Orange Blossoms.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10725, 3 October 1904, Page 2

Orange Blossoms.

FRANCISU-FAIIIER.S.

A marriage of considerable interest to Thames and Paeroa, residents was .solemnised' ati St- Johns' Wesleyan Church, Nelson, by the Her. W. J. William.^ 'the church being 1 crowded with spectators- Tin contracting parties wore Mr W. C. Francis, eldest son- of Mr R. F. Fnuidn, of Christ- • church, and formerly of Nelson, and Mias A- E. Fathers, eldest daughter , of Mr Thomas Fathers', of Nelson, and j cbirein of Mrs Chasi. Short, of tho Thames. The bride, avlio was given a.way by her father 1, wore a handsome gown of white 'Ctaylon silk, the Vic(.oriaii bod.ii.ie being draped wttli HnijTi-'s lace and white cliitfon, with wreath, and veil, and carried a shower bouquet- Miss (llady's Fa.tjiur». sister of the ibfridb, was bwdesniiiid, and' wore a. white silk dress trinnned with point law; picture hat, aiid carried at buskcti of «endet anemones and funiKi. Mr Robert H. Francis,.,brother of the bridegroom' w*STbcst.. man. Tho ■ |bk"Medrooni's preswints were, tkx the bride, pearl and rubjy p»>ndant, ati'd to the bridesmaid, greenstone bropch. ITlie 'piulpit' wdis dcclj'rated' by 'the. 'Endeavour Pbc-iety, with initial letter in white. G.E-, mii> the choir sang a weddinc hymn, Miss Stevens, .organiat, |ilaj"ing Mendle-ssohn'si Wedding March as the party left the cluireh. Tlie guests wero entertained at tilie residence of tili-e bride's parents; speeciies ibeiug made by the Rev!. WJ. Williams and J. Crump, the occasion being; of more than ordinary interests as the young) couiplo, are about to enter 1 the mission, field in New Guinea,. Tlney leave for New Guinea tliis niontJi. Tho presents were Kiiunero-us,' and indludiedf a sealing machine from tho Christian. Endeavour .Society and! <:i>ngr«gwfcion of St< John's Cliurcih, and a medicine chest from the nurses of the Nelson Hospital, the bride having been on the staff of that institution 1.