KING OF TONGA'S DEATH.
SALOTE BECOMES
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(Per Vress Associatlpn). - 'AUCKLAND, this day. News was received last night that -King George Tuboii ll.j .of Tonga,;. vdied 'of tuberculosis at the island home on April sth, ajjd was, buried m state on the following Wednesday. The Kinowas 44 years of , age. He had bden ailing for some time, but his* death came suddenly as the King was rising..' from bed. ; The King's daughter, trincass ,Salote, q^ Charlot-te,; was proclaimed Queen ori April 6th. The new 5 Queen vra^ th.c : only daughter of the late King's first wife, and is about 18£ years of .age. \She.iwas educated at the Diocesan School, Auckland. Queen, Salote married the Prince Consort, , William Tugia, a few months ago. Tugia was present at the coronation ( oij Kuig/,,G^prgV, Y. of ;England as fepresentative' of ' Tpnga, and the ceremony made a great impression upon his mihd.V w .f.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14591, 29 April 1918, Page 3
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