WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 10 June 1915, Page 31

WEDDING BELLS

WHITE—WRIGHT. A wedding, which created a good deal of interest, was solemnised in St. Raphael's Church, Hawarden, on April 14, the contracting parties being Mr. Oswald John White, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. White, The Peaks, North Canterbury, and Miss Ada Maud Wright, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wright, Mason's Flat, Hawarden. As both parties were very popular in the district, there was a very large attendance at the church, where the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father O'Connor. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful robe of ivory satin, trimmed with applique lace, and a trained skirt, finished with lace and orange blossoms, the whole being completed by a beautifully embroidered tulle veil,' with wreath of orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were Misses Ellen and Elsie Wright. The former (chief bridesmaid) wore a dainty dress of heliotrope crepe-de-chine with hat to match. The latter wore a dainty dress of pale blue crepe-de-chine, with hat to match. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. J. H. Wright (brother of the bride). On the happy couple leaving the church the Wedding March was played by Miss J. Cox, the organist. After the ceremony the guests adjourned to the Town Hall,- where relatives and friends to the number of 150 sat down to breakfast. The usual toasts were honored, the principal one being proposed by Rev. Father O'Connor, who spoke of the very high esteem in which the newly wedded couple were held. The bride's travelling dress was a sapphire blue costume, with a navy blue hat and ostrich plume to match. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a gold neck chain, to the bridesmaids gold pendants, and to the best man a silver-mounted walking stick. The bride's present to the bridegroom was a travelling bag. Mr. and Mrs. White left by motor for Christchurch en route to Invercargill for their honeymoon, thence to their home home, Sherwood Downs, Fairlie. The presents, which included many cheques, were both costly and numerous.