TONGAN AFFAIRS.
(Per Manapouri at Auckland.) The High Commissioner of the Pacific, ftddVessing the Tongan King and chiefs on December 28, said that certain things had I been put before him. He did not cay that ["they were hidden from him or were under- | hand, but things would b& straightened and i put on the right path. The Treasury books showed that m the last part of the year there were 5000dol in hand; but it was not so, while 30,000d0l were due to traders and others. He proposed to lend the Government money at 3 per cent, to pay their indebtedness. The Premier had been deposed with the King's consent, and would not be allowed to return to Tonga till things were settled or he held a Government appointment. The Commissioner intimated intended changes in the laws. A European would be appointed police magistrate, and drinking amongst the natives must be stopped.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2652, 11 January 1905, Page 13
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153TONGAN AFFAIRS. Otago Witness, Issue 2652, 11 January 1905, Page 13
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