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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1954Vol. XXV, No. 5

Queen Salote

p. 142 · Read in the full issue

Will Have

Modern Palace

A NEW £60,000 “Ranch hou J\ palace has been designed Queen Salote of Tonga by architect employed by the NZ M istry of Works.

Foundations for the new pal will be laid about four miles fr Nukualofa within the next J years. The palace will have o: a dozen bedrooms. It will com of several buildings joined cloisters and arcades. It will repL the old, timber palace in Nukualc The buildings will have asbes roofs, parquet floors, louvre windc and screen doors. Avacado trees a coconut palms will surround it.

IT Mr. Ron Kirkwood, formerly TEAL’s flying staff, has taken an appointment as TEAL Rep sentative in Apia.