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From a Special Correspondent fIIHE fame of fighters Kitione X Lave and Johnny Halafihi is not lost on their fellow Ton gans.

There are many in Tonga today whose ambition is to make as big a success of the fighting game, with the result that boxing is a sport ing event guaranteed to draw thrills—and a big and knowledge able crowd.

In a main centre like Nukualofa they arrive by the truckload from outlying villages, and crowd them-

The fighters get plenty of advice at a Tongan boxing match, and even the referee can find himself in trouble—from both sides.

Walter Skudder was once referee ing when the indignant but mis guided friends of the loser knocked him out.

In another case, a Tongan floored his Fijian opponent, who decided that he had enough and started to crawl out of the ring on his hands and knees.

So the referee, a Tongan, kicked him.

There is no boxing association in Tonga. Matches are arranged between managers.

But the system apparently isn’t harmful to local talent, and there