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Weddings, 1898

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 34

At the King's School. Parramatta, on December 23, Mr. Cecil H. Norton, son of Mr. Edward Norton of Tiara, was married to Miss Sarah Eleanora Hughes, daughter of the late Mr. John Buxton…

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Social Gossip. Doings of the Week. Pretty Weddings

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 9

The holidays are almost over, so we again see many well-known faces at the usual pleasure resorts. The Governor and suite intend leaving New Zealand for Sydney…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 34

The marriage of Mr. John Clough, of Yorkshire England, and, Miss Annie Rooke, daughter of the late Mr.W. Rooke. of Sydney, took place in St. Stephen's Church on December 29. The bride, who…

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Sad Ending to Wedding Party a Jealous Malay. Shoots Several People

Evening News · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 4

THURSDAY ISLAND. Friday.-Great excitement was occasioned here on Wednesday evening, when a Malay named Bachao put a sudden termination to a wedding party. Another Malay was being…

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A Revolver at a Wedding. Three Guests Shot. Thursday Island

The Australian Star · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 5

At the conclusion of the ceremonies attending a Malay wedding at Thursday Island on Wednesday a sensational shooting affray occurred, a revolver being freely and…

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Shooting Affray at a Wedding. Three Guests Wounded. Their Assailant Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 5

THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday.--A sensational shooting affray occurred here last night, when a Malay named Bachoo shot three countrymen who were present as guests at the wedding of another…

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Wedding at Temora

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 21

A WEDDING that created a good deal of interest came off just before Christmas at Temora, when Mr. E. Walsh, solicitor, was married to Miss Jennie Y. Duncan, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William…

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Social Gossip. The Week's Doings. A Pretty Wedding

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 9

Captain and the Hon, Mrs. Ferguson were the recipients of some' handsome Chinese embroidery, presented by Mr. Quong Tart and other leading Chinese citizens…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 35

A very smart wedding took place at St. John's Church Darlinghurst, on January 5, between Mr. John Spencer Brunton and Miss Eleanor Moffitt Thorne. second daughter of Mrs. Thorne, of…

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Fashionable Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 12

Ashfield society was largely interested on Wednesday afternoon on the occasion of the wedding of Miss Susan C. Fitzpatrick (stepdaughter of Mr. Walter Sidney…

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A Wedding Tragedy

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1898 · page 8

A SENSATIONAL shooting affray occurred at Thursday Island, when a Malay named Bachoo shot three countrymen who were present as guests at the wedding of another Malay. The…

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Are Wedding Gifts a Nuisance?

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1898 · page 10

To the giver, of course, not to the receiver—that is the question. It is discussed under the heading "Are Wedding Presents an Unfair Tax?" in the November number of…

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The Wedding Sensation. Arrest of the Malay. His Admissions. Condition of the Victims

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.-A Thursday Island telegram states that Batchoo, the Malay who shot three others at the wedding party a few nights ago, was arrested on Friday night. Batchoo stated that he…

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"A Torn-out Page," Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter Xii--the Double Wedding

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 2

Mr. Temperley asked leave to present, his bride with her wedding dress, and the Admiral, not to be outdone, did the same. It had, of course, to be a very simple affair;…

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A Fashionable Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 6

HOBART, Tuesday.--Miss F. Webster, the second daughter of Mr. A. G. Webster, was married this afternoon at All Saints' Church to Lieut. Waugh, of the warship Penguin…

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1838.—Diamond Wedding.—1898. Captain and Mrs. Gother-kerr Mann

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 182

It is seldom that in the an[?]als of Sydney history a wedding has caused greater interest than the happy celebration of the diamond nuptials of Captain and Mrs. Gother-Kerr Mann. which was held at…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 34

A pretty wedding took place at Cootamundra on January 6, between Mr. R. Hughes, of Yass, and Miss Edith MacNevin, only daughter of Mr. T. MacNevin, police magistrate, Parramatta. The…

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A Sensational-Wedding. a Jealous Malay Shoots Several Persons

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 15

The colored element in the population of Queensland periodically asserts itself in some barbaric fashion, but it is not often that it assumes the form adopted at Thursday Island. In…

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Wedding Bells. Guinnery - O'Connor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

THE Holy T[?]inity Church at Granville was crowded on Monday afternoon, when the wedding of Miss Lucy O'Connor, of the Granville Hotel—one of the hardest workers…

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Catholic Wedding at Bungendore

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 19

WRITES a Bungendore correspondent:—A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Bungendore, on Christmas Day by Rev. Father Grace, when Mr. Hubert Porter, of…

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