WEDDINGS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1643, 21 May 1919, Page 4

WEDDINGS.

Yesterday afternoon the wedding took I place of Miss Dorothy MeGallan, daughter of Mr and Mrs T. MeGallan, "Ardrossan," Cashmere Hills, to Mr L. Gordon Blackwell, son of Mrs Blackwell, "The Willows," Kaiapoi. The ceremony was performed in St. Augustine's Church, Cashmere Hills, the Rev. H. S. Leach, officiating. The bride was given. away by her father, and wore a dainty white net frock over white crepe do Chine, completed with coronet of orange blossoms, wedding veil, and shower bouquet. Her sister (Miss S. MeGallan) acted as bridesmaid, and wore a velvet frock in a soft shade of violet, with fur collar, and a hat in ivory cloth, her bouquet being of cream chrysanthemums.- The best man was Lieut. Horace Ellen, M.C., M.M. After a small reception, held at ''Ardrossau," Mr Blackwell and his bride left for their honeymoon trip, the latter travelling in a fawn gaberdine costume, hat in the same shade, and wide stole of mole velvet and fur. The wedding took place this morning, at St. Andrew's Church, of Mr Raymond Gibson, solicitor, of Kaikoura, to Miss Grace Elizabeth Kennedy, daughter of Mrs Kenued,y, Kaikoura, and the late Mr Angus Kennedy. The Rev. B. M. Byburn performed the ceremony, the bride entering the church on the arm of Dr Slater (Sumner), by whom she was subsequently given away. She was robed in ivory crepe de Chine, embroidered with silver and pearls. A white satin train, lined with flesh-coloured georgette, was draped from the shoul-1 ders, where it was caught with sprays ; of orange blossom and silver cord, j Her tulle veil was lightly embroidered i in the corners, and fell from a coronet I of orange blossoms. A sheaf of white I chrysanthemums completed a charming wedding toilette. The only bridesmaid, Miss Flora | French, of Dunedin, wore a becoming j frock of wedgewood blue eolienne, with I hat of bronze tulle, and carried a j bouquet of pale pink chrysanthemums i and autumn tints. Lieutenant C. H. Holmes, M.C., of Christchurch, 'accompanied the bridegroom as best man. After the ceremony, Mrs Kennedy en- j tertained a party of friends at a small wedding breakfast at Broadway's, where the newly-wedded couple received congratulations and good wishes. Mrs Kennedy wore a black merve gown and a black hat, Mrs F. H. Anderson, of Kaikoura (a sister of the bride) being in a smart costume of stone-coloured shadow check, black velour hat, scarf of rose-coloured tulle. Subsequently the bride and bridegroom left for their honeymoon tour, the bride travelling in a nigger-brown ! eolienne frock, completed with a fawn l velour hat. | Amongst the guests were Dr and Mrs Slater, Dr and Mrs Saunders, Mrs Lascelles, Mr and Mrs Mounsey, Mrs Gunn, and the Misses Gunn, Mrs Bassett and Miss Bassett, Mrs Lascelles, Mrs Cropp, Mrs Richardson, Mrs Twemlow, Mr R. Kennedy, Mrs Abbott [ and Miss Abbott, Mr Ayres, Misses; White-Parsons, and Gwen Williams. A pretty wedding was celebrated at | the Methodist Church, Geraldine, a few j days ago, the bridegroom being Mr Cecil j Macdonald, sixth sou of Mr 1). McDon-1 aid, of Christchurch, and the bride Miss j Emma F. Pratt, youngest daughter -of | Mr IT. R, S. Pratt, Buakapuka. The : Rev. G. P. Hunt officiated. The bride] was given away by her father, and wore a charming gown of white crepe j do Chine, trimmed with silver. Her train was lined with pale pink silk, and j she wore a bridal veil and orange j blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet of chrysanthemums and asparagus fern. She has as bridesmaids Miss Ruby Sherratt and Miss Beatrice Macdonald, w 7 ho were dressed in heliotrope georgette, black hats with heliotrope crowns, and black velvet streamers. Each carried a pale pink bouquet with pink streamers. Two little flower girls followed the bride,. and also acted as train-bearers. They w r cre frocked in shell-pink silk, mob caps touched with heliotrope, and carried floral horseshoes in the same colour. Mr H. S. Pratt, of Carew, accompanied the bridegroom as best man. The bride having been a member of the choir, the service was fully choral. The church was decorated for the occasion by the bride's girl friends, a feature being the floral bell, beneath which the bridal couple stood. Tho wedding reception was subsequently held at the residence of the bride's father, and afterwards Mr and Mrs Cecil Macdonald left for Akarpa, where they are spending their honeymoon, prior to settling down in Christchurch. The wedding took place this morning, at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoos Street, of Mr Francis Claude Thian, second son of Mr F. Thian, Lakeside, to Miss Sarah Clarkson, daughter of Mr George T. Clarkson, of Sydenham. The Rev. Father Murphy officiated. Miss S. Thian acted as bridesmaid, and- Mr M. McCormick (Lakeside) as best man. The bride wore a smart costumo of black and white check, and a velvet hat in turquoise blue touched with old rose. The bridesmaid's costume was of grey cloth, with a dark blue hat. After tho ceremony, a wedding breakfast was held at Broadway's, where the usua) toasts were honoured, and congratulations and good wishes offered to Mr Thian and his bride.