KING GEORGE OF TONGA MARRIED.
(Pee Press Association.i AUCKLAND, November 2. News from Tonga states that King George was married on November 11 to Princess Ana Seini Takibo, a maiden of 16, the ceremony taking place in the royal chapel in the grounds of the palace, and being performed by Rev. J. B. Walkin. Six Tongan maids, all in white, supported the bride, and the King was attended with a similar number of his nobles as groomsmen. The presents included hundreds of rolls of native cloth, immense istacks of cooked foods, dozens of roasted pigs, and piles of taro.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9084, 2 December 1909, Page 5
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99KING GEORGE OF TONGA MARRIED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9084, 2 December 1909, Page 5
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