WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 9 January 1913, Page 47

WEDDING BELLS

OAKLEY—NOR WOOD. A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church, Palmerston North, on December 26, the contracting parties being Mr. F. J. Oakley, solicitor, of Palmerston, and eldest son of Mr. F. Oakley, sen., one of Palmerston’s oldest settlers, and Miss Madge Norwood, daughter of Inspector Norwood, of Invercargill, but formerly of Palmerston North. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in mousseline-de-soie with ninon tunic, draped in front with ‘true lover’s knots’ worked in pearls. The bodice was finished on one side with real Brussels net with a spray of orange blossoms. The court train was of mousseline-de-soi© with true lover’s knots and pearls.

The bride was attended by Miss Mabel Oakley as bridesmaid, while Mr. Harold Oakley acted as best man. After the wedding breakfast the happy couple left by the express from Auckland en route to Dunedin, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride’s travelling dress was of blue cloth, trimmed with velvet to match, white cloth in revers braided in gold. The hat was a black tegal straw with' black lancet plumes finished with a large Oriental buckle. The Rev. Father Doolaghty officiated, and was assisted by Fev. Father Kehoe. At the church Mr. R. Oakley played the wedding march.