QUIET WEDDING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26473, 29 May 1947, Page 11

QUIET WEDDING

-MR-AND MRS R. M. ALGIE WIDE INTEREST SHOWN Daily Times Special Service CHRISTCHURCH. May 28. At Knox Church, Bealey avenue, Christchurch, early this afternoon, the marriage was quietly celebrated of Miss Mary Joan Gray Stewart, daughter of Mr G. L. Stewart and Mrs Stewart (Wellington), and Mr R. M. Algie. member of Parliament for Remuera. Much interest was taken in the wedding, as the bride is a member of a family long established in Wellington, and is well known in art and music circles in the Dominion. Mr Algie, before becoming a member of Parliament, was a popular member of the professorial staff of Auckland University College. The ceremony was conducted by the bride’s brother-in-law, the Rev. Dr lan W. Fraser, and Mr Stewart escorted his daughter. She wore a frock of myosotis blue silk crepe and a shoulder cape of golden fox fur. The note of gold was repeated in her small straw hat, trimmed with flowers and worn off the face, and in posies of freesias and primroses which she carried. Only relatives and close friends attended the small wedding reception held at the home of Dr and Mrs Fraser, Weston road. Amongst the guests were Mr S G. Holland (Leader of the Opposition) and Mrs Holland. Mr D. C. Kidd, M.P., and Mrs Kidd (South Canterbury). and Mr M. H. Oram, M.P. and Mrs Oram (Palmerston North). For travelling. Mrs Algie wore a tan-coloured Harris tweed suit wit,, toning accessories and a brown hat.