Fiji-Tonga Air Service
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rAL reported in Suva early July that the planned service from Lauthala Bay to Nukualofa which it had been expected would commence in July, will not now commence before August 8, and pos sibly later.
It is understood that TEAL is ready to commence, but that the delay has been occasioned by the Tongan Government.
Subscriptions to the Queen Eliza beth Park Fund, in Rabaul, NG, had reached £5,000 by Coronation Day. Another £1,200 is required to establish a Town Band. The Rabaul townspeople appreciated the efforts of the native Band which had been got together with borrowed instru ments and ex-bandsmen for Coro nation Day and agree with Mr. D.
Barrett, MLC, that the money should be found to make it per manent.