WEDDING BELLS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 52, 27 December 1900, Page 15

WEDDING BELLS.

MCCABTNEY — NICHOLL.

Considerable interest (writes a correspondent) was taken in an event which took place at Longridge village on December s—the5 — the marriage of Mr. Thomas McCartney to Miss Nicholl, eldest daughter of Mr. John Nicholl. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Keenan, in the presence of a number of friends of both parties, at the residence of the bride's parents. Miss Elizabeth Nicholl, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, and the duties of best man were carried out by Mr. Denis Corcoran. The bride was attired in a costume of cream lustre, with the usual veil, and iwreath of orange blossoms. The bridesmaid s dress was ot white rausliu with hat to match. Both bride and bridesmaid wore gold brooches the grift of the bridegroom. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was partaken of, and in the evening a social gathering took place when Mr. John Little in a happy and felicitous speech proposed the health of the newly-wedded couple, his remarks being supplemented by Mr. J.A. Mills and others. The wedding presents were ornamental and useful, and their number showed the esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. McCartney are held by a large circle of frienda.