People In Pictures

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SOLOMONS WEDDING: Miss Lily Ogatina, the first woman member of the BSIP Legislative Council, made an attractive picture when she signed the register after her marriage to Mr. Aubrey Poz nanski in All Saints' Cathedral, Honiara, in January. Photo: Ted Marriott.

GILBERTESE TYPIST: Miss Reneta Tebaubau, a Gilbertese from the Solomon Islands, recently flew from Honiara to Lae to attend a course in typing and business at the Lae Technical School. Miss Tebau bau is employed in the Secretariat, Honiara. Photo: Ted Marriott.

AT CLUB: Mr. and Mrs. J. Stolting (left), of the Sydney suburb of Cronulla, were in a happy mood at a recent gathering of Sydney's Polynesian Association. Mrs.

Stolting is from Tipaerui, Tahiti, but it was in Raiatea that her husband met her in the course of extensive travels.

—Telephotos.

MATRON HONOURED: There was feasting and custom dancing at Lolowai, Aoba, New Hebrides, on January 26, when Sister E. L. Pyatt, matron of the Diocese of Melanesia's Godden Memorial Hospital, was presented with the insignia of MBE by the British Resident Commisioner, Mr.

A. M. Wilkie (centre), in recognition of her work at the hospital over the last 17 years. Sister Pyatt is from Dunedin, New Zealand. Also in the picture is the Rt.

Rev. A. T. Hill, Bishop of Melanesia.

Service Recognised: Sgt. 2/C Nabura

(below), formerly from Bogia Sub-District, Madang, now of Kerevat Police Station, near Rabaul, received the Queen's Good Conduct and Long Service Medal recently from the New Britain District Commis sioner, Mr. H. West. Sergeant Nabura has been in the police force since 1940.

INDIAN HOSTESS: Miss Syed A. Nisha, daughter of Mr. S. A. Mohammed, of Suva, who has been an air hostess with BOAC for four years, spent her holidays in Suva recently. While there she became the first woman to speak at a Suva Lions Club luncheon. Photo: Stan Whippy.

FROM SAMOA: Thousands of Australian TV viewers have glimpsed the bare back and grass-skirted hips of Julie Bruce (above) as she sways rhythmically in the background of a soft drink commercial.

Julie came from Upolu, Western Samoa, a few years ago and now lives in Sydney with her Australian husband, Ron Bruce.

They visited Apia last year. —Telephotos.