A HONEYMOON TOUR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 13, 16 January 1936, Page 2

A HONEYMOON TOUR

POPULAR MELBOURNE BRIDE Hero and heroine of “one of the most memorable weddings Melbourne has seen”—t-o said the Melbourne Star —Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Bessemer Clark passed through Auckland by the Mariposa on Saturday on their way to spend a 20 days’ honeymoon in Honolulu, whence they will go via America to London, the bridegroom being a partner in a large lead manufacturing company there. The bride is a daughter of Air. Norman Evcrard Brookes, who was 20 tinrets. singles tennis champion of Victoria, and, with the late Anthony Wilding, of New Zealand, won the Davis Cup for Australasia in 1907. The couple met last summer in London, whither Air. Brookes had accompanied the Australian Davis Cup team as manager, and, after knowing each other only six month?, they announced their engagement. When Air. Brookes and his daughter returned to Australia from Europe they won the mixed doubles championship of Victoria, though Air. Brockes is now 59 years of age. 1 On the day of the wedding, January 7, a crowd estimated to number 10,000 blocked the streets in the vicinity of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. Traffic in Flinders and Swanston Streets was blocked, and over 50 people, detailed for special duty at the cathed- I ral, could hardly maintain control. The ceremony was witnessed by a congregation of more than 500 guests, including the Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs, and the Governor, Lord Huntingfield. Forced to move slowly through the crowded street, the bride s car, in which the was accompanied by her father, was nearly ten minutes l atc arriving at the cathedral steps. Enthusiastic women threatened to break through the cordon of police and a way had to he cleared from the car to the cathedral door before the bride could alight from the car. After the wedding reception, the couple left Melbourne at 6 p.m. the same day for Sydney to join the Mariposa. Although they will live in London, Mr. Bessemer Clark said that they would probably revisit Australia and New Zealand frequently. “I had never eeen Australia until I went to Melbourne for my bride,” he remarked, “and I have seen nothing of New Zealand. An uncle and cousins living in Auckland have, however, sent me such glowing accounts of this country that I wish to return as soon as possible, probably next year, to see it. Tn the meantime, however, T must return to business.”