wedding,

Levin Daily Chronicle, 28 October 1919, Page 2

wedding,

« MALCOLM — MAQDONAI/T)., 's A weddino- of tgreat local interes e took place at St. Andrew's Presbytei inn Churcli, Gisborne, -oil Tuesday las (says tlic Poverty Bay Herald), wh-e Miss Vera iMaoDonald, eldest daughte 0 of tlic Hon. and Mrs W. -D. S. Mat ® 'Donald, was married to Mr Robert J „ 'Malcolm, son of Mj' and 'Mrs 55. Mai 7. colm, of Levin. The ceremony wn performed by the Rev James Aitken M.A., and there was a large niiirnbe ! g . of friendis of the party at the church (. which was beautifully decorated by th •_j many p;ii'l friends of the 'bride. Tli bride who was given away by he father, was charmingly attired in beautiful gown of ivory satin am georgette, daintily trimmed with< jjoh |vnVl peart trimmings, with a cour train of ivorv lined with gob - Incc, finished with a true lover's kno of tulle. She'-wore a veil beautiful!; embroidered by one of her girl friends and over it a wreath of orange bios sonis. Accompanying the bride wen two bridesmaids, Miss Ella Mao Donah and Miss Marorie Malcolm, sisters o the bride and bridegroom respectively The bridesmaids wore pretty dresses o lemon silk net, daintly ombrooidered ii Oriental colours, with' lemon tulle hat< to 'match. A niece audi nephew of tin bride, 'Miss Linda Mac Donald and Mas ter Douglas MaeD<mald made charminf train-bearers. The little p-irl wore < pretty deep cream net frock, embroidered with pink and blue in her hair Master MacDonaldi was dressed in j ere-am satin page suit. A little flowei girl, Miss Joan Mac Donald, was prettily dressed _ in a frock of deep cream not, embroidered with pink and heliotrope, and carrying a basket of ros« not a Is, which she strewed before the bridal couple as they .left the church. Mrs MaeDonaldi was dressed in a bo- " coming gown of brown satin do chene, with hat to match. The bride, brides- , maids, and Mrs Mac Donald carried > beautiful bouquets of roses made by Miss Barnes. The bride's handsome bouquet was composed of -white rosefi -and azalia, with touches of gold roses, and tulle streamers in keeping with the bridal costume. .Miss Mao Donald ■carried a bouquet of heliotrope, stock, and nnemonies with streamer to match, whilst. Miss Malcolm's comprised pink jose and heather and pink streamers. The bricle's mother carried a- bouquet of violets and cinerarias, with violet streamers. The floral bouquets were , much admired. The bridegroom was attended by Mr R. MacLaughlin as best man, and Mir Walter Breddoe as groomsman. After the ceremony at the church a laro-e number of friends w«*re entertained Dy t)*e parents of the I bride at a reception in Le Grand | (Loung, wliieh was elaborately decorI a-ted for the occasion, a central feature j of tlie decorations being a large "wed- | ding bell, ' with streamers and a wreath ©f flowers, A beautiful wedding cake was the gift of the 'bride's | aunt, resident at Du-nedin, the tasteful I decoration being carried out locally. | The bridegroom's gift- to the bride was a handsome gold wristlet watch, whilst j tho bridesmaids were the recipients of 1 o-okl signet rings and the pages gold bangles. The popular couple, who were the recipients of many valuable and | 'useful presents (including a canteen I of silver from, the Liberal Party, a tea [ set from Singapore, and two handsome j cheques), left for the south the same , night 011 the honeymoon. They are to reside at Otaki, and carry with . them the heartfelt goodl wishes of many j friends. I