O'KANE— REANY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 25, 18 June 1903, Page 15

O'KANE— REANY.

A 'very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Wednesday morning, June loth, that of Miss Elizabeth Reany, daughter of Mr. Joseph Keanv, Dunedin, to Mr James O'Kane of Alexandra South The Nuptial Mass was celebrated and the ceremony perlormcd by the I lev Father Hunt, of Alexandra South After the blessing and durintr the signing ot the legistcr ■a beautifiul Wedding March was- placed in the nuns' choir. The bride entered the Cathedral on the arm ol her father, who gave her away, and she was iollowed by two bridesmaids, the Misses Martin and Rivers The bride wore a charming dress of white satin with a court train of the same, the bodice being beautifully draped with honiton lace and chiffon. She woie an embroidered veil and wreath of orange /blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet of lilies and roses She was attended by a page (her nephew). Master If Burton The bridesmaids gowns were of white Liberty silk with lace and insertion Their prottv costumes were completed by large black -velvet picture hats, with pale blue satm rosettes, and they carried shower bouquets 'of chrysanthemums and autumn leaves, and wore the bridegroom's presents — large greenstone hearts with ' kia ora ' inserted on gold ferns, with erold chains'. Mr. John O'Kane was best man. and Mr. W. Murray (Alexandra South) groomsman. After the ceremony a small recention was held at the residence of the bride's parents, High street,

only intimate friends being invited. Numerous and wellero C om sents ,™ c Reived by both bride and bridefonfo fm- w and Mr £\ 9 Kane left for Christchurch en oute for Hanmer Plains. The bride's going-away dress was grey tweed with cream satin facings, large cream bearer hat with cream ostrich feathers, Slid white