First Post-War Wedding In

Wewak

Wewak, May 28.

THE war is over—the dove has turned up with the twig: Our first wedding since those sighed-for good old days.

Early in May, Miss Betty Canning, a fair lass from Caulfield, Victoria, came to marry Ken Field, of the Public Health Department, Wewak. When the awaited evening arrived, we all rolled along to the Sepik Club, all decked out (we and the Club) for the occasion.

There was ample evidence of several days’ preparation by the ladies. It was all there, and we still wonder where It came from —lighting and decorations, rows of seats, and tables groaning under everything one could wish to eat, not the least of these being a fully-fledged wedding cake from the expert hands of Rhona Blair. The simple ceremony was conducted by District Officer Niall, with Mrs. Peter Davies in attendance as matron of honour, and Bill McMahon as best man.

We feel quite proud of it all. if you Would be Wed, Wend your Way to Wewak!

Naval Visitors

HMAS “Culgoa” visited us recently.

A pleasant interlude of her stay was an invitation aboard, to partake of hospi tality and see a film one evening. Part of the entertainment was in getting there and back, there being other ways of going to the pictures than taking a tram into town. Jeep headlights on the beach, sounds of feminine doubt, dinghies out to the crash-boat, a good shower of rain, and then a swift run out to where lights were swinging gently, a mile off-shore, were the prelude to a cosy welcome in the wardroom.

Another naval craft, MSL7O7, has been in the vicinity for several weeks, en gaged in bomb-disposal work. In some respects, a little of this seems to go a long way.

Wewak’s air activities are looking up with the arrival from South of Bobby Gibbes’ new Auster in the charge of pilot Tom Briggs. This has resulted so far in the inauguration of a Tuesday ser vice to Lae.

Late DLO at Manus, Mr. G. Corlass, with Mrs. Corlass, daughter Jill and small son, have now taken up residence here. Visitors have included Mrs, Butler from Angoram, and Gerry McPhee, en route from Angoram to Sydney, where he is to join the benedicts. ,