ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XVI, 21 April 1894, Page 378

ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

SHAW—ANDERSON. THE marriage of Miss Florence Mary Anderson, only daughter of Mr David Anderson of Wellington, and Mr John Shaw, of New Plymouth, took place at St. Paul's Wellington, before a very large gathering of friends ana relatives. The wedding gown was of rich white silk trimmed with orange blossoms and lace, and the usual bridal veil was worn. Her bridesmaids were the Misses Griffiths (two), Ddighton, and Wilberfoss and Master Anderson, her cousin, also attended. Mr John Holmes acted as best man. The service was fully choral out of compliment to the bride, who has for many years belonged to the choir, aud also out of compliment to her father who was, until quite lately, the people’s churchwarden for years and years. Mrs Anderson afterwards received a large number of guests, including Mr and Mrs Wilberfoss, Mrs and Miss Milward, Mr and Mrs W. H. Mil ward, Mrs Gray, Mr and Miss Holmes, Mr and Mrs Anderson (The Terrace), Mrs and the Misses Griffiths, etc. The wedding cake was a very handsome one, being beautifully decorated with orange blossoms and lilies of the valley. It weighed eighty pounds and stood about four feet high, being arranged in graduated tiers. After the wedding breakfast Mr and Mrs Shaw left for New Plymouth, their future home, and where Mr Shaw is very well known. The bride is a niece of Mrs John Ballance, who sent a handsome present, but, of course, was not at the wedding, being now on her way to England, accompanied by Mrs W. P. Reeves. CLAYTON —HARDIE. A fashionable and exceedingly pretty wedding was celebrated in St. Mark’s Church, Remuera, the bride being Miss Christina Hardie, eldest daughter of Mr James Hardie, the bridegroom Mr Ernest Clayton, of Sydney, brother to Mrs Alfred Nathan, of this city. The popularity of the bride is wide spread, and at 2 p.m. a large number of friends, besides the wedding party, had assembled in St. Mark’s, which was beautifully deoorated with flowers for the occasion. The service, performed by the Rev. Mr Richards, was a full choral one, and exceedingly impressive. Miss Millie Heywood officiated at the organ, and rendered the • Wedding March ’ with all the life and execution that Mendelssohn’s brilliant composition demands. The bride, entering upon her father’s arm, looked lovely in a dress of rich white corded silk, the bodice embroidered in pearls and finished with real Brussels lace and orange blossoms. The veil, of finest tulle, was supported by a wreath of the same exquisite flowers. She carried a bouquet of white hothouse blossoms and ferns. Her train, falling from the shoulders in lovely folds of silk and Brussels lace, was borne by two little boys—Masters Lionel Hardie and Harold Nathan—in page court suits of black cloth trimmed with black silk and cut steel buttons ; white pique vests and caps of black velvet completed their costume. The first and second bridesmaids—Misses Claudia Hardie and Rose Clayton—were attired alike in cream, sleeves of eau de-nil silk covered with lace insertion, basque bodices with bands of silk from the shoulders covered with insertion and finished with rosettes of eau-de nil ; cream feathered hats to match. The two remaining bridesmaids, Misses Isabel Hardie [and Roie Nathan, wore pretty little frocks of pale cream Japanese silk, made full, with a soft frill of cream lace from neck and shoulders, and crossed at the back with cream satin ribbon ; tan stockings and shoes, and large picture hats trimmed with feathers and lined with lace. Each bridesmaid wore a gold brooch given by the bridegroom and carried a lovely hanging bouquet of white flowers and ferns. Mrs Hardie, the bride’s mother, wore a handsome gown of black watered silk trimmed with black lace and jet, and finished at the neck with a ruffle of ostrich feathers ; a black lace bonnet and pale heliotrope gloves completed her costume. The important idle of best man was very successfully tilled by Mr A. N. Gibbons. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party adjourned to ‘Linton,* the residence of the bride’s father, where a handsome repast was served in the long dining room, whose mirror decorations were a masterpiece of chrysanthemums and lycopodium. The table was ornamented with white cosmos, fern, and soft draperies of tulle. The guests spent the remainder of the afternoon in roaming over Mr Hardie's capacious grounds and admiring the view from the tower, which is magnificent. A photograph of the bride and bridegroom was taken by Mr J. R. Hanna, shortly after which the young couple made a hasty departure for the Sydney boat,

leaving at 5 p.m., Sydney being the place where they will make their future home. In the evening the younger section of Mr and Mrs Hardie’s large circle of friends were entertained to an enjoyable dance. The bride’s travelling dress was a handsome brown silklined jacket and costume trimmed with skunk fur and braided in gold, brown feathered hat to match. Another feature of the trousseau is a lovely travelling cape of soft fawn material lined in silk and trimmed with seal-brown velvet. The entire trousseau comes from Henry Darling and Co.’s. firm, Edinburgh, and reflects infinite credit on Scottish style and skill. Mr and Mrs Clayton have received over a hundred useful and costly presents. The following are the wedding guests invited for the afternoon : Mr and Mrs Alfred Nathan. Mr and Mrs S. Morrin, Mr and Mrs Ernest. Yates, Mr and Mrs Lennox, Mr and Mrs Grey. Mr and Mrs Shera. Captain. Mrs. and Miss Herrold, Mr Herrold. Miss Whewell, Mrs Pritt, Mrs Williams, Mrs Stevenson. Mrs and the Misses Heywood, Mr and Mrs R. C. Carr, Mr and Mrs H. Norton, Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Gorrie, Mr and Mrs Alfred Porter, Mrs and the Misses McDonald, Mr and Mrs Baber. Mr and Mrs Thomas Peacock, Mr, Mrs, and the Misses Hesketh; Mrs Ching. Mr and Mrs Clendon. the Misses Shirley-Baker. Miss Bailey, the Misses Binney. Mr and Miss Paton, Mr and Miss Sinclair. Rev. Mr and Mrs Richards, Rev. G. B. and Mrs Munro : Mr and Mrs Alfred Buckland. Mr and Mrs William Clark ; Messrs T. Henderson, Morton. Broch, Colebrook, Alf. Clayton. Chambers, R. Johnston, Miss Henderson, Miss Jackson, Mr and Mrs Tait. Mr and Mrs Edward Lewis. Mr Benjamin; Mr and Mrs Clayton (Sydney), Dr. and Mrs Elmslie (Christchurch). Miss Hall (Napier), Mrs Bruce, Messrs Hart and Bruce, Father Walter McDonald. A description of the dresses and a full list of the magnificent wedding presents and their donors will appear next week. ROBERTS—MACKAY. Quite a crowd of people assembled at the Cathedral, Nelson, on Thursday morning to witness the marriage of Miss Mackay, the eldest daughter of Judge Mackay, to Dr. Roberts. However, owing to the non-arrival of the steamer with the bride’s father, the wedding had to be postponed until two o’clock in the afternoon. This did not deter people from going a second time. The bride arrived punctually at two, and was given away by her father. She looked very pretty in soft dead white surah made quite plainly, trained, having a cross-over corsage, long veil and orange blossoms in her hair. She also carried a lovely shower bouquet, and wore a gold brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. She was accompanied by three bridesmaids, Misses Ethel Mackay (cousin), Madge Mackay (sister) and Curtis, all looking extremely well in heliotrope hopsack with chiffon hats the same colour, and carrying shower bouquets of chrysanthemums. They all wore gold bar brooches the gift of the bridegroom. Mr B. Mackay was best man The bride’s mother wore a rich black silk trimmed with jet, small jet bonnet with pink roses.