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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1954Vol. XXIV, No. 12

Clarke-Turner Wedding

p. 100 · Read in the full issue

J. C. Gilbert was appointed ildmg inspector at Wewak, New amea, on June 18.

A Ravu a m a Vuniv a lu, senior Fiji a n unofficial member of the Legislative Councd resigned. He enlisted m the Fiji Military Forces a nd h aS joined the First Battalion in the fight .against the Communist terrorists m Mulaya. He also resigned from the Fiji Broadcasting Commission and has been replaced by Livai Volavola.

Mr. Tony Richardson, 27, left Americ a in December to go to Syd ney, and eventu a lly drived on April 16. In Panama he joined Mr.

Pebble Rockefeller, owner of a 40foot yacht, and set out for Tahiti The yacht was becalmed for days on end and reached Galapagos Islands 24 days later. He decided to fly to Sydney from Tahiti,

Phyllis Margaret Clarke and Mr. [?] Barden Turner were married at [?]ul’s Church, Samarai, Papua, on [?] 22. The Rev. A. G. Daw officiated; [?] Betty Cooper was bridesmaid and [?] Susan Daw was flower girl. Mr. [?]man Kidder flew from Port Moresby [?] bestman, and Mr. Beavers, of [?]ato, gave the bride away.

Seventy guests attended the reception at Burns Philp “Bach”. The couple left for a honeymoon at Kwato. —Photo by F. Hoeter.