WEDDING IN LONDON.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12616, 20 November 1911, Page 6

WEDDING IN LONDON.

LONDON, September 29. A very pretty wettcling, and one that will be of much interest to New Zealanders — m that both the family of the bride and the bridegroom are very well known m the Dominion — took place m St. Jude's Church, fcouth Kensington, on Wednesday, September 27, when Miss Cecil Margaret Williams, daughter of the late Mr J. H. Williams, of ffawke's Bay, was married to Mr HalLWilliams^ M.I. Mech. 1., etc., who has long been resident m London, and is a son of the late Mr John W. Williahis, of the' Bay of Islands, and Mrs Williams, of Gisborne, and a grandson of the Veu. Archdeacon Henry Williams, the first Archdeacon of Waimate, and of Mrs James Busby, the first British Resident m New Zealand. iSt. Jude's, a church with a collection of very fine stained glass windows, was simply bitt prettily decorated for the occasion Avith giant palms, white lilies, and chrysanthemums, and for some tinie before half-past 2, the hour fixed for the ceremony, the guests, among whom were quite a number ot New Zealanders, kept arriving. The bride, who was given away by Sir William, Russell, of Hawlce's Bay, looked very pretty m a < wedding gown of ivory brocade, trimmed with Uarrickmacross applique lace, and with a small square train. She. wore a plain tulle veil over the customary wreath of orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. I There were three bridesmaids — the j Misses Norah and Marjorie Williams, (sisters of the bride) and . Miss Violet Russell (daughter of Sir William Russell), and these wore gowns of ivory lace, and large pale pink straw. hats trimmed with black tulle and lined with black velvet. It will interest New Zealanders to know that their bouquets were of pink carnations and manuka— the seed of which was sent to the bridegroom from New Zealand and grown m Devonshire. The bridegroom's gifts to the bridesmaids were gold bangles. Mr Ernest Blyth, of Leamington, acted as best man. The officiating clergy were the Rev. Percy Thompson (vicar of Kippington and rural dean of Rochester), the yen. Archdeacon Walsh (of Waimate North, New Zealand), and the Rev. K. G. Williams (cousin of the bride),. also a New Zealander. Mr and Mrs Williams spent their honeymoon m Scotland, the bride's go-ing-away dress being of pale grey chiffon, with hat to match.