WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 15

WEDDING BELLS

Perniskie — McKenna

A very pretty wedding (writes a correspondent) was solemnised at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Timaru, on April 29, the contracting parties being Mr. V. Pcrniskie, formerly police constable at Tirnaru, and now of Christchurch, and Miss Molly McKenna, second daughter of Mrs. McKenna, Ship Hotel, Timaru. The bride, was given away by her brother, Mr M. McKenna, was prettily attired in white brocade silk, and wore a wreath and veil of orange blossoms. The bridesmaids wcie Misses N. and M. McKenna (sisters of the bride), and Miss M. Geaney (cousin of the brido). all of whom were attired in white silk, with black picture hats. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. 11. Goaney, uncle of the bride. A nuptial Mass was celebrated by the l~!e\ Father Tubman at 9.30 a.m., after which the wedding party adjourned to the residence of the bride's parents The happy pair left by the express in the evening for Christchurch.

By the last mail from South Africa Mr. John McKeague, Ashburton, received a letter from Lord Milncr stating that he had submitted Mr. McKeague's ' Practical Irrigation ' to the Government experts of the Transvaal for their opinion of the book. By the same mail Mr. McKeague received a further letter from the Director of Agriculture in the Transvaal expressing his opinion that the book was an ' interesting and important ' work, and saying that it had been decided to place the book in the near future in the libraries in the Transvaal. Quite recently this book, in company with eleven others, underwent the test of comparative worth by a nrominent irrigation engineer in Australia, in whose fudgment McKeague's " Practical Irrigation ' was the best work.

Messrs. Louis Gille and Co , Sydney and Melbourne, call attention to their list of books of emotion suitable for the month of May, which are quoted at moderate prices.... The Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, are now pvppaied to take pupils for the Virgil Clavier method of pianoforte playing.... Competitive designs are imitcd for a building suitable for a convent at Palmerston North The conditions of the competition can be inspected at this oil'ice, or a copy of same will be forwarded on application to Rev. Father Tymons, Palmerston North. Mr. S. Mcßride, Timaru, is a direct importer of marble and granite monuments from the best Italian and Scotch quarries. He has a large stock of the latest designs to select from at lowest prices. ._