At Rabaul
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Romantic Wedding
From Our Own Correspondent RAUBAUL, April 24.
ANE of the most romantic weddings in New Guinea for many a day was cele brated at the Church of England, Rabaul, by Archdeacon de Voil on April 18, when Miss Thelma Monk, sister of Mrs. C. L.
Anthony, of Rabaul, was married to Mr.
Paul (“Karkar”) Schmidt, of Palmalmal plantation.
The bride arrived in Rabaul from her home in New Zealand about a year ago on a visit to her sister. While here she be came engaged to one of the Territories’ confirmed bachelors, “Karkar” Smith, as he is popularly known by his host of friends.
Mr. Schmidt arrived in the Territory some 28 years ago. He it was who planted Karkar Island off the Madang coast be fore expropriation and, later, spent con siderable time on the goldfields. It is over 20 years since “Karkar” left New Guinea for a holiday, but now he hopes to make a visit with his wife to Europe next year.
The ceremony was attended by only a few of the more intimate friends of the bride and groom and later the wedding breakfast was served at Ravuvu. The pretty sister of the bride, Mrs. Anthony, acted as hostess at the breakfast, while Mr. Anthony filled the role of best man.
Miss June Ewen was bridesmaid, and Hon. E. P. Holmes, M.L.C., gave the bride away.
Miss H. Clark left Sydney for Suva, Fiji, by the Mariposa on April 29. She is a worker among the Indian women and children at Nausori for the Methodist Mission.
Mrs. Charles Bennett, of Norfolk Island, is visiting Sydney while her husband is a patient at the Royal Prince Alfred Hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were at one time well-known residents of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Miss I. Knight, Methodist missionary at Kadavu, Fiji, sailed for Melbourne by the Mariposa on April 25 to continue her work among the Fijian girls. She was accompanied by Miss L. B. Tall.
Mrs. W. Pocock, who had been a resid ent of Fiji since 1907, died in Suva on April 9. She went to the Colony from New Zealand with her husband, who was employed by Mr. L. E. Brown, of Messrs.
Brown and Joske Ltd.