

£13,585 to plant up 300 hectares of coconuts to the nine years-stage.

This was the pre-war approximate cost. The approximate cost to-day to plant up 300 hectares with palms more or less just in the ground, and under one year of age, would be £9,247, or 5/5.6d per palm, with

mature palms pre-war costing 6/6.8d at nine to ten years of age.”

Crown Prince Tungi of Tonga de parted from Auckland by the Tofua at the beginning of September, after a visit of several weeks to Auckland and Wellington.