Samoan Wedding
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Gigantic Cake for Samoan Wedding
THE linking of the Tamasese and Malietoa families of Samoa by the wedding, on August 6, of Emi Papalii, daughter of Papalii Poumau. heir of Malietoa Taimalelagi, and Tamasese Moegagogo, third son of the late Tamasese Leolofi and brother of the present Fautua, will be one of Western Samoa’s biggest occasions of recent years.
More than 1,500 guests from all parts of Samoa have been invited.
The nine-tiered wedding cake will be sent from New Zealand.
Baked by a Wellington firm, the 200-lb cake contains more than 90 eggs and 60 lb of fruit, and is topped with 70 lb of icing-sugar. It will be sent to Auckland for shipment in the Tofua on July 20.
In accordance with Samoan custom, the honour of supplying the cake fell to Mr. P. Tufuga, of Well ington, who is paramount chief of one of the six ruling houses of the island of Savaii. Because there are nine sections in the family of Malietoa, he wanted a cake with nine tiers.
II Miss Anne Williams, latest of the British Council’s guests from Fiji to visit the United Kingdom, left by plane on July 10 to connect with a Sydney-London ship. Every year the British Council selects as Visitor a
Fijian, Indian or European who hau consistently given leisure time U community work. Miss Williams ii widely known for her work for th« Girl Guides and for Methodise Church organisations at Suva.