WINTON

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 11, 16 June 1894, Page 5

WINTON

(From our own correspondent.) The business people of our township were jubilant duiing show and bazaar week, etc., but hare now tied down to their old steady and progressive style. The secretary to the grain , show, etc., informs me there will be a surplus of close on £lO when all accounts are 'met. This is exceedingly satisfactory, no effort having" been spared at the same time to bring the show to a successful issue. Something certainly will have to be done another in the way of securing Sk laruer hall. We have five creditable, O * well-organised bodies amongst viz., Farmers’ Association, Caledonian Society, Good Templars (2), the String and Brass Bands. Now, were all these to amalgamate in getting a. hall, I venture to predict, though not a prophet, that in less than twelve months we would have a public hall that probably you would have to go outside of Southland to get its superior. This is all I will suggest about the matter in the meantime. Marriages are few and far between now-a-days, noticeably in this district, but one of these happy events took: place on Tuesday last, when Mr W. Thomson, of Winton Plains, was united to Miss M. Thomson, eldest daughter of a highly respected farmer, Mr J. Thomson, of Newfield. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride’s parents, in the presence of a large number of friends, the Rev. Mr Baird, of Winton, performing the ceremony. Miss Thomson (the bride’s sister) and Miss S~ Shaw were the bridesmaids, and, in case I should make a blunder, I must refrain from particularizing the dresses worn. Suffice it to say that both the ladies and the dresses were handsome. Mr Thomson’s commodious barn was almost inadequate to accommodate the guests at the dance in the evening. The “ Grand March,’* led off by the newly-wedded pair, was, to say the least of it, quite a. picture. Judging from the numerous and expensive presents, the bride’s amiable disposition has been fully recognised. It now only remains for me to congratulate Mr and Mrs Thomson on the engagement they have entered into. Long may they live to enjoy each other’s May every happiness be theirs is the wish of their many friends.