WEDDING BELLS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 563, 5 November 1902, Page 2

WEDDING BELLS.

A very popular wedding took placo at Wesley Church yesterday, tho young couplo being much esteemed residents, who have a largo circle of friends. The bride was Miss Jessie Isabel Oxenhatn (second daughter of Mr S. W. Oxonham, of Gisborne), and the bridegroom was Mr Albert Ernest Coiebourno, of Gisborne (fifth son of Mr John Colebourne,' of Auckland). The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. B. F. Rothweil. Over J,he choir railing, near whore the bridal party stood, a vory pretty floral arch had been erected by friends. The pretty bride was tastefully attired in white sills, with insertion and orange blossom trimmings. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet. The bridesmaids were Miss Oxenhatn, Miss Edna Oxenhatn, and Miss Lydia Lewis, who were attired in white muslin, and .carried shower bouquets. Mr H.-Faram was best men, and Mr F. Wiikinson and Master Oxenbam also attended on tho bridegroom. Tho bride was given away by her father. The service was choral, the choif, of which the bride has long been a member, being in strong force. At the commencement of the service they sang tho hymn, -‘The Voice that Breathed o’er Eden.” Mr C. J. East presided at the organ, and as tho party left the church he played the ” Wedding March.” After the ceremony the party adjourned to the residence of the bride’s parents, where tho wedding repast 'was partaken of.

c Mr East’s Reply to Mr t Crawford--0 (To the Editor of the Tgnes.) Sir, -I feel so elated at Mr Crawford’s signal defeat that I thought I might give ’ him time to get into position again after showing that bis former position was perfectly an untenable one. Surely an ex- , brewer should be able to give a reasonable 3 hope for the faith that is in him, but when I asked him to give any reason at all why licenses should exist, and why a man who B drinks a pint of beer should bo made to ' pay a hundred per cent, more than the 5 proper price, through taxation, ho has no 3 ammunition left for a reply, and I cannot ' at this stage give him an opportunity for another attempt. And then, to» recapitu- ‘ late a little, he fell into the ambush I set for him on the typhoid question, and ; agreed that it was such a foul j disorder as to need such “ regula- * tion and control ” as should effect- ' ually stamp it out, although, as he noticed, “ cows were not prohibited nor wells filled up.” But he is mistaken in regardto wells, and, if cows are not prohibited from the borough, pigs are, because pigsare offensive and unclean ; so is typhoid, and so is drunkenness and the open bars; therefore, they must all go together. Then, sir, his “ Long Tom ” was silenced with one shot in the matter of this variation of property values, and a shell from a homely 6'4 silenced him at once. But, lest that property value argument should be again fired oft’, let me ask, What is responsible for the slump in land sales as witnessed at Messrs Williams and Kettle’s sale on Saturday last ? This great land sale had been advertised for a long time, and several of our land-holders might have contemplated a trip to the Continent from the result thereby. But all hopes by this time have been banishc-d, as very few lots were put through. Now, sir, if this sale had taken place with such a poor result two months after a nolicense vote had been polled, we can scarcely imagine what the consequence would have been. Pethaps some blatant adventurer from Clutba would have been procured who could stump the country or t write a hook on the hideous failure of prohibition in Gisborne. I claim then, sir, to have won on these three points, and as this letter is long enough I will promiso 1 you that I entertain a further hope of £ making Mr Crawford take to his heels and " tlee from the State of Maine, in my next. ° —I am, etc., 31 James East. ‘