WEDDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22481, 27 July 1936, Page 3

WEDDING

RAWLINSON—NELIGAN

The capacity of the little old Sussex village church of St. Mary, West Chiltington, was severely tested on July 4 on the occasion of the marriage of Major C. R. Rawlinson, late the Royal Munster Fusiliers, only surviving son of tho late Lieut.-Colonel S. R. Rawlinson, and the late Mrs. Rawlinson, and Mi-ss Helen Manisty Neligan, younger daughter of the late Bishop Neligan and of Mrs. Neligan, of Apsley, Pulborough, Sussex, wrote our London correspondent on July 8. When in Auckland from 1903-1911 the bride was a schoolgirl. For some years the home of Mrs. Neligan has been on the Apsley estate, a large farm property near Thakeham, belonging to her son-in-law and daughter, the Rev. T. J. Parry and Mrs. Parry (nee Betty Neligan). The wedding took place from Mrs. Neligan's residence. Outside a guard of honour was formed by Girl Guides, Wolf Cubs and Brownies. The Rev. G. Hall, rector of West Chiltington, and the Rev. F. Llewellyn Jofies, vicar of St. Stephen's, Westbourne Park, officiated at the choral service. It was from St. Stephen's, where he was vicar, that Bishop Neligan received his appointment to the Auckland Diocese. The bride, who was given away by her mother, wore a gown of heavy cream satin with a train of old Brussels lace. Her cream tulle veil was held in place by a coronet of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of white carnations and lilies-of-the-valley tied with regimental ribbon. Michael Wall, in a Kate Greenaway suit of pale green satin, was the trainbearer. There were two grownup attendants, Miss Joyce Parry (niece of the bride), and Miss Joan Gray (cousin of tho bridegroom), and one little bridesmaid, Ann Neligan (niece of the bride). They all wore long dresses of pale green net over taffeta. The child had a wreath of yellow flowers and green leaves, and carried a posy of yellow flowers, and the older maids had brown picture hats trimmed with yellow flowers and yellow and green ribbon. They carried bouquets of yellow roses tied with regimental ribbon, and wore ivory bracelets, the gifts of the bridegroom. Major C. It. Williams, late the Royal Munster Fusiliers, was best man.