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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6628, 15 August 1931, Page 15

Miss Stella Murray, who has been s'j.ging at the Strand Corner House, ■where her talent has met with tremendous appreciation, is busy fulfilling engagements to sing at private parties, writes the London correspondent of the the Post. Towards the end of the month she is hoping to give a New Zealand party at her flat in South Kensington.

Unusual incidents marked the wedding at the United Methodist Church at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, recently, of Miss R. Steeples and Mr. William Smodley. ft was the first wedding in the church since it was opened 45 years ago (states an English writer). As the couplo wero driven from the church the ancient Derbyshire custom of “roping” was observod, but this time a long plank was substituted for tho rope. After the bridegroom had paid toll the couple went on, but a second hold-up took place at Gorsey Bank, the bride’s home district, where the villagers took the bride and bridegroom from their car and united them with a large artificial horse-shoe which was placed around their necks.