WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 1, 3 January 1907, Page 24

WEDDING BELLS

CAN A VAN— FAIRBROTHER.

At St. "Mary's Church, Manchester street, on Monday, December 17,' the marriage of Mr. John J. Canavan, of Christchurch, and Miss T. Fairbrother, of St. Albans, and late of Melbourne, was solemnised' by' the ' Rev. Father Hickson, S.M. (writes our Christclvurcb. " correspondent): The bride was attended by her sister as bridesmaid, and Mr. J. Quinlan, of Wellington, was groomsman. After the ceremony an adjournment was made to Broadways Tea Rooms for the wedding breakfast. The health of the newly, v wedded couple was proposed by" the Rev. Father Hickson, and in t the afternoon- they left for.Akaroa, where the honeymoon is being spent. - *

The spectacle of one of -New Zealand's justices of the peace wheeling a barrow- opposite Taihape's Temple of Justice is creating considerable merriment in the minds of passers-by (says the local ' News '). From. ' early morn ' till ' dewy eve ' this doughty- capitalist is to be seen wheeling, his barrow and shovelling like__ an ordin.ary navvy. Recently his presence was- required to ad- - judicate in a case of obscene language, and, wipingthe beads of perspiration from- his forehead, ■ -he donned his coat, and in a few seconds was translated from navvy to a presiding justice. At the - close of the case he made for the scene of his labor, and doffing his coat, resumed wheeling operations. .