WEDDINGS

Evening Star, Issue 23298, 21 June 1939, Page 14

WEDDINGS

ASHER—HALDANE. Trimly Church. Dunedin, was the scone of a dainty wedding on Juno 3. when Marion Goodwin (May), eldest daughter of the lute .Mr and Mrs -I. Haldane, of Runauga, Westland (formerly of Partick, Scotland), was married to Randal M'Ken/.ie, only sou of Mr and the late Mrs A. D. Asher, of St. Leonards. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. L. I>. Neale. The bride, who was given away by her uncle, Mr A. Coates, looked charming in a gown of stock-pink taffeta, made on ‘slimming lines, daintily trimmed with fine pleating and buttons. Her veil of pale pink tulle, held in place with a halo of pleated tullo and orange blossom, was worn over the face.

Miss Margaret Haldane, only sister of the bride, attended as bridesmaid in a gown of mennaid-blne taffeta, made with a fitting bodice and fullyflared skirt. A dainty headdress of pale pink (lowers completed her toilet.

Roth the bride and bridesmaid carried bouquets of pink gladioli, chrysanthemums. and roses, with maidenhair fern. Mr W. Coutts wars best. man.

The guests were received at. the re ceptiou in Wilson Hall by Mrs W George and Miss M. A. K. Ferris.

For travelling the bride wore a smart London tan frock, oyer wbicii nas worn a swagger coat, with accessories to tone. Their future home will be in Invercargill. PLANK—HANNAN. A pretty wedding took place at ! St. Patrick’s Basilica. South Dunedin, recently, when Cyril John, eldest son of Mrs J. Plank, of Anderson’s Bay road, Dunedin, and the late Mr Plank, was married to Kathleen Lilian, youngest daughter of Mr J. Hannan, of Southland, and the late Airs J. Hannan. The ceremony was conducted by the Hcv. Father Collins. Miss Hannan presided at the organ. During the signing of the register a solo was sung by Mr It. Marshall. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a trained frock of deep cream satin. The magnificent veil of silk net adorned with appliqued flowers was secured to the hair with cream roses. A sheaf of deep cream roses and- maidenhair fern completed an attractive toilet. The bridesmaids—Miss Doris Anderson and Miss Noeline Plank (sister of the bridegroom)—wore dainty frocks of cyclamen taffeta unusually designed, with heart-shaped necklines and sunray skirts. Their headdresses were also heart-shaped, and they carried shower bouquets to tone. Mr Xeil Plank assisted the bridegroom as best man. and Mr Kdward Blaeklock acted as groomsman, while Messrs •). Barton and A. Duckworth carried out the duties of ushers. Afterwards Master Airdrie Stewart piped the happy couple to the head of the horseshoe table of the New Caledonia Club, where a large number of guests were received, by Mrs Hendrick (sister of the bride), Mrs Plank, who assisted her, was smartly dressed in a frock of Burgundy lace, worn beneath a fur coat, and she carried a bouquet of roses. Mrs Hendrick's becoming frock of clover moire taffeta was also worn with a fur coat, and she carried a bouquet of carnations to tone. After the breakfast a dance was held in the ballroom of the club. Later the happy couple left by car for file north, the bride wearing a smart black costume and silver fox fur, with accessories to tone.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN—DUNEOIN BRANCH There was a representative attendance of members at the May meeting of the Dunedin branch of the National Council of Women, which was presided over by the president, Mrs W. X. Benson. 'Mrs Benson welcomed several now members to the council—Miss Dash (Dunedin Business and Professional Women’s Club). Mrs Ferguson (MidOtago Federation of Women’s Institutes,) Miss Earland (Baptist Bible Class Union), and Mrs Fursdon, representing the newly-affiliated society, the Baptist Women’s Missionary Union. The refugee problem is a growing one, and the executive invited Mr Phil!ip Holloway to speak on the subject. As Mr Holloway has just returned to Dunedin after six months’ work for refugees in England and in Europe, he gave a graphic account of his personal experience of conditions and problems facing refugees and countries at the present time.

The main topic of study was taken bv St iss M. Sahnond, M.A., who gave a paper on child welfare work, tracing the evolution of the history of child welfare legislation in New Zealand. Since the first legal enactment in 1567 for the care and custody of children, the State has continued to show a vital concern for the health, education, and general welfare of its children.