Smith-Hoile Wedding
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On Easter Saturday a pretty wedding was celebrated at the Club, Wau, New Guinea, the District Commissioner from
Lae, Mr. H. L. R. Niall, Un civil ceremony.
The bride was Miss lone Hoile. elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hoile of Wau; the bridegroom Mr. Gordon Smith, Patrol Officer of Wau.
The bride, who wore a frock of white broderie anglais with a finger-tip tulle veil, carried a bouquet of tuber-roses, gardenias, white orchids and maidenhair fern, and was attended by bridesmaid Virginia Lane and Flower-girl Anne Given.
The Club was decorated with the love liest flowers from the gardens of Wau, cream orchids predominating.
The bridal couple stood under a bell constructed of frangipani, eucharist lillies and orchids.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hoile entertained 100 guests at a wedding breakfast.