FASHIONABLE WEDDING

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXIII, 3 December 1898, Page 731

FASHIONABLE WEDDING

DR. C. MORRICE AND MISS LOUIE SEDDON.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, November 29. The marriage of Miss Louie Seddon and Dr. C. Morrice, Greymouth, took place at 2 o’clock at St. Paul’s ProCathedral, in the presence of a large and fashionable assemblage. The

bride is the Premier’s third daughter, and the bridegroom is a medical officer in charge of Greymouth Hospital. The affair is said to have been quite a love match. The Cathedral was tastefully decorated. In the absence of the Bishop of Wellington, the ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. S. Bean, of Addington Church, brother-in-law of the bride, and the Rev. Masters, curate of St. Paul’s. The Premier gave his daughter away, and the bride was attended by her three youngest sisters, Mary Stuart. May and Ruby. The bridegroom was attended by Mr 11. J. Manson and .Master R. Seddon, jun. The dresses were in perfect harmony with the proceedings. The bride wore a cream tartan dress, with a Court train, trimmed with lilies of the valley and orange blossoms, and a Limerick veil fastened only with an orange spray. The bridegroom’s present, which she wore, was a diamond crescent brooch. She also carried a white spray bouquet. Mrs Seddon’s dress was a handsome black silk, trimmed with Irish lace. She wore a black bonnet with pink flowers. Mrs Morrice, mother of the bridegroom, wore black satin, trimmed with ecru lace and a black bonnet with yellow flowers. Mrs Bean, of Christchurch, sister of the bride, wore a heliotrope costume, with trimming of white chiffon. Mrs F. Dyer, another sister, wore a black and white costume, with a pink hat; and Miss Beale, of Palmerston North, an intimate friend, wore navy blue, trimmed with lace. The elder bridesmaids wore India silk trimmed with lace, and carried white canes; the younger girls wore directoire dresses of white silk, and carried baskets of white Howers. The elder bridesmaid’s presents were pearl crescent brooches, and the others received gold necklets, with pearl pendants. After the ceremony, which was of the usual character. Mr Robert Parker played the happy couple out, and the guests, consisting only of relatives, personal friends and heads of the Premier’s own department, drove to the Ministerial residence in Molesworthstreet, where breakfast was set out in a marquee on the lawn. The pre. sents number between 200 and 300, and include several of a beautiful and costly character. The Earl and Countess of Ranfurly sent two pairs of solid silver candlesticks and a silver jewel box. The Governor’s A.D.C. sent a silver sugar basin and tongs. The Premier’s colleagues sent a silver dessert set. Employees of the Government workshops sent a very handsome can. The Premier’s Birthday Presentation Committee sent a photograph of the Premier and the family, framed in New Zealand woods. The staff of the Greymouth Hospital sent surgical instruments. The happy pair are to spend their honeymoon for a few weeks in the Hot Lakes district, and they return to their home at Greymouth by way of Christchurch. They leave Wellington at 5.30 this afternoon.