MARRIAGE AT WAITATI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 23, 2 October 1896, Page 15

MARRIAGE AT WAITATI.

On Tuesday, September 29, a large number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Colehan, of Saratoga House, assembled in the Church of St. Brigid, Waitati. The occasion was the marriage of their eldest daughter, Miss Mary Colehan, to Mr. Walter Muldowney, of Sydaey. The ceremony was performed by Very Rev. Father Lynch, St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin. The pretty church was very nicely decorated for the joyous occasion with choice flowers. The floral decorations in house and church elicited praise from the numerous guests. The bride was attired in white brocaded silk, trimmed with white chiffon and pearl passementerie. She carried a shower bouquet. Mr. James Carroll was groomsman. The bridesmaids were Misses Marcella, Nellie, Nora and Winnie Colehan. Miss Jeannie West played devotional music at the Mass and the wedding march as the happy couple left the church. Nearly a hundred guests sat down to the breakfast. The health of the bride and bridegroom was proposed by Father Lynch. The rev. gentleman said it gave him great pleasure to accede to the request and wish in the name of all present long life and the greatest happiness to Mr. and Mrs. Muldowney. He read a number of congratulatory telegrams and letters from various parts of the Colony, including one from the member for the district, Mr. Green, M.H.R. Rev. Father O'Donnell, of Gore, who at one time had been pastor of the district also sent a very kind message. A letter from Mr. A. Macdonald, Dunedin, written in the name of about forty members of the Warehousemen's Club, Dunedin, gave expression to the very general respect in which Mr. and Mrs. Colehan and family are held. Father Lynch spoke of Mrs. Muldowney as an excellent young lady who would make a good wife. He had learned from Sydney visitors, at present in Dunedin, that Mr. Muldowney was the stamp of man her friends would desire for her husband. Mr. Muldowney returned thanks for himself and bride, and assured those present that nothing would be wanting on his part to make his wife happy and comfortable in her new home. He proposed the health of the bridesmaids. The toast was gracefully responded to by the groomsman, Mr. James Carroll. Another toast — " Mr. and Mrs. Colehan " — was proposed by Rev. Mr. Finlayson, Presbyterian clergyman. The rev. gentleman, as an old resident of Waitati, said he had very great pleasure in felicitating the parents on the occasion of their daughter's marriage. He had known Mr. and Mrs. Colehan for very many years, and could say that they had won and retained the great respect of the whole •ommunity. Mr. Colehan briefly acknowledged the heartiness of the toast, and the warm-hearted manner in which Mr. Finlayson had spoken.

Mr. John Carroll, the uncle of the bride, also expressed the gratitude of the members of the family for the great kindness and •respect shown on the occasion. He felt sure that the bride would have as happy a home in Australia as she had in New Zealand, and that was saying a great deal.

Mr. Bastian responded to " The ladies," the subject of Mr. S. G, Smith's toast.

After breakfast the wedding presents were inspected by the guests. " Numerous and costly " would be rather a common way of designating an unusually large collection of useful and valuable articles. The present of the bridegroom was a pearl brooch. The bridesmaids gave their sister a gold brooch. A very handsome and costly gift was sent by the members of the Warehousemen's Club. The cases containing the many presents received will add considerably to the luggage of the happy couple on the journey to their home in Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. Muldowney, amidst renewed congratulations, showers of rice, and repeated good wishes, left for Oaniaru by the afternoontrain.