Diversions of a Prime MinisterBlackwood, 1894 - 407 páginas |
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... be reduced to something over £ 6000 ; but the arrears of pay due to Government officials exceeded £ 8000 £ 15,000 in all - and to meet these claims there was £ 2000 in the Treasury . The European officials were hard - working men.
... be reduced to something over £ 6000 ; but the arrears of pay due to Government officials exceeded £ 8000 £ 15,000 in all - and to meet these claims there was £ 2000 in the Treasury . The European officials were hard - working men.
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... European officials was laid before the king , he laughed and said , " Why not ? We Tongans can live on a bit of yam ... Europeans ' arrears of salary nearly swallowed up our scanty balance . Our financial difficulties did not affect the ...
... European officials was laid before the king , he laughed and said , " Why not ? We Tongans can live on a bit of yam ... Europeans ' arrears of salary nearly swallowed up our scanty balance . Our financial difficulties did not affect the ...
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... Europeans and the Customs dues , had been telling the natives that I had been sent to Tonga to smooth the way for annexation . This is the one story that every Tongan will believe , even though a white man has told it to him , and I ...
... Europeans and the Customs dues , had been telling the natives that I had been sent to Tonga to smooth the way for annexation . This is the one story that every Tongan will believe , even though a white man has told it to him , and I ...
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... European clothes of rusty black cloth , and appeared to have been waiting for us for some time . The King George Tubou . house was divided into three by reed partitions , and very meanly furnished : a green iron bed- stead in the inner ...
... European clothes of rusty black cloth , and appeared to have been waiting for us for some time . The King George Tubou . house was divided into three by reed partitions , and very meanly furnished : a green iron bed- stead in the inner ...
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... Europeans of the place live in a row of stores on the beach , each hungry for copra , each fearing to give the natives credit , yet not daring to refuse lest they take their custom to a neighbour ; and each , when he has given credit ...
... Europeans of the place live in a row of stores on the beach , each hungry for copra , each fearing to give the natives credit , yet not daring to refuse lest they take their custom to a neighbour ; and each , when he has given credit ...
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