WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 23 November 1911, Page 2375

WEDDING BELLS

D AL Y—CON AG LI AN. A wedding which caused more than usual interest was celebrated at St. Columba's Church, Balfour, on November 7, when Miss Johanna Agnes Conaghan, second daughter of the late Mr. James Conaghan, was married to Mr. John Henry Daly, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Daly, of Maheno. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Tobin, of Gore, and the large number of friends and relatives that gathered could not all gain admittance to the church, which was artistically decorated by the lady friends of the bride. A "Nuptial Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Tobin, and the bride was given away by her brother, Mr. William Conaghan. The bride was dressed in cream striped silk voile, trimmed with silk lace and insertion, and wore the usual veil and wreath of orange blossoms. She carried an ivory-bound prayer-book, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids, Misses Mary and Margaret Conaghan (sisters of the bride), wore greenstone brooches, the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. Owen Daly (brother of the bridegroom) was best man, and Mr. John Butel acted as groomsman. After the ceremony the wedding party adjourned to ' Castledooey,' the residence of the bride's mother, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. Rev. Father Tobin presided and proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom. Other toasts were also duly honored. The balance of the afternoon was spent in song and social converse, the visitors being hospitably entertained by Mrs. Conaghan and family. The popularity of Mr. and Mrs. Daly was evidenced by the large collection of handsome presents they' received, which included a number of cheques. The young couple left to join the evening train for Lumsden, en mute for

Queenstown, where the honeymoon is being spent. The bride’s travelling dress was a navy blue tailor-made, costume and large white hat trimmed with pink roses.