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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 February 1946Vol. XVI, No. 7

Makea Ariki-Nui Married

p. 16 · Read in the full issue

THE Makea Ariki-nui, Mrs. Takau Love, was quietly married in Rarotonga, on January 26, to Tutupu Ariki Ara-ite. There were no public celebra tions. Mrs. Love’s late husband, Lieut.- Col. E. T. Love, commander of the NZ Maori Battalion, was killed in action in Libya in 1942.

The engagement has been announced of Miss Marjorie Brodie, daughter of Mrs. Lucy H. Brodie. formerly of Rabaul, to Sergeant Archie Shields, of Deniliquin Sergeant Shilds is in the ANGAU Ser vice, and is at present stationed at Lae, New Guinea.

Rev. Cecil Gribble, of the Methodist Mission, has written a text-book on hygiene in the Tongan language. The book is to be used in both the Church and the Government primary schools.