WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 15 July 1915, Page 29

WEDDING BELLS

BOLGER— POWELL. A wedding of considerable interest was celebrated by the Rev. Father Cahill in the Kaponga Catholic church on July 7, the contracting parties being Mr. James Bolger, eldest son of Mr. Martin Bolger, Hawea, and Miss Mary Powell, second daughter of Mr. G. Powell, Kapuni. The marriage ceremony was followed by a Nuptial Mass. The bride’s dress was of cream channelise satin trimmed with pearls, with an overdress of crepe-de-chine, and the usual veil and orange blossoms. Her travelling dress was of purple face cloth, and mole hat, with purple ruche. The chief bridesmaid (Miss Hannah Powell) wore a dress of pink figured eolienne, trimmed with silk lace, and white felt hat, with wings. Miss Kate Bolger, bridesmaid, wore a dress of cream duchesse satin, with violet sash and violet plush hat. The shower bouquets carried were of violets and asparagus. Mr. J. Bolger acted as best man and Mr. G. Powell as groomsman. The bride’s present to the bridegroom was a dressing-case; that of the bridegroom to the bride, a set of Siberian, fox furs. The bridesmaids’ presents were pendants of peridots and pearls. The wedding presents were numerous and costly, the cheques alone amounting to .£l7O. The bride and bridegroom are related to most of the families in the Kaponga parish, and are deservedly popular. The guests were conveyed in numerous motor cars to the Kapuni Hall, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. Later the happy couple left to spend their honeymoon in Christchurch and Dunedin. On Monday evening a kitchen tea was tendered to the bride at Mrs. Barleyman’s residence.