WEDDING POSTPONED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 62, 4 September 1911, Page 5

WEDDING POSTPONED

MISSIXti IIUIDKtIUOOM. Cliristcliurcli. Saturday. Still another case is reported of "wait; iug at the church,'' this time in a suburb of ('hristclmrcli. The bridegroom-elect was a young man who. until a few days ago, was a highly-respected employee of a local linn —so much so, in fact, that when the news of his approaching marriage was noised abroad Ih> received a substantial cash present from his fellow-workers. The waiting bride was an employee of another Cliristcliurcli business tirni, and she was the recipient, of a monster wedding cake made specially for her and presented by the management. The day for the ceremony was fixed, and elaborate preparations had been made by the bride's parents to ensure her being well "sent oil'." The eventful hour arrived, bringing with it a coterie of well-wishers and gossipers. but after waiting some two hours it was decided to postpone the ceremony until such time its the bridegroom should think fit, to appear. The disconsolate would-be bride philosophically remarked that it would be all right probably her man bad ''Got, drunk, and was sleeping it oil' somewhere. but there are those who say that a worried-looking man set, sail on the following evening for Australia.