Wedding In Tahiti
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Papeete, Feb. 23.
THE social event of the year at Tahiti has been the marriage of Elvina, eldest daughter of Prince and Prin cess Ariipaea Pomare, with Monsieur Maurice Bouchard, on February 6. 1943.
The marriage ceremony was performed at Bethel Chapel, Papeete, in the pre sence of a large and distinguished com pany, including high Government officials and representatives of all the high chiefly families of Central Polynesia.
The bride, whose Tahitian name, Hina Arii, is of great antiquity in the Royal Family, is the great-great-grand-daugh ter of Queen Pomare IV. of Tahiti.
The wedding ceremony was followed by a reception at the home of the bride’s parents, in Pirae.