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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1903

381 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 20

Wedding Bells. RAVES—BOOKING

Watchman · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

On Saturday. 9th May, a very pretty wedding took place at Campbelltown, when Miss May Booking. youngest daughter of Mr. James Booking. J.P., and Mrs. Booking, of "Austin." was…

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The Scourge of Wedding Gifts

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 11

THE wedding gift nuisance has come to such a pass it is almost piece of taxation. Some families print invitation cards, and issue them by the hundred. One cannot…

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WEDDINGS. Scott-Manners

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 9

The marriage of Lord George-Scott, second son of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, with the Lady Elizabeth Manners, younger daughter of the Duke of Rutland, was…

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A Complete Short Story. Her Wedding' Eve

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 8

As the maid of honor was a girl, and pretty, and had come some three hundred miles to assist her best friend through the trying cere­mony of getting married, it was evident that…

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A Pretty Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 4

A very pretty wedding was that at Parramatta North, on Wednesday afternoon last, when, at the altar at St. Patrick'a Church, the Rev. Father O'Reilly presided at the solemn…

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The Wedding-gift Nuisance. Why Not Advertise. "By Special Request, No Presents"?

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 June 1903 · page 14

I am sure that hundreds of readers of the last issue of the "Sunday Times" must have been glad to see attention drawn to the wedding-gift nuisance, which is fast…

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Two English Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 44

The following descriptions of two weddings, which took place in England in May, will, doubtless, be of interest to Australian readers. They appeared in a recent issue of the "Queen—…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 45

On March 2, at St. Mary's, Kilburn, near London, a wedding took place between Mr. C. T. Milder, chief officer of the Tyser line Star of langland, son of the late Mr. Alfred Hilder, of…

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Some Queer Wedding Customs

The Dawn · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 20

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Weddings

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 7

WEISSBERGER—DIAMOND.—The marriage of Miss Ray Weissberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. Weissberger, Bourke, with Mr. J. Diamond, son of Mrs H. Diamond, Paddington…

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A Popular Wedding. McMONIGAL—MORRISON

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 6

St Marys was en fete last Wednesday afternoon; groups of people chatted in the streets or moved up the hill to St Mary Magdalene, as if something of note were on the tapis. And so…

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WEDDING. Tew-- Hawke

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 9

The marriage between Mr. Edward Grosvenor T[?]w, only son of the late Mr. T. W. Tew, of The Grange, Carleton, near Pontefract, and the Hon. Catharine Isabel Hawke, fourth…

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A Wedding Dress

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 July 1903 · page 8

At a smart, wedding a few days ago the bride was picturesquely gowned in ivory satin duchesse, the trained skirt opening over a, petticoat of graduated and rucked…

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 42

A pretty wedding took place at St. John's, Darlinghurst, on June 27, between Mr. Spencer C. Maddrell, of Braidwood, and Miss Birdic Turner, daughter of the late Mr. M. W. Turner, of…

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Wedding

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 7

ROSEN—SCHACHTEL.—The wedding of Mr. Abraham Rosen, of Burrowa, N.S.W. to Miss Henrietta (Etty) Schachtel, only daughter of Mrs. R. Schachtel, 92 Liverpool-street, Sydney…

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Fashionable Wedding. HENDERSON—HUNTER

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 16

St. Mary's Cathedral was crowded with guests and spectators on Wednesday afternoon, 1st instant, to witness the marriage of Miss Nellie Hunter, eldest daughter of Mr…

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Rice at Weddings

Evening News · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 4

Like roast pig, the origin of throwing rice at weddings is Chinese, and the legend is scarcely less worthy of Charles lamb:—A famous sorcerer name Chap became jealous of the power of…

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Gargantuan Wedding Feast

The World's News · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 20

A monster banquet has just been given by a wealthy landowner at Quimperle (France) to celebrate the simultaneous wedding of his four children—two sons and two daughters…

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Terrible Wedding Scene. Guests at a Dance Burned to Death

The World's News · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 30

A fire broke out in the city barracks of Fort Vauban at Arras (France) on May 26, and three members of a wedding party were burned in the flames…

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The Wedding Present

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 11

The day drew nigh when Gwendolen And Frederick would wed ; A very charming girl was Gwen, A first-class fellow Fred…

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