Post Office Weddings in Apia

H Dr. V. W. T. McGusty, former Director of Medical Services in Fiji and now a resident of Auckland, together with Mrs. McGusty, were guests at Government House, Suva, in August-September. Lady Garvey, wife of Fiji’s Governor, is their daughter.

There are no registry offices in Western Samoa, but the postmaster at Apia can

officiate at weddings. Banns are displayed on the notice-board outside the post office, and there is a licence fee of £1, payable after the ceremony in the postmaster’s office. In addition to residents at Apia (including Europeans) many couples travel from outlying districts to be married in the post office. Accompanying photograph shows Iki Fruen, of Segi village, and Tautega Fualaau, of Nafoalii, immediately after their wedding in the postmaster’s office.—JACK THORNTON.