A Pretty Wedding at Anaconda

A pretty wedding took place at the Anaconda Hotel on the 23rd inst. between Mr A. F. Thompson, of the Anaconda Hotel and Miss Maggie Symonds. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Douglas Trumble, of Malcolm and the bride was given away by an old friend, Mr Frank Cummings. She wore a pretty white silk dress with point lace, a tulle veil, and a coronet of orange blossoms. After the ceremony, some eighty guests were entertained at breakfast and at a ball in the evening. The newly married pair started for the coast, where they would spend their honeymoon. The presents were both numerous and costly.

The Anaconda Hotel – Image SLWA

NOTE: The Kalgoorlie Miner has the names incorrect: The groom was Alfred Frederick THOMSON and the bride was Margaret Robina SIMOUNDS. Their first child, Doreen Mary Thomson, was born in 1904 in Mt Malcolm.