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Weddings, 1901

221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 12

Are Wedding Presents a Tax?

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 34

Susan Countess of Malmesbury tells the readers of the "Lady's Realm" what her opinions are on the present fashion of making presents on every imaginable occasion. "We of the present day,"…

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A Parramatta Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 3

Mr. Prank S. Hunt, our well-known townsman, a partner in the firm of Mobbs and Hunt, auctioneers and estate agents, was married on Wednesday by the Rev. R…

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A Bullet as a Wedding Present

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 3

THERE is an inevitable sameness about wedding presents unless they partake of a peculiarly personal nature. Even bridegrooms' have a knack of presenting…

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Peril Iii. the Tsarina's Wedding Present

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 34

When I took my two months' leave, and went north for the grouse-shooting in the year of the present Tsar's marriage I had only one regret. I was compelled to break off a very interesting…

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Wedding Bells !

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 3

AN interesting wedding ceremonial was performed at the Salvation Army Barracks at Rockdale, on the 29th ultimo. The contracting parties were…

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Wedding In Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 4

On Monday afternoon last, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Parramatta, Mr. R. Blarney, of Wagga, and Miss Isabel Cumming, of Parramatta, were married in the presence of…

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Weddings Harris—van Staveren

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 7

The Wellington (New Zealand), Synagogue was beautifully decorated last month when Miss Leah Van Staveren, the second daughter of the Rev. H. Van Staveren, was married to Mr…

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A Scene at a Wedding

The Australian Star · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 5

The Gippsland "Mercury" reports a disgraceful incident which occurred in the Meredith Presbyterian Church recently. "Before the completion of the ceremony the bride…

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A Merriwa Wedding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 24

At St. Anne's Church, Merriwa, on the 15th ultimo, an unusually large congregation (for a week day) assembled about 9 a.m., denoting that something of an unusual nature was about…

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An Anglo-Australian Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 43

A very pretty wedding was that of Sir Windham R. Carmichael Anstruther, Bart., with Miss Sylvia Darley, youngest daughter of Sir "Frederick M. Darley, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New South…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 45

A wedding took place recently at St. James's Church between Mr. Frank Lethbridge King, son of Mr. J. L. King, and grandson of the Hon P. G. King, and Miss Gertrude Fanny Treweeke,…

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A Hoxton Park Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 3

A quiet little wedding was celebrated in the Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, on Wednesday, by the Rev. J. Perkins, B.A., when Mr. E. G. Leisner, of Sydney,…

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The Week's Miscellany a Compilation of the News of the World. Extraordinary Scene at a Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 June 1901 · page 8

A Victorian paper reports a disgraceful incident which occurred in a country church recently:— "Before the completion of the ceremony…

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The Hunt-cory Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 1565

A very pretty wedding took place at Toowooamba, Queensland, on the 12th instant, when Mis [?] ara Cory, eldest daughter of Mr. G. G. Cory, of the town, was married to Dr. C. L. W. Hunt, son of the late Mr. E. M. Hunt,…

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Ladies' Column. WEDDINGS

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 9

NOW that it is the fashion for weddings to take place in the afternoon instead of the morning, the refreshments are a comparatively…

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A Smart Wedding at Auburn. Miss Rhoda Gee's Eventful Day

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 2

One of the prettiest weddings celebrated in the district, was that on Tuesday,in St. Philip's Church, Auburn, in which the contracting parties were Mr. Arthur Campbell…

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Miss Carrie Moore. the Wedding Day Not Fixed. Mr. Ernest Tyson in the Country

Truth · Sunday 23 June 1901 · page 3

IN a Sydney weekly paper the following misleading paragraph is published ;— "The huge floral order which will attend the wedding of that ever-favorite artist,…

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Wedding Bells

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1901 · page 1

A very pretty wedding was celebrated on Wednesday, the 12th inst., by the Rev. George Campbell, of Burwood, at the residence of Mr.W. Over father of the bride), Concord, when…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Heney W. LUCY.) Ministers and the Opposition—American Millionaires—Royal Wedding Customs—A Dangerous Rush. WESTMINSTER, May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 5

Ministers have gone off on their Whitsun holidays cheered by triumphant defeat of the Opposition on the Budget Bill. The only thing that mars their pleasure is consciousness of the case…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 44

A great number of people assembled at the Presbyterian. Church, Woollahra, on June 19, to witness the marriage of Mr. Arthur Shute and Miss Edith M. Marks, eldest daughter of Mr…

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