HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 279, 24 November 1937, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

Victoria League. Members of the Victoria League spent a busy morning last Friday packing two large cases to be sent to the leper island. There were some wonderful Chris! mas gifts for the women and children. Miss Stanford the convener of the Book Club, worked hard as usual and went to a great deal or trouble in collecting the goods and making arrangements for packing and forwarding to their destination. A Police Wedding. At a recent wedding in Christchurch the bridegroom was a policeman, and had, as his best man, a fellow-mem-ber ot the force. The officiating minister had to propose the health of the contracting parties, and (says the Star-Sun) he began by remarking that as both bridegroom and best man were policemen and the fathers of the, bride and bridegroom were also “Johns" (their Christian names), the guests would need to be on their’ best behaviour. He went on to say that the bride had an arresting disposition, had detected good qualities in the bridegroom, and had effected a smart capture. Court-ing proceedings had taken place, and, after the trial, they had that day been given a- life sentence, which could only be reduced by the bad, not the good, conduct of the parties. He hoped the bridegroom would show his wife uniform kindness, not give her too much hard labour, and not allow her to appear too often in plain clothes.