DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 January 1927, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS.

«>■ ———• UNIQUE WEDDING. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DANNEVLRKE, Jan. 24. A unique wedding was celebrated in the Town Hall on Saturday night, when Alex Francis Smith, advance agent ol the Commonwealth band and a son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Smith, of Brisbane, was married to Miss Marion Elizabeth Rise, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rice, of Dannevirke. The "ceremony was performed in the hall prior to the band concert by the Rev. H. Daniel, assisted by Mr. S. I. Biekerstaff. Mr. H. Baile, conductor, acted as best man. The building was ■iowded iand great interest was taken n the ceremony. The band played a idal march and “The Voice That Bieathed o‘’er Eden,” and while the register was being signed, “Because. BURGLARY IN A THEATRE. WELLINGTON, Jan. 24. Using an explosive, burglars blew open the safe at the King George Theatre at Lower Hutt at four o’clock this morning. The sound was heard and the burglars, disturbed by a .person approaching in order to investigate, decamped. They stole only part of a fairly large sum. FIRE AT TE AWAMUTU. TE! AWAMUTU. Jan. 24. A fire at ten o’clock on Saturday night completely gutted the bakery shop and the dwelling, attached 'in Market Street, occupied by Mr. C. R. Knowles and owned by Mr. J. H. Burns. The contents were not insured but tbe building was covered by £BOO. The brigade prevented the spread of the flames to the adjoining premises.