AROUND DUNEDIN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5060, 25 June 1895, Page 3

AROUND DUNEDIN.

[llY " SCOTCH JUST."]

It would not require a very giwit stretch of imagination to believe Dunedin was a town in tho Highlands of Scotland buried with snow, for one hears on every side i expressions as " It minds me of the Auld conntrie," " Aye inoii, we'll be thinking we're back in honnie Scotland, wi' the grand auld hills covered wi' snnw." Wc have, indeed, been partially buried with ice and snow ~ here, but a few miles inland rabbiBiers, and those living in mud whares, "have bad to literally dig themselves out. After three days snow a bard frost set in, and the roadways and pavements were really terribly dangerous to pedestrians and horses alike, but although numbers upon numbers slipped and fell on the icy paths, only one casm.lity so far has been heard of, that of a lady who broke her arm crossing the street. The usual amountof snowballing has been indulged in, and the pernicious habit of putting stones in the balls has been much commented upon. A little boy, returning quietly home from school, had a nasty hit, hav-

ing his under lip cut in two by

a stone placed inside a snowball Unfortunately the coward could not be ideutilied. A thaw has set in, and now we may look out for Hoods by way of a change, A sad fatal accident occurred in the Post Office last Saturday, One of the postmen was found lying dead in a passage with his neck broken. Jit is surmised he had been sorting .Betters in company with two or three Wher comrades, and they bad been having a bit of fun just before leaving. Ho was the last, however, to

get on his coat, and came out alone, and it is suvmised that he must have slipped on the stones and fallen over a stone parapet into the passage he was found in. He was a son of Pilot Kelly, of Port Chalmers, and had been 13 years in the Post Office. He was one of the most popular of all the employes in the Post Office, and a half-holiday was granted to all the letter-carriers to attend his funeral. On Wednesday morning one- of the prettiest weddings ever seen took place in Knox Church, when Mr H. Mussel, solicitor, of Sydney, was united to Miss Gertrude Ziele, daughter of oneof ourmost respected citizens. The Church was decorated beautifully, quite a novel idea being introduced in the decorations. On te rostrum was a huge bell, er thiee feet high, composed entirely of white and crimson chrysanthemums. This floral joybell was lifted on h the box-seat of the bride's caniage when they left the Church. Now, 1 know some of you at least like details of bridal costumes, so I will describe them, The bride's dress was quite a magnificent royal white satin, the whole of the front cmbroided in silver and pearls, and the long train was also covered with pearls from the waist. The orthodox veil and a superb shower boquet, which the bridegroom had to assist, as it was so largc,completed the costume. Her bridesmaids, seven tallstately girls,werc all visions of loveliness. Dressed in lavender satin with purple velvet sleeves and zouaves. Large picture hats of purple velvet, profusely trimmed with lavender- « loured ostrich feathers. Tan gloves |1 shoes. The attendant groomsmen also wore lavender neckties and tan gloves, to correspond with the bridesmaids. There were 130 guests in Church, all in wedding raiment too. A more picturesque scene could hardly be imagined, than Knox Church mantled in snow, and snow lying deep on the ground, so that carpets had to be laid, and the bright dresses of the wedding party in the foreground. Our M.H.E.'s and special Hunstml reporters left in a body early this week for the Empire City, and an outsider witnessing their departure mighteasily have thought they were Princes or Dukes of royal blood, at least, they were so pulled out wi th importance, hut " They never will be missed." The Darrel Company are splendid but have- had wretched weather since their opening night. "The Double - Event," which they have played for three nights, is quite a racing piece, aud unless one is well up in racing jbng and saddling paddock talk, it jp monotonous. There are seven ,\orses on the stage at one time, and it is splendidly mounted. Miss ]f ai . ric Ireland, the principal lady, carrie, everything before her.