Earthquake medical aid for Tonga
PA Wellington ; Urgently needed medical ! supplies valued about ; $7OOO will be flown to i Tonga today from Auckland as part of earthquake- ! relief assistance offered by I the New Zealand Govern- . ment. The drugs will replace I supplies destroyed in the earthquake which struck I Tonga at 1.10 a.m. on June 23. Buildings damaged by the tremor included the dis pens ar,’ of the main hospital, Vaiola, near the capital of Nuku’alofa. Tonga’s ■ Prime Minister (Prince | Tu’ipelehake) appealed for I help from New Zealand in | resupplying the dispensary. !
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Press, 7 July 1977, Page 7
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