Missionary to represent Pacific at

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Missionary to represent Pacific at the Coronation._x000D_ Missionary, the Rev G H Eastman and his wife, has been invited by the Colonial Minister to represent the Pacific at the Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey._x000D_ The Rev Eastman and his wife are London missionary Society missionaries in the Gilbert Islands, situated in the Pacific ocean between Hawaii and the New Guineas._x000D_ With a population of 23,000, the islands situated near the Japanese Mandate area in the Pacific and form a British Protectorate with the Ellice Islands. Exports are phosphate and copra._x000D_ Photo shows, the Rev G H Eastman wearing the Gilbert Islands native dress._x000D_ 21 April 1937

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