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ca Salote Tupou had her 60th ry on March 13. A huge feast was held on the 12th.
Tidal celebrations began on a, with formal calls upon her ministers and the British and addresses of loyalty and ]n from nobles, chiefs and the The Queen attended a ball INukualofa Club in the even-
Theo Bergsma, Netherlands ;r of the South Pacific Com n and former Dutch Consul al in Sydney, recently visited r rancisco, USA, en route to ague for assignment to new latic duties. Mrs. Bergsma leir two children accompanied He will be replaced on the probably by Mr. A. Laboyrie, will be the new Consul in y.
Governor Sir Kenneth ocks visited Wellington in late lary for official talks. There a minor storm in Fiji when 1 reports of an interview the mor had given to the New Zea
[?]UP! They may or may not know that [?]lat's where they're going, but —[?]
E UP! The gentlemen concerned are from New Guinea Highlands and had never before [?]e sea or the big towns until flown into [?]ently on a grand tour. Here they are what it feels like to ride aloft on a Ft. Photos: Pat Robertson.
land Herald in Auckland oi ruary 25 were published, parti one quotation: “We have to solution to racial problems i acceptable to everyone. Stri: largely between the two racial groups, Fijians and I] The Fijian people did not a resent the Indians, but apprehensive of them”. On M the Governor cabled from W ton to the Colonial Secret; Suva that the report was inc
More than 150 persons att a traditional aiga (feast) an ception held in San Francisco on February 7 to celebrah marriage of Saipele Le’au, for of Fagatoga, Tutuila, and Rosalie S. Shimasaki, formei Faga’alu, American Samoa party was attended by a section of the local Samoan c
Mr. Norman Spence, accour of Lae, after living in New Gi for 40 years, was unwil] settling himself in Brisbane in
Miss Letty Fagaloa of Western Samoa, n[?] ing at the Sydney Crown Street Women pital, pays a visit to the Polynesian Ass of Sydney, where this photograph was —Tele
Other recent visitors to the Polynesian ciation were Mr. Don Adams, Mrs. F Menghetti (formerly Dora Buffett) and Mr.
Buffett, all from Norfolk Island. —Tele
i for a six months stay in island, for health reasons. He neen told to retire and live t,nently in Australia but his 'ory friends are freely betting this 67-year-old veteran and opence will return to P-NG by ad of the year. He first went A in 1920 with the Australian and Military Expeditionary , and stayed on.
. Alfred Poroi, Mayor of ete, who attended the Pacific Travel Association conference Christchurch, paid a visit to L ey in March. In Auckland, Mr. i said Papeete’s new jet airport Id be ready for use before the of the year, and good progress being made on a new hotel, zay between the city and the >rt, situated on reclaimed land he foreshore, which was being ;ed for Mr. Spencer Weaver, of dlulu.
[?]ng a Pacific Area Travel Association Con in Christchurch, NZ, in February were [?]ma Daly, Director of the big Islands [?]Barrau, and Mr. Jean Brock, managing [?]r of French Pacific Tours, Noumea. Also photograph, taken at Noumea before their [?]re, is Miss Marguerite Talbot, of Sydney, nown for her courtesy as secretary in [?]antas agency in Noumea. She left on vacation. —Fred Dunn.
nor Peter Coleman of American Samoa accompanied by Budget Officer Edward on, also attended the PATA conference in New Zealand in February.