WEDDING IN ENGLAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 26

WEDDING IN ENGLAND

ABBOTT —LA TROBE HILL NEW ZEALAND COUPLE BRIDE'S ATTRACTIVE FROCK [from our own corhkspondent] LONDON, May The marriage was celebrated at I'air Oak Parish Church, near Eastleigh. Hampshire, on May 22, of Mr. Alan Grant Abbott, / son of Mrs. A. E. Abbott, of Paritai Drive, Orakei, Auckland, and the late Colonel 1;. W • Abbott, D.5.0., and Miss Gwenneth Mary Augusta La Trobe Hill, only child of .Mr. Edward La Trobe Hill, of Itotorun. The ceremony was performed by the vicar, the Rev. C. W . Scott. The wedding took place Irom the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Woltf, I'airoak Lodge, and the bride, ill the absence of her father, was given away by Sir Stenson Cooke, general secretary oi' the Automobile Association in Groat Britain. Sir Stenson Cooke was in J'otoi'iia about a year ago. Lady Cooke and her family were present at the wedding, which took place at noon. The bride looked very attractive in clover-coloured crepe, lightly embroidered with gold thread, and an upturned hat to match, draped with a veil. Her bouquet of carnations and roses toned with her dress. Miss Stella Wolff, in attendance as bridesmaid, was in pale green-Hgurod crepe do chine, with a bolero, and swathed belt of dark green. Her hat of dark green tagel straw was trimmed with veiling, and her bouquet was of shaded sweet peas.