Metcalfe-Corban Wedding

\ WEDDING of Mission and general BSI interest took place! at Sasa munga, Choiseul, BSI, on February 8, when Miss Elizabeth Joy Metcalfe, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. R.

Metcalfe, of the NZ Methodist Mission, was married to Mr. A. L. Corban, of Melbourne, Victoria.

The large native church was decorated with ferns andi masses of mauve and white orchids and the ceremony was attended by over 1,000 Islanders and 23 Europeans.

The bride, who had spent four months with her parents prior to the wedding, wore a full-length gown of pink Swiss organdie over taffeta, and a pale pink tulle veil. She was attended by Miss Beth Corban, of Melbourne. Mr. Gren ville Voyce was best man. The bride’s father performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. A. W. E. Sylvester. The bride groom’s father, Mr. A. F. Corban, flew from Australia for the ceremony.

A reception was held in the Mission kindergarten hall. A huge feast at a table 100 yards long was prepared in the local village for natives who had gath ered from far and near.

After a brief honeymoon at Sagari, the young couple left by Qantas Empire Air ways for Melbourne, where they will make their home.