Youths Rescued

Tongo Round-Up

After Sea

Adventure

From our Nukualofa Correspondent Some excitement was caused ecently when police were told hat three youths had stolen a /hale-boat from the main wharf t Nukualofa, and had last been een heading over the horizon

awards Fiji.

JEVERAL days later a wireless J message' was received from a apanese tuna fishing fleet that one f their boats had picked up the iree youths at sea off Niuafo’ou Tin Can Island).

The three youths, extremely hastened, were later picked up by le Government pilot boat from the apanese mother ship some miles off lukualofa.

The eldest of the adventurers is 17, ae others 14. :jc sg: ❖ CHE newly-formed Tongan Amateur Athletic Association is going head with plans to establish and de elop an athletic field at Nukualofa.

At the Teufaiva rugby ground an thletic track has been surveyed and ► being levelled and prepared for a ational meeting.

The association president, Prince u’ipelehake, in a recent radio talk, sked those interested in all pro inces of the Kingdom to form sub ssociations to send representatives to he national meeting at Nukualofa to /ards the end of this year.

The association has already ch ained provisional affiliation with the nternational Amateur Athletic Fed ration. This was to be confirmed at he federation’s world meeting in mrope in September.

Lieutenant-Colonel D. L. Leach, of Auckland, recently gave the associa ion £4O to buy sporting equipment.

This will enable the association to stablish a nucleus of international tandard sporting equipment with yhich to train local athletes.

It is hoped that more assistance vill be forthcoming so that the asse rtion may become fully equipped o cater for the needs of organised Übieties in Tonga. (Over)

UNDER the Project Engineer, Mr.

Ben Adan, of the Philippines, a World Health Organisation pro gramme is in preparation to provide water and adequate sanitation facili ties for 25 village schools and 27 associated villages in the main island of Tongatapu.

The scheme envisages that each vil lage will have a water supply de veloped and pumped into heading tanks from which water will be piped through the villages and to the local primary schools.

In association with this, it is pro posed to introduce a latrine system which will be much better than the

present unhygienic pit latrines in common use.

Equipment for the scheme should arrive in the Kingdom towards the end of the year. * * * ON September 22, Prince Tu’ipele hake, accompanied by Princess Melenaite, officially opened the new clubrooms of the Nukualofa Yacht and Motor Boat Club.

The ceremony took place before a distinguished gathering of guests and members, including the British Com missioner and Consul and Mrs. Clay

don, Judge and Mrs. Hunter ai Ministers of the Crown.

The club’s commodore is Mr, C< Riechelmann.

The main building measures 72 by 20 ft and is finished inside, alternating panels of two shades i green. In the centre of one wall is i imposing mural of a Tongan rm and maid painted by Mr. Graha Peart. The bar is finished in bur polished wood. At the opposite en provision is made for table tenn: darts and other games.

The outside of the building is whi with red doors and sashes and lemc roof. It is situated on Yuna Roa which, when completed, will be pleasant marine drive from the ma; wharf, and following the beach rig] round to the lagoon. * * * TWO popular and long time res dents of Nukualofa, Mr. an Mrs. G. E. Wingfield, left Tong recently. Mr. Wingfield, who ha been Government Dentist in th Kingdom since 1953, resigned to tak up a dental appointment with th Government of Western Samoa. * * * JOHN KILISIMASI, the first qual fied Tongan dental surgeon, wl return to the Kingdom soon to tak up duty.

Kilisimasi joined the Tonga Civ Service in November, 1950, and wg later sent to the Central Medics School in Fiji to train as an assistar dental practitioner. He graduate from the school in 1956 and con tinued for an additional year fc post-graduate study. He was awarde: a gold medal for efficiency in medJ cal dentistry.

In 1958 Kilisimasi began a dents course at the University of Queens land and graduated as a dental sun geon at the end of 1961. He is nov doing a post-graduate year, workini for the Queensland Government. * ❖ * THE annual Tonga Golf Club Ope:: and Handicap Championship were recently held at the Tonga Goll Club course in Nukualofa.

The Men’s Open and Handicap Championships were both won b< Mr. J. B. Claydon.

Mrs. B. F. Sanders, who won both women’s championships, has nov won the Open Championship thres years in succession and the Handicap Championship two years in succes sion.