WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 13 May 1915, Page 27

WEDDING BELLS

V .;■;__: ■'--; HOLDEN—McSWEENE Y. ; .-,'., A pretty wedding took place at the Sacred Heart iChurch, Timaru, on April 14, when Miss Nora Josephine McSweeney, elder daughter of Mr. Morgan McSweeney, Adair, was married to Mr. John Charles Holden, of Dalzell Hill, Mount Nessing. The Very Rev. Dean Tubman officiated, and Rev. Father Le Petit, of Fairlie, celebrated the Nuptial Mass. As the bridal party entered the church the ' Wedding March ' was played, and also appropriate music during the Mass. The bride, who -was given away by her father, wore a gown of soft ivory satin and Brussels lace, with Medici collar and court train lined with palest pink chiffon. Her veil was daintily arranged cap effect, with sprays of orange blossom, and she carried a beautiful shower bouquet. The two bridesmaids (Miss Kathleen McSweeney and Miss Lillian Holden) wore frocks of shell pink crepe-de-chine and chiffon, with wide black velvet belts and black velvet hats having pale pink plumes. They carried bouquets of white chrysanthemums and autumn foliage. Two little girls (Misses Annie Angland and Lexie Cuming) acted as train bearers, and looked sweet in white muslin and lace, and Juliet caps. They carried crooks with satin streamers. The bridegroom was supported by Mr Murdo McKenzie, ol Dunedin, and Mr. T. McSweeney. After the ceremony a large number of guests were entertained at breakfast, at which the Very Rev. Dean Tubman was present, and the usual toast list was gone through. Later in the day Mr. and Mrs. Holden left by motor for the south, the bride wearing a navy serge costume and smart mole hat with drooping plume. KENNY—MURRAY. At St. Mary's Church on Wednesday last (writes our Wanganui correspondent) the Very Rev. Dean Holley, S.M., solemnised the marriage of Mr. WUliam Michael Kenny, of Wanganui, and Miss Nita Marion Murray, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs B. A. Murray, of Bunya Station, Queensland. The bride, who was given away by Mr." G. Kenny, was attired in a pretty and becoming dress of white crepe-de-chine, trimmed with point lace and seed pearls, a court train, orange blossoms, mob cap and veil, and a dainty bouquet completing an exquisite bridal costume. Miss Nellie Kenny, who attended as bridesmaid, wore a blue mentol-cloth coat and skirt and a white felt hat. Mr. C. M. Morgan acted as best man. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a handsome gold bangle, and the bridesmaid's souvenir took the form of a pretty gold brooch. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at breakfast at the residence of the bridegroom's mother, the customary toasts being enthusiastically honored. At the meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society on Monday evening, Mr. Kenny was presented with a cruet stand by the Very Rev. Dean Ilolley, on behalf of the members, in recognition of the many valuable services he had rendered in the cause of charity.