TONGA.
A SERIOUS CRISIS
United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SUVA. February 2L A serious crisis is rcprted to have arisen at Tonga between King George and the British Consul. Mr Hamilton. The diispute is over thi construction of a road through the King's private grounds at Tufa. The Consul stated that the Governor of Fiji desired the r<iad is a necessity, but the King considers it an outraae. and cnly to be submitted to because Britain is jwxverful and Tonga weak. The Kin« wishct to abdicate as a prut est.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12907, 22 February 1906, Page 5
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90TONGA. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12907, 22 February 1906, Page 5
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