WEDDING – BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 26 June 1919, Page 37

WEDDING - BELLS

-■' 's '•' , fiat es'S i* 3"CSTJ ,- - "■* ■ ■ "-- ■ T % a--- ■?■- --- -*" '-'■•"■«'« : * ' : ( * '-gL* •** * ' .qU I ! DHI J - ;■> jjjlj ' , | ■"■;:'■-'■' ; A.. pretty and interesting \ wedding was solemnised |. ::: on Wednesday, April 30,.at St, Patrick's Church, Fair- \ lie,, when Mr. John J. O'Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. \ =Sol M, : O'jConnor, of Hazelburn, and Miss Julia O'Neill, ! * '■ " daughter of Mr. J. O'Neill, of Cricklewood, were united j in the abends of holy Matrimony: The ceremony was j b ; v.conducted by Father Le Petit, S.M., who also .cele- j' brated a Nuptial Mass.. The church was tastefully •'*' decorated ! for the occasion by "the 1 bride's many friends..] bride, who was given away by-her father, wore a beautiful dress of white satin de chine, with pearl t-rim- |', mihgsi She also wore the customary wreathtiandlveillj,; "—and- carried-a nicely-arranged bouquet -of • cream roses ~...... |f"- r ea'fnations, and maidenhair-fern. The bridesmaid:(Miss: * I Nb O'Neill) wore a smart .cream costume and black and i rose hat, and carried ~ s a bouquet of pink f roses. ■ l 1 The " bridegroom was attended by his brother I (Mr. William -O'Connor) as best man. After 1 the - wedding ceremony a large number, of guests I were entertained to a wedding breakfast at I % the residence of Mr. and Mrs. P. O'Connor, "Tren- |; th'am," during which the usual toasts were honored. 1.. The newly-wedded couple left by motor for the north p : during the afternoon, the bride's travelling costume" 1 being of fawn gabardine, with violet and fawn hat; she I also wore, black 'fox furs, the gift of the bridegroom.