WEDDING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XL, Issue XL, 3 December 1909, Page 3

WEDDING.

On Wednesday, 24th November, the marriage between Mr J. C. Malfroy and Miss Maggie Wilson, second eldest daughter of Mr Hugh Wilson, was solemnised in the Presbyterian Church, Naseby, the Rev. A. C. W. Standage, M.A., officiating. The church, of which the bride had been organist for many years, was beautifully decorated with white flowers, and looked very effective, the work being done by the choir. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked sweetly pretty in a princess robe of ivory taffetas and chiffon and wore the orthodox veil and orange blosßoms. Her only ornament was a very handsome necklet with pendant of olivines and pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. The bride's sisters, "Misses A. and N. Wtlson, acted as bridesmaids, and were becomingly 1 gowned in pretty frocks of pale blue charmeuse and large black hats. They, each wore a beautiful bangle, the gifts of the bridegroom. The bride and bridesmaids also carried bouquets of exquisite flowers and maidenhair. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr Frank Malfroy, of Wellington, as best man, and Mr Harold Thompson, of Lawvence, as groomsman. The choir was in attendance, and appropriate hymns were sung for the occasion. Miss A. M'Cosh Smith played the Wedding March as the bridal party left the church. After the ceremony the guests met at the residence of the bride's parents, where the, health of the young couple, proposed b.y the Revs. Standage and Burgess and responded to by the bridegroom, was drunk. The other toasts, the Bridesmaids and the Parents! of the Bride and Bridegroom, were also proposed and responded to. Afterwards Mr and Mrs Malfroy, amid the many good wishes of the large number assembled, left by motor car for Dunedin on their way to Rotorua, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's . travelling dress was a fine navy \ blue serjre costume braided with blacik and hat to match. On returning from.the church scores of telegrams containing good wishes were received from all parts of New Zealand by the happy; couple. The bride, was ; the recipient of many handsome and costly presents, which included over £IOO in cheques.