PUNGAREHU.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXV, Issue 183, 17 August 1903, Page 4

PUNGAREHU.

(Feom our Own Uoeuesposdent.) I We had a day eft bowers and some ' hours of sunshine (happ'ly one for the ceremony) for the marriage of Mis?; Tnylor and Mr H. Phillips, of Rahotu,!! which took place in the Methodist; . Church on Thursday, The wedding : party and tbtir friends ciowded the j, ehutch. Music, praise, prayerF, wed-i | ding ring, pr.esen'aticn by trustees of 1 bible and hymn book, and Ehovwrs of; ric.3 all coctributei to a very happy j and p'eas int Cjle' | Mr Fleming had vary kindly placed i: his residence and grounds at ihe t-ervice of Mrs Taylor and her guct-ts for the day. Mr J. Phillips (fa'h-r rf tha bride 1 srcioan) presided the br. akfatt in a ! .:e »nd emiro t tei.t. An exenill' -v feature if rlie (lay's feslivickp,' is-ciScant of picirefir, was the totei |. absencs of intoxicart.?. Tois'g were; no less duly hoccred or intelligently • spoken to, both in proposal and re-1 sponge, and the sumptiv u ly spre dj tables and the expressions of kindly! goodwill f.nd good wi*h of a number of j , the guests put all in merriest and happiest humour A large quantity of I '■ useful and coatly presents wore on show, and the bride and bridegroom drove the same evening to their new ( and pretty residence at Rahotu, where . the gifts referred to will stir up happy; memories for many years to come of the auspicious celebration of the 6th of August, in the year of our Lord, 1903.