[?]Onditions Improving

For Tongan Women

ITOMEN in Tonga, led by Queen t Salote, are moving towards a general improvement in hous ig, hygiene and diet, said Mrs. ecomb, wife of the Rev. H. W. jcomb, principal of Tupou Boys’

Dllege, in a Melbourne Herald in rview. Mrs. Secomb, who spent uch of her childhood in Tonga, is been visiting her parents at elbourne, in company with her isband and their three children.

Conditions in some Tong an lages are very poor, and Queen Jote has asked church organisa ms to help, said Mrs.. Secomb. kt the same time conditions for ngan women have greatly im wed in recent years and a travel g baby health centre—a well lipped van operated by a Euro m sister and two Tongan sisters s doing valuable work.

Joth State and Church, in Tonga, re many plans for general social terment. The limiting factor is k; of finance. frs. Secomb’s father, Dr. A. H od, principal of the Methodist Lies’ College, Hawthorn, was nerly principal of Tupou College.