NEWS FROM TONGA
/iv the steamer Richmond, which arrived •-■ally this morning from Tonga and Rarotonga, we have later intelligence respecting the state of affairs at the former island. J in; gentleman appointed as adviser to the loiig.ui Government is Mr. Thompson, u ":i o! the Archbishop of York, pending i'lintiiunieationsfroin the Home authorities. All claim.- against the Tongan Government will ';- paid. They are heavy, and are -'■'t./.-'l to amount to £12,500, but they will probably all he met before Christmas. A correspondent desires to contradict a ',"' ' ' l '.'' :it which has appeared in some j*<:« Zealand journals that the Tongan l', r ", : "' ; ",",'"' as represented by the present .. e ,.,"".' ul<l|; d:o and Fatafehi, were cooly M ■[[]':. : " 1""-"" b >' Kin t-' George. His hh'i'> IV'- •''" '"?'''' ilssure ' them that on be i'•-> ~Z. ' ' 'f°""' IDII their rule would -'oven' '" til,J cou,ltr y over which he
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8360, 13 September 1890, Page 5
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