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Weddings, 1908

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Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 October 1908 · page 5

READ--SUTTON.--On 14th Inst., at St. James's Church, King-street, Sydney, the marriage was solemnised of Mr. E. G. Read, of Melbourne, and Beatrice Mary, youngest…

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A Wedding Outfit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 14

I have asked two firms to send you patterns of silks, with styles of wedding frocks, and estimates of making, I have also sent you myself some illustrations and patterns. My…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 3

HEHER--WINDON.--On September 23, at St. Matthias's Church, Paddington, Mr. William David Heher, eldest son of late William James Heher, was married to Miss Emma Sarah…

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Gift of £3,200,000. Steel Magnate's Golden Wedding Banquet

The World's News · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 2

The sum of £3,200,000, wrapped in "prize packets," was distributed recently to the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Singer, of Pittsburg. The occasion was the golden wedding of the…

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Duke's Love Affair. Queen-mother Opposes Abruzzi Marriage. But Wedding is Arranged for the New Year

The World's News · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 7

When a Duke is in love, opposition matters nothing, and so, although the Queen-mother of Italy will not countenance the marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi with Miss Katharine…

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Wedding

The St George Call · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 6

On Wednesday afternoon, October 7, the Methodist Church, Kogarah, was very prettily decorated with evergreens and flowers, whilst three white bells…

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An Anglo-australian Wedding

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 8

On September 17 the marriage was celebrated between Miss Beryl Angas, daughter of Mr Charles H. Angas, of Collingrove, South Australia, and Captain the Hon. Robert D. Ryder (8th Hussars), who was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of South Australia (Sir George Le Hunte), and is a younger brother of the fifth Earl of Harrowby. The…

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A Surprising Wedding It Quite Shocked the American. Until She Saw the Camera

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 7

An elderly American authoress asked me recently to conduct her to a place where she could see a work man's wedding, as she requiter it for her new novel (writes a pairs correspondent). To oblige the lady…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 15

REEVES -- TAYLOR. -- A wedding was celebrated at St. John's Church of England, Moss Vale, on Wednesday. Rev. J. Best, assisted by Rev. J. W. B. Rooke, uniting in wedlock Rev. Arthur…

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Wedding Bells

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 11

An interesting and pretty wedding, the principals of which are. well known in various districts in which "The Argus" circulates, took place at the Botany…

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Marie Studholme's Secret Wedding

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 October 1908 · page 2

One of the most popular of all musical comedy actresses—Miss Marie Studholme—was married on September 4 to Mr. Harold Giles Borrett, to whom she had been engaged for three years…

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Ravages of Cholera. Concerted Measures in European Countries. Tragedy of a Wedding Feast. London, Sept. 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 October 1908 · page 12

The spread of the cholera epidemic in Russia continues unchecked. Official figures show that the total number of cases recorded has been 6747, of which…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 October 1908 · page 10

PECK--CROSS.--At the Methodist Church, Gulgong, on Wednesday, October 21, Ethel, second oldest daughter of Mr. William Cross, of Reedy Creek, was married to James Fredorick,…

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Unique Marriage Ceremonies. Six Aboriginal Weddings. Chatsworth Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 8

At the Aborigines' Home, Ungadi Island, the Rev. T. Scott Neill, assisted by the Rev. Percy Hope, of Sydney, celebrated six marriages among the blacks. A number of residents in…

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A Double Society Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 1143

A double wedding took place at St. John's Church. Darlingburst, yesterday, the brides being the daughters of Mrs. Melbourne Macnamara, Roslyn Gardens, Darlinghurst. The…

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£3,200,000 in Golden Wedding Gists

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 1119

Documents filed last month at the County Courthouse, New York, disclosed the remarkable story of a golden wedding dinner at which the souvenirs consisted of cheques for securities aggregating £3,200,000 in value…

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For Women. Fashionable Double Wedding. Krcrouse—macnamara, Mairmacnamara

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 11

A remarkably pretty, and picturesque double wedding took place, yesterday afternoon at St. John's Church; Darlinghurst, when Misses Marjory and Dorothy Macnamara, the twin…

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Wedding Bells

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1908 · page 2

The Cabramatta Church of England was, on Wednesday afternoon. 14th October, the scene of a very pretty wedding, when Mr. Robert Randall, of Liverpool,…

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Boom in Theatrical Weddings

Evening News · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 6

An epidemic of theatrical marriages "on the quiet" appears to have set in with "The Merry ] Widow" boom at Her Majesty's Theatre, Syd-ney. Miss Carrie Moore led the way…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 3

BURLEY--MAKEIG.--At "Westmere," Glover-street, Mosman, the residence of the bride's parents, on Tuesday, October 22, Mr. F. Arthur Burley, of Melbourne, and formerly of Sydney,…

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