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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1949Vol. XIX, No. 6

New Guinea Wedding

p. 37 · Read in the full issue

ON December 10, at the Methodist Church, Rabaul, Mrs. R. Uechtritz, of Sum Sum Plantation, New Guinea, attended by Miss K. Jay, was married to Mr. E. (Tex) Roberts, of Talilis and Asa lingi Plantations. Mr. Dennis Mullaly was best man.

After the ceremony a reception was held on the lawn of Mr. A. Richards’s home.

The atmosphere created by the spacious lawn and surroundings brought back many memories of former happy days, as most of the guests are old residents of the Ter ritory. Among those present were Mr. A.

Richards, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilmore, Mr. and Mrs. Perriman, Mr. and Mrs. Drum mond Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Corbett, Mrs. M. Costello, Dr. Sinclair, Mr. J.

Essen, Mr. J. Mullaly, Mr. Ewing, Mr. B.

Bailey, Mr. K. Walker, Mr. E. Hill, Mr.

C Doyle, Mr. R. Cambridge, Mr. Perriman junior, and Mr. Costello junior.

The departure of the newly-weds to

spend a brief honeymoon on Tokua Plan tation was speeded by the good wishes of all.