Engagements

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 50, 16 December 1893, Page 522

Engagements

Miss Hesketh, of ‘St John’s Wood,’ Epsom, is engaged to Mr Shopherd, of Mesaia Sargood's, Auckland. Miss Lily Hamlin, Panmure, to Mr A fied White.

The wedding of Miss Hallowes and Lord Northesk is to be celebrated in London this month. The ceremony will be an exceedingly quiet one, as some members of the bride’s family have recently suffered from sea-let fever, and the house will scarcely be considered free from infection.

ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

GORING—PYNSENT. THERE was a very large assemblage at St. Paul’s proCathedral, Wellington, to witness the marriage of Miss Lillian Pynsent, daughter of Mr C. P. Pynsent, of Hobson-street, and Mr Barry Goring, brother of Mrs Walter Johnston. The weather did not behave quite as it should have done on so auspicious an occasion, being very cold and threatening, with occasional showers and gusts. However, as it had been pouring nearly all the morning, everyone was thankful for small mercies in the afternoon. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers and carpeted with red felt, which showed up the bridal party beautifully. The bride was led to the altar by her father, and wore a lovely gown of thick creamy white satin made with a long plain train and full sleeves, the wide skirt being garnished with large bows of white satin down one side. She wore a long tulle veil and carried a huge bouquet. The bridesmaids—the Misses Hilda, Siddy and Ella Johnston (nieces of the bridegroom) and the Misses Eila, Ina, and Gitba Williams— were not all dressed alike, the two chief—Misses H. and S. Johnson—wearing pretty eau-de-nil silk gowns, the skirt being trimmed with one large flounce of tine white lace, the bodice with the same, and they wore burnt straw hats with pink roses, and carried lovely shower bouquets, chiefly of pink flowers and ribbon. The remaining four bridesmaids wore simple white muslin frocks trimmed with lace, and green silk sashes and hats, and bouquets the same as those already described, and they all wore bronze shoes and stockings. After the ceremony the party drove to Hobson-street where the breakfast was served, and where Mr and Mrs Pynsent received a large number of guests. Mrs Pynsent wore rich heliotrope corded silk with sleeves of violet velvet, and small white lace bonnet with flowers, and carried a bouqret exactly matching the gown ; Mrs Walter Johnston’s gown was extremely handsome—of black satin brocaded with old rose, the bodice being a lovely combination of rainbow shot velvet and lace, introducing the colours of the skirt by every movement, and her bonnet was black with bright hued roses ; Miss Ida Johnston wore pink men veilleux, the skirt and bodice veiled with fine black striped lace and epaulettes of the black lace falling over the plain pink sleeves, the yoke also being of plain pink silk and a large black hat with pink roses. The other dresses are described in the Wellington letter. The bride received a great many beautiful presents, including several handsome cheques, and the bridegrooms gift to her was a lovely opal bracelet. Mr H. Parker played the ‘Wedding March’ as the party left the church. A large marquee was erected on the lawn in front of the house for the occasion, as, of course, the house could hardly accommodate so many guests. After cutting the cake and the health of the couple had been drunk in champagne, Mr and Mrs Goring left fortheir honeymoon at Castle Point, being pelted with rice and rose leaves. The travelling gown was of pretty grey cloth braided with silver, and made with a wide skirt and huge sleeves. The wedding breakfast was beautifully decorated with Howers, as indeed were all the rooms in the house. N ELSON —G RANT. The marriage of Miss Mary Violet Grant and Mr William Henry Nelson, of Hawke's Bay, took place in Wellington on tl.e sth instant. It was a very quiet wedding, the guests being confined to members of the two families.

The biidegroom wm attended by Mr Montague Nelson as best man, and the bride was attended by two bridesmaids—her sister, Miss Marion Grant, and Miss Menzies. At the conclusion of the ceremony the party drove to Laureston, the residence of Mrs Grant, where they were entertained by Mrs Giant, who congratulated the newlymarried pair before they left for the North by the mid-day train, the wedding having taken place in the morning. HART—WILLIS. A QUIET wedding was celebrated at St. Luke's, Christchurch, on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr J. Reginald Hart, second son of Mr George Hart, of Christchurch, was married to Miss Jessie Welborne Willis, youngest daughter of the late Mr W. Welborne Willis, of St. James’, London, the Ven. Archdeacon Lingard officiating. The bride looked very pretty in her travelling dress of cream serge, with silk vest and folded belt with silver buckle, cream hat and feathers. She carried a lovely half shower bouquet, and was attended by two little bridesmaids—Miss Ida Nelson (niece of the bride), and Miss Rene Deans (cousin of the bridegioom). who both looked charming little maids in cream spotted muslin with lace shoulder frills, cream hats with pink roses, lovely bouquets of pink roses and copper beech leaves. Mr H. Blyth acted as best man. After the ceremony the guests returned to the residence of Mr H. Nelson, * Mavoura,’ Papanui Road, and partook of afternoon tea, champagne and cake, when many good wisher were expressed for the future welfate of Mr and Mrs Reginald Hart. The happy pair left by the 4 pm. train for Lyttelton en route for Auckland. The wedding presents were very numerous, and some exceedingly handsome. The ladies’ dresses appear in the letter. BROWN— STEWART. Another pretty Auckland wedding was that of Miss Eila Stewart, daughter of Mrs Stewart, Argyle street, Ponsonby, to Mr T. Brown. The ceremony was celebrated in St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church on Wednesday afternoon. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion with ferns and flowers, the monogram of the Christian Endeavour, in which Society the young lady has for a long time been an earnest worker, and the words, ‘God be with You,’ being worked in arum lilies and leaves above the pulpit. The bride entered the church on the arm of her brother, Mr J. Stewart, solicitor. She looked lovely in a dress of white crdpe with sleeves and trimmings of white China silk. A long tulle veil embroidered in white silk, with wreath of orange blossoms completed her costume. She carried a beautiful spray bouquet of white roses and maiden hair, the ribbon pendants being caught with two tiny bouquets of the same exquisite flowers. The bridesmaids were first, little Miss Nellie Upton, in a lovely pale blue cashmere, blue and white hat, who performed with delightful childish solemnity, her onerous duties, and Misses Flo, Nellie, and Beta Stewart, sisters of the bride, attired alike in pretty cream delaines, with large feathered hats to match, and bouquets of pink roses and fern. The groomsmen were Messrs W. and L Stewart, brothers of the bride, and the Messrs Stewart, her cousins, from Epsom. The Rev. T. F. Robertson officiated. At the conclusion of the service a number of tiny, prettily dressed children scattered flowers before the bride’s feet as she passed up the aisle, and ere the happy couple could take refuge in the bridal carriage, they were treated to a hearty shower of rice and rose leaves. The entire wedding party then adjourned to the residence of the bride’s mother, where refreshments and merrymaking were the order of the day until the final departure of the young couple. Mr and Mrs T. Brown are the happy possessors of a most extensive and handsome collection of wedding presents. A list of the dresses worn by the wedding guests will be found in our Auckland letter.