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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1961Vol. XXXII, No. 5

The Sights

p. 49 · Read in the full issue

Of Tonga

i party of New Zealanders, the “Tofua”, was being wn the sights of Nukualofa a very earnest young Tongan ie.

"hey were suitably impressed the flying-fox colony, and the w-holes, and then the guide ed them if there was any er place they wished to visit. r hey said they would leave \o him.

Is they walked to the cars, young woman remarked: you know, I haven’t seen any s in Tonga.” r he guide seemed troubled, gave a curt order, in Tongan, the car drivers. The cars took ough road, and pulled up in nalodorous place. r he guide turned complacently the tourists. “There,” he said, ving his hand, “you see there neellions of flies!” t was Nukualofa’s rubbish