WEDDING AT SAMOA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1120, 13 September 1917, Page 4

WEDDING AT SAMOA.

A wedding in which unusual interest centred took place in the Church of the London Mission Society in Apia on August 2, when Mr Harold Jowett, clerk of tho Native Court in the Samoan Military Administration, second son of Mr G. H. Jowett, of Petone, New Zealand, was married to Miss Vida Berry, youngest daughter of Mrs B. Berry, of Austin Street, Wellington. The bride, who was given away by Mr J. A. Nicol, wore a gown of white crepe de chine and georgette, daintily embroidered, and a veil fastened with a coronet of orange blossoms. Mr R. M. Watson, acting-judge of the District Court, was best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. W. Sibree, hon. chaplain of the New Zealand Military Forces in Samoa, and was witnessed by a considerable number of friends. Prior to the ceremony his Honour Judge Roberts conducted the civil contract at tho courthouse. A reception was afterwards held at tho residence of Mr and Mrs ,1. A. Nicol, Motootua. The Administrator of the Occupied Territory, Colonel Logan, C.8., proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom, and various other toasts were honoured. The bridegroom was a member of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to Samoa in August, 1914. Mr and Mrs Jowett received the congratulations of their many friends, and left the same day for Fagamalo, in Savaii, where tho honeymoon was spent.