Wedding At Port Vila
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MISS JOY COATES was married to Mr. Lindsay Macmillan at Port Vila, New Hebrides, on September 22.
The bride is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Ernest Coates, of “Tu ralla”, Chatswood, N.S.W., and the groom is the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. T. Macmillan, of Tanna Island, New Hebrides and Surrey Hills, Melbourne.
Mr. Macmillan was born on Tanna, and is engaged in ornithological pursuits in the Pacific Islands.
The marriage was performed at the Paton Memorial Mission Chapel by Dr A. Frater, and was attended by Commis sioner Joy, Messrs. Blackwell and Bair stow, of the British Residency, Mesdames Frater, Carter (Queensland), Timmins (Melbourne), the hospital nurses, and others; and was a notably pretty and happy little ceremony.
Mr. A. W. James, of the Customs De partment, Suva, Fiji, accompanied by Mrs. James and family, arrived in Syd ney by the October “Mariposa”.