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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Weddings

Weddings, 1886

4 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

A Romantic Wedding

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 4

A ROMANTIC WEDDING.— Seldom if ever, has a weddin taken place nder more difficult and mor romantic circnmstances ( writes St. James's Gazette of December…

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Death at a Wedding

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1886 · page 4

The Launceston Examiner, of February 22, says:—"From one of the Straits boats which arrived here yesterday from the Straits, we learn that Mrs. John Smith, of Cape Barren Island, died suddenly…

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Extroardinary Assault at a Wedding

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 4

There was an unusual occurrence at a marriage in the Wesleyan Church in Southport a few days ago. In the middle of the service the bridegroom's mother hurried down one of the aisles, evidently very…

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Throwing Rice at Weddings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 7

THE danger of the custom of throwing rice at weddings has just been exemplified. The vicar of St. James the Less, Bethnal Green, has for many years solemnised the ceremony of marriage free to…

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