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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8331, 17 January 1913, Page 10

.“An Uncommon Wedding” is the heading given by “ Falaiso ” to her description in the “ Australasian ” of the marriage of Mr Thomas Chi a, of Melbourne, and Eunice Russell: “ More than the customary amount of interest was centred on the marriage celebrated at St. Peter’s Church of Kngland, Eastern Hill, on Thursday, January 2nd, as it was one which united East and West, the bridegroom being a Chinese of high birth and education, and the bride a fair Australian. The church held a large number of guests, and all the rest of the seating accommodation was taken up by interested spectators. Very beautiful were the decorations of the church, and owing to the late arrival of the bride, through some trouble with her motorcar, there was more than the usual time for admiring them. They consisted of groupings of blue and white agapanthus blooms arranged with variegated bamboo .in handsome brass vases; pale pink and blue hydrangea blooms tilled many handsome brass and Oriental pottery jardinieres, and the guest pews were outlined with clusters of Shasta daisies and evergreen. The bridegroom is Thomas J. Chia, until recently attached to the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne, and formerly a professor of the Pekin University, seventh son of the late G. H. Chia, native of Chang Chew, China; and the bride Eunice Camille, only child of Mr and Mrs E. C. Russell, “Shrewsbury,” Brighton. As the bnd© entered the church with her father she was preceded up. the aisle by eight maids of honour, all wearing white muslin frocks and white spotted muslin, mob caps, wreathed with pink rosebuds. All carried tall staffs entwined with garlands of myrtle, and as they marched to the organ 1 accompaniment of the “Bridal Procession” from “Lohengrin” they sang the words of this chorus. On arriving in front of the chancel they took up positions at either side, and with their staffs formed an archway of greenery, through which the bride walked to the chancel steps, attended by her two bridesmaids. She wore a graceful trained gown of white Liberty satin, the fourreau being draped from the front so as to show an opening at the feet. The bodice was draped at one side and over the sleeve with beautiful duchesso point laoe (made by the bride), and a chemisette of similar lace outlined the slightly decollete corsage. A chaplet of orange blossom surmounted a tulle veil, which was hand-embroi-dered with true-lovers’ knots and clematis, and she carried a bouquet of water lilies and chrysanthemums.