MARRIAGE OF MISS. GLEDSTANES AND MR MERVYN STEWART.

(FKOM QOR O\YK CORRESPONDENT. \ On, , V^edneaday^ the. J,sfch .jn'staut, ' t!i6 marriage ot" Mr Meivyri titewaH with Mia& Gledstauea -was soletonised at Larlt«purj tDt> restdehca of tbe bride's mother. \ The ctre.uiouy was performed in the drawing room, by the Hey. Canon Jolnjsiton, add' waa striQfcly " privafcej the coinpauy' -. being limited to tho immediate friends and rela,tives of the bride aud bride I groom. • Th,e bride was attived ia.arrioh ! white slk, with tulle veil, aud wreath of orauge blossoms, ajid was given away by her brother; Mr Cecil Gfledstaiiesl 1 ; iThe bridesuiaida, Miaa Eveline Gledstaues, sister of the bride, aud. 1 ,tne. Misses : JFauny ayd Minnie Stewart, sisters of the bvidegrooua; .wo^-.a cbarmiog coiflbiQation of gray and blue, "with hats to correspond. Mr ueoigi Stewart, juar., acted as best msn t The dravviug room wa« beautifully decorated. with flpwers, telling more of tha glad 'spring*' tiaie than the early da>B of winter.- . Ibe day waß beautifully line, and the view from Larkspur, embrao.ng as it does the greater paift of the block., and the inland studded ocean beyond, gave au additional charm 'to that happy oc oasibh, Af.tr Iha ceremony was over the company ?at tlowu '-to a sumptuous dtjouner in tue dining .room". Two stately oridal Oi»kea stood conspicuous, one tho work ot' Mrs Parkiusou, the other the gift of Mr (jlewsler. Xn« toasta were few .being Bimpfy the health of the happy pair, aud tbo bridesmaids respectively. At 2.30 Mr and M«8 Mervyn ibtovvart left for their hew home,, midat a showtsr o£ rice aud blippers. Katikati, June 17, iBSI.