WARMLY WELCOMED
LALY BLEDISLOE GIVEN RECEPTION BY QUEEN PICTURESQUE GATHERING H.M.S. Diomede, Sunday. The residents of Nukualofa gave a splendid reception to Lady Bledisloe, who was the guest of Queen Salote at a party in the Royal Palace and Grounds. The natives attended in hundreds, wearing picturesque, cosfumes and highly decorative finery. Exhibitions of dancing were intensely interesting and entertaining. Her Excellency was ohviously delighted with the cordiality of the Queen and her unaffected'subject's. To-night the Queen was the guest of their Excellencies at dinner on board the Diomede. The guests included an official party from Nukualofa and also Commander Burgess Watson and Captain Crutchley. Apart from official functions, the residents of Nukualofa have arranged for the entertainment of' the officers and crew, who spent a delightful day sight seeing, playing tennis and golf.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 508, 17 April 1933, Page 5
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134WARMLY WELCOMED Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 508, 17 April 1933, Page 5
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