Wedding.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8151, 29 March 1906, Page 6

Wedding.

At All Saints' Anglican Church yesterday afternoon Mr Edward. William Bunny, of Glenburn, Mat'tinborough, was united in the bonds of matrimonv to ,Miss A,ilsen Madeline -Willis JRiddiford, daughter of Mrs Frederick Eiddiford, of Palmerston North. The marriage ceremony, which was fully choral, was conducted by the Eev..C. C. Harper. 1 The bride was given away by her brother, Mr Earle Eiddiford, and was attended b t y four diminutive bridesmaids. She was becomingly attired in an ivorytinted liberty satin gown and carried a beautiful bouquet. She also wore a diamond and ruby ring, a present from the bridegroom, and a handsome diamond cross, the; gift -of Home friends. The bridespaaids were, the 1 , Misses Alys and ; Cusfila \Biddifprd (sisters of the bride) , and .Misses Phyllis and Ngaire Eiddiford. (cousins). They were each dressed in white muslin frocks trimmed with valenciennes lace, and wore wreaths of pink roses. Black wands of pink sweet peak and asparagus fern tied with blue ribbon were also carried. The bridegroom had presented each with handsome pearl brooches. Mr Oliver Bunny, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man and Messrs Yivian Eiddiford and Tancred Cooper as groomsmen. The bride's mother, Mrs Frederick Eiddiford, was handsomely attired in black crepe-de-chine trimmed with creme lace and velvet, with toqu# to match.' Her bouquet was of choice violet colored blowoms. As the bridal party left the church Miss Drew played the " Wedding March." The happy : couple left in the evening for the North, where the-honeymoon will be spent; Mr and Mrs Bunny were the re cipients of a ' very large 'number of beautiful and -valuable wedding presents from a'wide, circle of friends. Three Maori ladies, Mrs Nioewai, Mrs Kohai, and Mrs MahUpuku, who were among • thp guests, presented the* bride . ,pf ..native : C)arios, grleen- : • "V,'