The cathedral was very tastefully decorated with masses of yellow chrysanthemums and rushes, and _ivy draped from the pillars; the altar was all white carnations. It was a naval wedding, the bridegroom in uniform and all his brother officers. Among those present were Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson and Lady Leveson, Sir Skinner and Lady Turner, Captain Alington, Mr. H. P. Wilkinson, Crown Advocate, and Mrs. Wilkinson and a number of officers from His Majesty's ships in harbour with many other friends.
The service, which was fully choral, was taken by the Very Rev. Dean Symons. The bride, who was given away by her uncle, Mr. H. F. Bell, looked beautiful in a lovely dress of silver tissue, caught up on one: side with a large diamante buckle. She wore a long tulle vetl with a head-dress of silver lace and carried a bouquet of white arum lilies. The bridesmaids, Miss Thea and Miss Marie Meyer and Miss Marie Louise Newman, wore soft satin frocks of pale pink with wreaths of roses in their hair, and carried Karly Victorian posies. The page, Master Ronald Mackay, was picturesque in long trousers and frilled shirt. The bride's mother wore black embroidered white, with a black hat. Mr. Lewis Andrews attended the bridegroom as best man and Lieutenant Leeds, Lieutenant
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