WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 9 March 1916, Page 19

WEDDING BELLS

r MELVILLE—THOMPSON. . \:: A very quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised in the Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch, on- February 1, by Rev. Father Cooney, who also celebrated the Nuptial Mass, the contracting parties being Miss Olive Thompson, eldest daughter of Mr. M. Thompson; of Heathcote Valley, and Mr. Arthur Melville, elder son of Mr. R. Melville, of Merivale. The bride, who was given away by her brother (Mr. Norman Thompson), was attired in a charming gown of ivory crepe-de-chine, and wore a beautifully worked veil (the gift of her sister, Miss Greta Thompson), arranged in mob-cap style. The bride carried a bouquet of lovely roses and maiden-hair fern, and . wore a handsome necklet of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids, Misses Gussie and Greta Thompson (sisters of the bride), were daintily dressed in merv crepe, with overdress of white embroidered voile, and wore white hats, trimmed, with pink satin and roses, and also wore gold crosses and chains, the gifts of the bridegroom. The bridegroom was. attended by Mr. H. Haughey, of Christchurch, ~as groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's mother. . At the breakfast the customary toasts were honored, the Rev. Father Cooney proposing the toast 'of the bride and bridegroom. Many beautiful and valuable presents were received by Mr. and Mrs. Melville, who motored to Akaroa, where the v honeymoon was spent. • '