ROYAL WEDDING.
PRINCE ARTHUR AND DUCHESS OF FIFE. KING GIVES THE BRIDE AWAY. (Received October 16, 9 a.m.) LONDON, October 15. The wedding of Prince Arthur of Connaught (son of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught) and the Duchess of Fife (daughter of the Princess Royal) took place to-day in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. There was a brilliant assemblage. The Primate (the Most Rev. Dr. Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury) officiated. King George (uncle of the bride) gave the bride away. Among the other Royal personages present were Queen Mary, the frince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and the King and Queen of Norway (the latter is an aunt of the bride). .There were huge, , enthusiastic crowds in the, .streets, MANY PRESENTS. THAT OF THE KING AND QUEEN (Received October 16, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, October 15. The marriage presents numbered over 500, valued at £300,000. They include jewels from Royal personages in England, Europe, Japan, and India. The King and Queen's gift was a tiara containing 1000 diamonds. The Canadian Ministry presented a silver dinner servioe. I . A POPULAR WEDDING. SYMPATHY FOR MINERS IN DISTRESS, (Received East Night, 11.20 o'clock.) LONDON, TJeEober 16. The marriage of an English Prince and a Scotch Princess has appealed to the popular sentiment. Crowds lined the routes and cheered the (Royal procession to the Chapel Royal. t .. -The walls were decorated with lilies aoid chrysanthemums. The congreation at the Chapel was an epitome of distinguished Englishmen. and Scotchmen, and : there was a brilliant display of . ordered unir forms. ' ■ •; ;, In . addition to Royalties, members 1 of Cabinets, and Ambassadors of European Courts and Japan, and America attended. / Bonfires were blazing on the hilltops in the north and east of Scotland. and' there were great rejoicings among the Scottish tenantry. The newly married couple sent the following message to Sanghenydd: "In the moment of our great happiness, bur thoughts go to you in your sorry distress." , By the King's orders the wedding gifts were displayed, aad a small charge mad® for admission, the money so received to be devoted to the Welsh Relief Fund.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 October 1913, Page 5
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351ROYAL WEDDING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 October 1913, Page 5
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