WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 11, Issue 10, 11 March 1909, Page 379

WEDDING BELLS

HACKETT— DONOVAN.

A quiet but pretty wedding (writes our Auckland correspondent) was: solemnised at All Souls' Church, Devonport, on February 16, when Mr. P. J. Hackett, of Auckland, second- son of the late Mr. P. H. Hackett, was married to Miss -Margaret "Donovan, only daughter of the late Mi*. John Donovan, of Kakaramea,* Patea. The Rev. Father Furlong officiated.. The bride, who wore a travelling dress of white cloth and picture hat to match) . was giVen away by her brother, Mr. E. Donovan. Mr: W. E. Hackett acted" as best man. The bridesmaid was Miss Mourya Goldwater- (cousin of the -bridegroom). The little bridesmaid wore a chaste gold cross of_ pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. After the ceremony the bridal party drove to -the residence of Mr. Goldwater, Cheltenham Beach, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of and the health of the newly-married couple honored. The ceremony was confined exclusively to the large circle of" immediate relatives of the contracting parties; The newlymarried couple were the recipients of numerous and costly presents from their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hackett left for the Hot Lakes district, taking with them the best wishes of a large circle' of friends and relations. •