Pretty Wedding In Wau

From Our Own Correspondent WAU, Oct. 2.

THE marriage between Miss Jessie Learmonth Hobler, daughter of the late Mr. W. L.

Hobler and Mrs. Hobler, formerly of Rock hampton, and now of Sydney, and Mr. Leonard Cooper Dobbin, son of Colonel and Mrs. L.

Dobbin, late of Sydney, and now of Melbourne, was celebrated at St. Augustine’s Church, Wau, New Guinea, on September 24. Rev. V. H.

Sherwin officiated.

The bride, given away by Hon. N. P. H. Neal, wore lame made on classical lines, with a large train. Her veil was worn over the face and held by a .diamante halo and small posy of orange blossom. She carried a bouquet of gardenias and lily of the valley. Miss Nell Hobler, as bridesmaid, chose a hyacinth blue chiffon frock featuring accordion pleated skirt, sleeves, and vest. She wore flesh mittens and a shoulder-length veil, held in place by a wreath of flowers. Miss Joyce Harris was organist.

The reception was held at Wau Guest House, where Mrs. Stower, as hostess, wearing a black taffeta frock and smart black toque, received 60 guests. The decorations on the wedding cake were a miniature rowing skiff and aero plane, representing the sports in which the bride and bridegroom are most Interested.

Rev. A. L, Sadd, of the London Mission ary Society, returned to his station at Beru, Gilbert and Ellice Group, in Sep

tember after furlough in England