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Broken Hill & the Far West · Weddings

Weddings, 1940

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Recent Weddings Helen Hills Married In Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

Miss Helen Hills made many friends when she was here last year and these will now be interested to read of her wedding. Her brother…

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Quadruple Wedding

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST QUA DRUPLE WEDDING took place on Saturday when Padre Rex Dakers, of the Second A.I.F., married four members of the Second A.I.F. at the West Footscray Methodist Church, Melbourne. The brides and bridegrooms (from left)—Pte. James McKenzie and Mrs. McKenzie (formerly Miss Ethel…

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Sisters As Bridesmaids Medindee Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 February 1940 · page 4

The Menindee Church of England was chosen for the marriage recently of Myrtle, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Baker, of Karoola Station, to…

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Pale Pink Powder Blue Color Scheme For Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 4

PALEST pink for her wedding gown and powder blue for her maids' was the color scheme chosen by Olive Catherine, only child of Mr. and Mrs…

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Stop Press FlRST Expeditionary Force Wedding

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 1

PARIS.—The first British Expeditionary Force wedding was that of a Welsh.guardsman, Sergeant Marcel [?] to a girl…

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SOCIALS Lawn Ritter Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 4

A PRETTY bride and the loveliest of wedding gowns made Saturday's wedding memorable, the parties being Olive Gwendoline, elder…

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Wedding Kennedy—plummer

Western Grazier · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon at 3 3Q p. m. in the Sulphide Street Methodist Church, the marriage of Jean, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. E…

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Wedding Clark—heitzmann

Western Grazier · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

On Saturday, 24th February, at 7. 15 p. m a pretty wedding was celebrated in St. James Church of England, Wilcannia, when Edna Rose…

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Kennedy Plummer Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 4

TALL pink gladioli decked the Sulphide Street Methodist Church for the marriage on Wednesday afternoon of Jean, youngest daughter of…

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Smart Wedding Group

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 4

MR. AND MRS. B. KENNEDY, pictured with their attendants, after their marriage on Wednesday last. The bride was formerly Miss Jean Plummer…

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Romain Eaton Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 4

WEDNESDAY'S brides were blessed with a day of cloudless sunshine, which certainly helped to highlight lovely fabrics and delicate…

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Flannel Wedding Gown

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 4

COULD you, Miss Broken Hill, imagine yourself being married in a white flannel wedding gown? Of course not —yet this style was…

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Wedding Bells Will Ring Out For

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

THE wadding on Easter Saturday in the Pro-Cathedral at 3.30 p.m. of Clarice, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Yeo. of 54 Wyman…

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Silver Wedding Anniversary

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

A surprise party was given to Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Powell, of Mercury Street, to celebrate their silver wedding. Between 20 and 30 friends met…

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Gasmier Boylan Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

SIX o'clock on Saturday evening was the nuptial hour chosen by Miss Valerie Boylan for her marriage to Mr. Ernest K. Gasmior which took…

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For The Wedding Breakfast

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

FOR the wedding breakfast. If formal lobster or fish mousse, aspic of foie gras or tomato, mixed green salad, ices and coffee…

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Editer Time Is Wedding Time Hail The Happy bride

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

BOUFFANT skirts, wasp waists and puffed sleeves. for the bride in her 'teens and early-twenties bustles for the bride who is thirty-ish formal afternoon ensemble for the older, bride. This is…

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Hills Hardwick Wedding

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 4

MRS. F. Stevens, Shirley Black and Nan Hardwick had decked St. Peter's Church of England with gladioli, dahlias and zinnias for yesterday…

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Charming Wedding Group

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 4

MRS. GOODWIN, formerly Miss Merle Matters, and her bridesmaids Misses Nell and Edna Murphy. Rembrandt Studio…

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Coincidence At W. A. Wedding PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

AN extraordinary coincidence in nomenclature was associated with a wedding in Perth at which every member of the bridal…

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