Wedding At Tonga
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f X\HE Anglican Church at Nukualofa, Tonga, was the scene of a pretty wedding recently, when Mrs. Winnie Clements was married to Mr. Greg Niel sen, chief engineer to the Tongan Gov ernment.
The bride was given away by Mr. W. R.
Grahame, manager at Nukualofa for Messrs. Burns Philp (South Sea) Com pany Limited. Mr. R. S. Skeen acted as best man.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the bride’s residence, when Prince Tugi (Premier of the Kingdom), Mr. J.
S. Neil (British Consul), Rev. H. A.
Favell, and Government officials with a host of friends, were entertained.
Rev. Father Gerard Chester, son of Mr.
H. M. Chester, first Government Resident of Thursday Island, died in Sydney at the age of 72, on April 2. His father was the officer responsible for the premature annexation of Papua by the Queensland Government on April 4, 1883. Father Chester was well-known in Torres Strait, where he made a health trip each year.
Left: Mr. Greg Nielsen, the bridegroom. Right: The bride, with Mr. W. R. Grahame.
Photos, by A. Hettig.