Orange Blossoms

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3, 21 July 1906, Page 43

Orange Blossoms

SHERA—BIGGS. A very pretty wedding was celebrated in St. Peters Church. Hamilton, recently, when Mr Henry Colin Balnea vis Shera, of the Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton, and son of Mr J. M. Shera, of Auckland, was married to Miss Eva Maud Biggs, granddaughter of the late Bev. R. OX?. Biggs, for many years vicar of St. Peters. The service, which was choral, was conducted by the vicar, the Rev. N. C. W. Radcliffe, assisted by the Rev. T. Fisher. The church was very prettily decorated by the friends of the bride and bridegroom. The bride, who was given away by her uncle. Mr H. I. Biggs, looked very charming in a lovely dress of soft white radium silk, with ruehed chiffon and yoke finished with bertha of kilted chiffon, elbow sleeves and soft girdle belt, gathered train skirt, with the new ruehed frill, wheels of kilting going round the skirt. She also wore a handsome embroidered tulle veil and the orthodox wreath of orange blossoms. The bridesmaid. Miss Shera. sister of the bridegroom, wore a dress of soft white silk, with Irish lace yoke relieved with touches of violet, elbow sleeves finished with bands of insertion and frills, flowing skirt with tiny frills, and folded belt of violet silk. She also wore a lovely white French felt hat, swathed with tucked chiffon, turned up and finished in rfnaded violets and chiffon at the back. The two little dots. Miss Barbara Wheeler and Miss Betty Jolly, cousins of the bride, who attended her, were dressed in creme velvet. "Olde Englishe” style. They wore wreaths of violets in their hair and carried dainty crooks decorated with violets. Both bride and bridesmaids carried lovely shower bouquets. Mr I>. M. Shera attended his brother as best man. The happy couple left the ehurch tv the strains of the “Wedding March,” and amid showers of rice and flowers drove away to the residence of the brides uncle. Mr A. B. Wheeler. Opoia Pa. Claudelauds. where a reception was held. The hostess, Mrs A. B. Wheeler, wore a handsome costume of violet Amazon cloth, lined and faced with lilac-tinted silk and finished with a deeper shade of violet velvet, pretty embroidered silk chiffon vest made over lilac silk, ornamented with gun metal buttons, dainty toque of threaded silk straw covered with clusters of shaded lilac, blooms: Mrs F. Jolly, navy silk voile, made over foundation of glaee silk, eross-over bodice with pretty tinted silk vest trimmed with miniature frills .- of Valenciennes lace, stylish toque of chiffon applique, with white osprey; Mrs' H. R. Biggs, handsome black mcnefletix silk dress trimmed with real sillupoint lace, pretty • toque of shadecl sgrecfk straw with dusters of roses on bandeaux; Mrs R.-.J. Gwyhncbrown doth wstinne and toque, eream feather boa; Mrs Jolly, rich black

silk dress with mantle of embroidered silk. black bonnet with violet petunias: Mrs Radeliffe. green tweed eostume piped with white Chinchilla fur toque with clusters of violets; Mrs D. Ward, navy blue velveteen blouse, black skirt, felt hat: Miss Jolly, navy blue poplin with white vest and black Gibson hat: Miss Newell, grey tweed costume with silk vest, grey hat relieved with cerise; Mrs Horace Walker (Auckland), pretty prune cloth costume relieved with creme and prettily embroidered galloon, violet toque with elusters of pansies, grey fur and muff: Mrs Probis. brown cloth costume with brown straw turban toque: Mrs Lord, brown bengaline dress trimmed with velveteen, pretty straw bat with elusters of shaded cerise ribbon: Mrs Shannaghan, navy coat and skirt with fox fur and muff: Mrs Coates, black silk voile trimmed with kilted silk and shirred ribbon, navy toque; Mrs Stevens. navy cloth coat and skirt, black chiffon hat: Mrs Going, violet Empire gown relieved with white, pretty toque; Misses Dorothy and Muriel Wheeler, pretty frocks of stone blue and sagegreen eashmere, white hats; Miss Jephson, cream serge frock with scarlet mushroom hat; Miss M. Edgecumbe. grey tweed eoat and skirt with brown felt hat. brown furs: Miss Williamson, pretty rainbow shaded glace silk blouse, made in cross over style, with kilted trimming, black voile skirt, grey beaver hat trimmed with shaded ribbon; Miss Swarbriek, dove grey voile with pretty cream silk and lace vest, white hat: Miss Holloway, grey tweed costume with black Gibson hat: Miss Clara Holloway, grey tweed with pretty red hat: Miss Seranke. navy blue Newmarket eoat and skirt, navy felt toque: Miss McPherson, brown eostume of Irish poplin made with cross-over bodice, and pretty front of champagne lace, brown turban hat: Miss Stevens, neat dress of navy serge with white felt Breton sailor hat: Miss Walnutt, bottle green cloth costume with green shaded straw hat, bandeaux of roses: Miss Boles, grey tweed eostume. white felt hat trimmed with shaded red roses and foliage: Miss M. Cussen. pretty grey Norfolk costume, erimson felt hat; Miss Chitty, grey cheek tweed eoat and skirt, dainty felt hat trimmed with shaded roses and ribbon: Miss V. Graham, navy cloth eostume. i-ream vest and fancy straw hat: Miss R. Graham, grey tweed coat and skirt, blue hat swathed with chiffon, grey wings: Miss O'Neill, grey tailor-made costume, pretty brown shaded straw hat: Miss M. O'Neill, smart navy coat and skirt, felt hat to match. Amongst the gentlemen were: Messrs. A. B. Wheeler, A. T. F. Wheeler. H. R. Biggs. F. Jollv. R. Bradley. T. Jolly. R. J. Gwynne. T. C. Beale, R. Lord. A. Shand. E. Jollie, J. Shera. Rev. Radcliffe, and Fisher, and Dr. Going. The young couple left for Auckland. and will spend the early part of the honeymoon at Devonport. The bride's going-away dress, a present from her mother in America, was a smart stone-blue tailor-made costume, and she also wore a fur toque with violets. The presents, including a handsome clock from Mr Shera's fellow employees in the bank, numbered over one hundred and twenty, and were both handsome and useful.