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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1977Vol. 48, No. 6

People

p. 76 · Read in the full issue

King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho, of Tonga, are grandparents. Their only daughter, Princess Pilolevu, gave birth to a daughter (weight 3.6 kg) in an Oxford (UK) hospital on April 16. The princess is in Oxford with her husband, Captain Ma’ulupekotofa Tuita, who is on a 10-month foreign service course at the university. Their marriage in Nukualofa last July was the social event of the year in the Islands. The child has been named Lupepau’u.

Trust Territory High Court As sociate Justice Donald C. Williams, ex-Attorney-General of American Samoa, has resigned and will return to private practice, probably on Guam. Judge Williams took up the job two years ago. His resignation, according to Chief Justice Harold W. Burnett, “will leave an enor mous gap in our justice system” until Washington appoints a new judge.