SILVER JUBILEE.
ACCESSION OF QUEEN OF TONGA. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 11. To-day is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Queen Salote to throne of Tonga. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) has sent the following message to the Premier of Tonga?— “Please convey to Queen Salote the sincere congratulations and good wishes of the Government and people of New Zealand, Maori and pakeha alike, on this happy occasion of Her Majesty’s silver jubilee. We in New Zealand, so closely bound to the Polynesian people of Tonga, have greatly admired their wholehearted war effort under her Majesty’s inspiring and vigorous leadership, and are pleased to think that this new period of the Queen’s reign opens upon a time which is ushering in a new conception of the unity and mutual co-opera-tion of all peoples.” Her Majesty lias also been asked to accept, as a token of goodwill, an inscribed inkstool, beautifully made of silver and paua shell, mounted on a totai'a knot base.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 1, 12 October 1943, Page 5
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