GENEROUS TONGA
LIBERAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO WAR FUNDS. QUEEN SALOTE'S LEAD. ■British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 2. Though not forming an integral part of the British Empire, the protected kingdom of Tonga is second to none in support of the cause for which the Empire is fighting. The population of Tonga is under 35.000. but the kingdom’s fighter plane fund has already passed the £60,00(1 mark, while its contributions to the Red Cross and the defence force comfort;
funds amount to £lOOO and £4OO respectively. The local defence measures owe a great deal to the generosity of Queen Salute, the nobles and people. The royal family have given a site tor an aerodrome at a peppercorn rental, ami (live miles of road giving access to it has been n.nstrueteii free < f charge by the Tonga Government. Barracks to accommodate the defence force, which was raised on a purely voluntary ba.; after the war broke out, were also built from materials provided free <4
cost by the nobles and people Under the personal direction of Queen Salute, the ladies of Tonga have . made uniforms and presented them t<the defence force. i — - —— ——-—
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1941, Page 9
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