[Early yesterday morning Miss Bessie Halford, second daughter of the late William Halford, J.P., was united at "Avonsleigh"1 in marriage to Mr Henry John King, of Collins-street, Melbourne. … Mr Arthur H. Hasell, the hon. secretary of the Melbourne Liedertafel, of which society Mr King is the conductor, attended the ceremony in a representative capacity, while Baron Sir F. Von Mueller, who regretted his inability to leave the city, telegraphed to the Curator of the local gardens requesting that Mr Doran would forward a suitable floral tribute to the bride in his name. …]
Please cite as “FVM-96-05-11,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on