WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 6 April 1916, Page 53

WEDDING BELLS

RYAN—O’CONNOR. A very pretty wedding was solemnised in the Catholic Church, Ohaupo, on February 9, the contracting parties being Mr. J. J. Ryan and Miss Emil/ M. O’Connor, eldest daughter of the late Mr. M, O’Connor, of Rangiora, Canterbury. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Lynch. The bride, who was attended by her brother (Mr. H. O’Connor), was attired in a grey cloth costume, relieved with a . pretty shade of shell pink. She wore a hat of grey silk crepe-de-chine, with a most exquisite ostrich plume, and finished off with pink satin rose. The bridesmaid. (Miss T. O’Connor) was tastefully attired in a dress of cream silk voile, trimmed with’ shadow lace, and wore a black Tagel hat. The bride carried a bouquet of roses, narcissi, and maiden-hair fern. Mr. D. Ireland attended the bridegroom as best man, and, Mr. B. O’Connor as groomsman. . •; After the ceremony the guests adjourned to the residence of Mr. F. O’Connor, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. The usual toasts were honored, the Rev. Father Lynch proposing that of the ‘Bride and bridegroom.’ The bride’s present from the bridegroom was a handsome gold brooch, and the bridesmaid was also the recipient of a gold brooch from the bridegroom; The bride’s present to the bridegroom was a silver sovereign case- and tobacco pouch. After the breakfast the happy couple motored to Rotorua, where the - honeymoon was spent. ' The bride’s travelling costume was a dress of apricot crepeline, trimmed - with point lace, and a black Tagel hat relieved with berries. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan were the recipients of many useful presents, including a handsomely bound Bible, the gift of the Rev. Father Lynch.