WEDDING VOWS WIRELESSED

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1927, Page 9

WEDDING VOWS WIRELESSED

SYDNEY CEREMONY BROADCAST. BIRKENHEAD MAYOR MARRIED. (By Wire. —Special to News.) Auckland. Last Night. “2FC broadcasting. We will now switch over to the Pitt Street Congrenational Church to broadcast the wedding of Mr. Ernest G. Skeates, Mayor of Birkenhead. Auckland, to Miss Dorothy Lascelle, the well-known Australian soprano/’ . W hen Mr. J. H. Wood coupled up hib 8-valve set at Birkenhead on Saturday and tuned in to 2FC, Sydney, he expected to hear Mr. Skeates speaking, but he was unaware of the purport of his remarks. Members of Mr. Skeates’ family were better informed. They knew what i was expected to come over the air, havI ing had cabled advice of Mr, Skeates engagement. . i “This is quite a romance,” went on I the cheerful voice of the announcer be|fore switching over. “The parties met only last week-end and became engaged on Tuesday or Wednesday and the wedding is to-day —all in a week/’ “Let him now speak or forever after hold his peace,” was the next thing picked up. there apparently having been a slight delay in switching over. After that the responses and the music. A full choral service was plainly heard and eventually “Good-bye, Birkenhead/’

Mr. Skeates has been on a holiday and business trip to Sydney and he and Mrs. Skeates are expected back in Auckland by the Aorangi on her next trip.