LONDON PERSONAL NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 17546, 9 January 1914, Page 2

LONDON PERSONAL NOTES

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, Nov, 26. One of the most interesting weddings of the season took place at St. Anne's, Soho, last Tuesday, between Commander Wilfred M. Bruce, R.N.R., Lady Scott's brother, and himself a notable Antarctic explorer, and Miss Dorothy Boot, daughter of Sir Jesse Boot and Lady Boot, of Nottingham. The Rev. R. D. Bruce and the Rev. Harvey Bruce, brothers of the bridegroom, conducted the ceremony. Owing to the ill-health of Sir Jesse Boot, the bride was given away by her brother, Mr John Boot. She was wearing a gown of ivory charmeuse, draped with Irish lace and embroidered in pearls while from the shoulders there fell a train of rich ivory moire woven with gold. Her lace veil was arranged over a. wreath of myrtle. There were two bridesmaids. Miss Marjorie Boot, the bride's sister, and Miss Joyce Dyman, in dresses of white broche, veiled with net tunics, edged with white marabout, while instead of hats they wore wreaths of gold leaves and carried muffs of white satin and fur. Lieutenant Rennick, R.N., who was also a member of the 1,910 Antarctic expedition, acted as best man. A guard of honour was formed by petty officers and men of the Royal Naval Reserve, who afterwards formed an archway with their cutlasses for the bride and bridegroom. Commander Bruce and his best man wore full uniform, as also did the many naval officers present. As the happy couple entered their motor to drive away from thc churcli, two white ensigns were held aloft over the car, and a small Union Jack was attached to it. Sir Jesse Boot, the bride’s father, is the well-known chemist whose establishments are to he found in almost every town of note in England. Dr Truby King, who came to England as the official representative of the N.Z. Government to attend the English-speak-ing Conference on Infantile Mortality held in London last August, is about to return to New Zealand. Since he left London Dr King has been to Vienna, Berlin, and Paris, and has been investigating conditions affecting infant health in this country. Callers at the High Commissioner’s offices this week include the following: Mr and Mrs McGavin, Wellington ; Dr G. Wishart Will, Dunedin ; Mr Geoffrey W. A. Norton, Auckland ; Mrs G. H. Williams, Wellington ; Mrs S. Jackson, Wellington ; and Mrs Arthur Rawson, Wellington. Miss Adelaide van Stevcrn sang at an afternoon given by Mrs Isidore Salmon on Sunday week, at Holland Villas, Kensington.