WEDDINGS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9991, 10 March 1910, Page 5

WEDDINGS

| McLACHLAN-CHAMBERLATN. ' A pretty wedding was celebrated at "Westmeath," Upp?r Hain, yesterday, when Mr Leslie McLachlan, second son of Mr Duncan McLachlan, of "Turohonga,'' Opaki, was married to Miss Eva Chamberlain, fourth daughter of Mr G. E. Chamberlain. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in a cream taffetas, Princess gown, trimmed with net and silk lace. She wore the orthodox veil and orange blossoms, aud carried a lovely shower bouquet. Miss R. McLachlan, sister of the bridegroom, who attended as bridesmaid, wore a pale pink chiffon taffetas, Princess gowr, with a juauve hat, and she carried a shower bouquet, of mauve flowers. Mr Norman Chamberlain was best man. After the ceremony, which was i performed by the Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.A., H D , a brge assemblage of guests attended the wedding breakfast at "Westmeath," when [ the usual toasts were honoured and felicitious speeches made. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a i pearl and opal bracelet, and the bridesmaid a pearl bangle. The bride presented the bridegroom with a set of gold sleeve links. The young couple were the reccipients of many i handsome and costly presents. Mr and Mrs McLachlan left for the South by the afternoon train, where the honeymoon will be spept. The bride's travelling dress was a navy I serge costume, braided and faced with black satin, and she wore a green hat.

THOMPSON—OA MERON. That more than ordinary interest was taken in the wedding ceremony in Knox Church, yesterday afternoon, by the residents of Masterton and the "surrounding districts, was very evident by the large gathering that congregated at the Church to witness the marriage between the Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.A., 8.D., and Miss Robina Isabella Cameron, eldest daughter of Mr D. J. Cameron, of "Sherwood," Masterton. The Church, whicji was beautifully decorated for the occasion, was literally packed with spectators, while it was estimated that somewhere about two hundred people were unable to gain admittance. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a lovely fruck made semi-Empire style, of white crepe de chene over satin, the corsage being trimmed with exquisite embroidered net, and the skirt was draped and finished with paas«fneutric trimmings. Miss Cameron wore a veil of beautful Brussels net, caught up with a coronet of orange blossoms, and also a diamond and torquoise broach, the gift of the bridegroom, and carried a delicate shower bouquet of white lillies and maiden hair ferns. The bridesmaids were Miss Phyllis Cameron (sister of the bride), Miss M. Couper and Miss Edna Lewis (cousins of the bride). Each wore frocks of heliotrope ninon de soie over chitfon -taffetas, trimmed with blonde lace, while the skirts were draped. The bridesmaids also wore gold brooches set with torqfioise, the gift of the bridegroom. Miss Cameron's hat was of white, trimmed with heliotrope roses, and the Misses Couper and Lewis wore heliotrope hats trimmed with white valencennes lace, and carried shower bouquets of pink roses and lillies intermingled with asparagus ferns. The best man was Mr George Gibb, of Wellington, and Mr A. Thompson and Mr N. Cameron attended as grooms-

men. The service was fully choral, Mr Purcel! Webb, who presided at the organ, playing the "Processional March" as the bridal party entered the Church, and the hymn, "How Welcome Was the Call," was sung by the choir. On leaving the Church the organist played "Mendelssohn's Wedding March." The ceremony was performed by the Rev. L, Thompson, of Carterton, assisted by the Kev* Gibson Smith, of Wellington. Subse- j quen'ly a reception was held at "SherwooV ihe residence of the bride's parents. The guests, somewhere about one hundred, were receiver! by Mrs Cameron, who wore a Princess robe of vieux rose silk vuile. The honeymoon will be spent at Rotorua, and from thence the Rev. and Mrs Thompson will pro eed to Auckland to embark by the s.s. Mongolia for England. The bride's travelling dress was a biscuit coloured costume, made with a long coat, with a hat of the same shade, trimmed with long ostrich faathers and on* large gold rose.