Bogg-Graham Wedding at Mt. Hagen

The Fiji European cost-of-living index dropped by one point to 235 in the latest quarterly revision. The index is based on a cost of living of 100 points in August, 1939. It rose steadily to 236 in April, 1954, the present being the first decline since 1939. There was a slight easing in prices of fresh vegetables, flour and eggs. The Indian index also fell by

one point to 269 for Suva, and by eight points, to 298, for country dis tricts. fi Mr. Frank Hurrell, formerly of the Agricultural Department at Madang, NG, has gone to live in Wau where he is taking over a dairy farm. He intends to grow vegetables and to establish coffee on his land.

A wedding attended by guests from a wide area of New Guinea took place recently at Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands, when Miss Noreen Audrey Bogg was married to Mr. Kenneth James Graham at the Catholic Church there. The group shows, left to right, Mr. I. Thistlethwaite, Mrs. R. W. Dishon (Matron-of-Honour), Patricia Dishon, the bride and groom, Susan Blood, and Mr. W. R. Dishon.

Guests present at the Bogg-Graham wedding included, left to right, upper photo: Messrs. R. Wright, N. B. Blood. E. Burchett, W. G. Sippo. and K. Walters. Lower: Mesdames C. Pfarr, N. B. Blood, E. Burchett, and K. Walters.