BELL BLOCK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 120, 15 June 1901, Page 2

BELL BLOCK.

, Our village was. very gay on Tuesday, the 11th iost., when n larg. number of visitors ats rnble! ui'li t'.o Bell Block resid. Nts to i-ho.v 11 e i kindly regards for Mifs'Co nwjil who was about to In married 'o Mv L. 0. Skden of We'lingfcnn, The Vet). Archdeacon Govett, ass's'ed "by' the' Rev. F.G. Evans performed th cer - mony in St. Luke's C.K liel Bio k The thuruh had been very pie tily do coraC'.d with flo«e:s, ferns, and white drapeiy, by, the choir and o'hir friends. The bride, who was accompanied to the a'tar by her pvents (Oapt. and Mrs Uorriwall) l okei yey charmin;. Mi'.ses E. Cornwall, (-ister of the bridi 1 ), E. Davis, (daughter of Col. Davis), and little Naccy Pott were the bridt smaids' The rich robing of* the biide and her maids formed a sp'endid contrast to the daVk of the fen ry, and the soft shimmering light refl.cted from the accasia by which they were sur surrounded After the ceremony, Cipt. aLd Mrs Cornwall fntV alined a 1 >rge company at afternoon tea. Th> usual toos 8 baling be >n du'y honoured, and the best man congratulated, the visitors passed a veiy pleasent hour looking at the five-score very vnlujbl pre.-en s that had bepn sent to thbride, not only by her many Taranaki frisnds, but by otheis throughout New Ze lland, as wall as from Ireland, England, and South Africa etc. As Ho j. Organic for St. Luke's C.E, and in many other ways,.Mrs Sladen has made herself valuablo to our communi y, and while wishing her and hrr husband nil prosperity and happiness in their new home, we have to acknowledge thtshe wi 1 ba much and often missei in Be'l Blcck.