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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 11

For Tonga

p. 34 · Read in the full issue

Tug-Boats And

Tourist Hotels

Prince Tungis Plans For Tonga

PRINCE TUNGI, recently said that he does no the termination by the Government of the TEAL boat service to Tonga. It economic at present. For only the USS Co.’s Tofua calling at Nukualofa, but tember the Matua will be regularly, until about April year.

About that time, says Tungi, the tug and freigh

being built for the Governm the Copra Board should be; vice. They will run mail, pj and freight trips to Fiji.

Prince Tungi hopes to tourist hotel in Tonga eve when, he says, plane triji again be justified.

One of Prince Tungi’s 5 to institute postal deliver

Nukualofa—accompanied bT

numbering. It’s possible ; beat Suva there!

He also wishes to emula York to the extent of nan thoroughfares running oru “streets’' and all transvers “avenues" or “boulevards.; makes for ease of location < place in town.

At the next meeting of the < Legislative Assembly, Tongan will be given the vote. Th be a gejneral election thi Prince Tungi hopes that at t general election women vt only vote but will also s-{ candidates.

Plans are well under wae weekly Tongan newspaper, the Government. It will lingual. Prince Tungi says Government paper, it will bu the Government,’ so all n*j be accessible. Every head of! ment will be a PRO and the • people will be told what tl eminent is achieving."