WEDDING BELLS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 37, 12 September 1901, Page 19

WEDDING BELLS.

DOUGLASS — COFFEY. A vert pretty wedding- was celebrated in St. Ita's Church, Rakaia on August 28, when Miss Kate Coffey, second daughter of Mr. P Coffey, formerly of Killarney, was united in the bonds of Matrimony to Mr. James Douglass. The ceremony was performed by the Very Rev. Dean«O'Donnell. The bride, who was given away by h«r father, wore a «ilver grey costume with cream silk trimmiugs, and the orthodox veil and wreath. The bridssm lids were Miss Archer (in a p.ile Hta-gr.-en dre^s trimmed with cream silk, and wearing a pctuie hat,, and the Mis-es Mary, Ann'e, and Eileen Liddy (in loyal blue co-ttuiues trimmed with silver braid and or earn, and wearing white Leghorn ha^s). Mr. C. Coffey act-d as best maa. As Mr. Coffey is oiii* of the oldest and most reflected residents in the I'l&tiict. and as the young couple are highly popular, ttie church w.i8 crowded with friends and well-wishers of both parties After thf ceremony a large number of gue.sta a.s-ieuiblfcd at the residence of Mr. Liddy (brother-in-law of the bride) where a sumptuous r-reatsfast wa^ 1 tid. Mr. D. Brick, in proposing the health of the bride and bridegroom, apo'og.sed for the absence of Dean O'Donnell, who had been obliged to leave for Methven. He said he waa delighted tJ participate in the festivities of the morning. The moru so an it '-arritd his memory back ( o old days wheu the pre-t-ent gifitd Bishop of Kerry, cousin of the bride, and he were t ht-s-m \tt"». Hcfuulto 1 ) Mr Cufft-y'* good qualities, and paid that good as they weic they we.e no better th.m they ought to be, he hiving spuing from good old stock. Mr. Liddy, in happy t< nn«, prufioxt-d the t< a^t of The lkideHin.»id«,' which wan responded to by Mr C. Coff' y. Anvmg the many lonprr-itulatory inet-SHgea r.cived by ihe happv co pl>- »a- one from Mr Hardy, M.H R , who ulnowi-ihet the bmio munj liappv returns of her birthday, which oicnrred on the following day. In the evening a ball in honor of t ie event waa given in the Oddfellows' Hall, and waa largely

attended. They honeymoon wm spent in Dunedin. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass were the recipients of many valuable and useful wedding presents.

BUMMEBFIELD- GARLICK.

On Thursday last, September sth, the Catholic Church of the Saored Heart, Oxford (writes an occasional correspondent), was orowded to excels, the occasion being the uniting in the bonds of Matrimony of Miss Louisa Garlick, daughter of Mr. Frank Garlick, Oxford, and Mr. Thomas Summerfield, son of Mr. Henry Summerfield, Oxford. The bride, who looked charming in her bridal costume, veil and wreath, was attended by her sister and a sister of the bridegroom, and was given away by her father. The bridewas supported by his brother and a brother of the bride. Bk oeremony was performed by the Rev. Father Hyland, who oelebrated a Nuptial Mass. The bridal party left the church the Btrains of the Wedding March, kindly played by Miss and returned to the home of the bride's parents, where a number of friends were entertained at breakfast. The happy were the recipients of a number of valuable wedding preVats. The festivities were carried on during the day, and after tea w dance in the Town Hall in the evening terminated an interesting ftcoasion.