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Weddings, 1908

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Confetti at Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 19

Many of the English clergy have taken steps to prevent the use of confetti at weddings. But the Vicar of Long Eaton, Derbyshire, has probably gone further than most of them. He…

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Runaway Wedding with Her Uncle's Chauffeur. and a Cheque-book. London, November 15

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 December 1908 · page 12

A young Yorkshire heiress has elope with the driver of her uncle's motor car, and married him in London. The young, lady is Miss Marlon Vint…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 10

CADDEN-- WARREN.--A wedding took place at St. John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, on 9th inst., the contracting parties being Mr. Kalph Cadden and Miss Florence Maud Warren,…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 4

BENSON--LARGE.--At St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Gulgong, on Wednesday, 16th inst., Rev. Father O'Brien married Edward, third son of Mr. Louis Benson, of Linburn, and…

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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 15

WILLIS -- PRATT. -- On the 16th inst., at Emmanuel Church of England, Clifton, the marriage took place of Albert James, eldest son of Mr. James Willis, King-street, Lithgow, and…

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Seventy-five "Macs." at a Wedding

Evening News · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 8

At a wedding at Colac, Victoria, this week there were 103 persons present. Of that number the names of 75 bore the prefix "Mac."and 43 were M'Kenzies, the bride and bridegroom…

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Naval Wedding at North Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 10

Quite enlivening event in the quiet, season was the marriage celebrated yesterday afternoon at St. Thomas, North Sydney, between Lieutenant John Metcalfe, Jackson, of H.M.S…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 3

GIBSON-- HUNT.--On Monday, the 21st inst., a wedding was celebrated at St. Andrew's Pressytorian Church, Goulburn, when Mr. Arthur Forbes Gibson, third son of Mr. J. Gibson, of…

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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 15

MACKENZIE--M'BURNEY--A wedding took place on December 9, at the Petersham Presbyterian Church, between Blanche M'Burney, only daughter of Mrs. George Easton, of Annandale,…

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A Holiday Game The Musical Wedding

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 27 December 1908 · page 7

Here is a game which would pass a pleasant half-hour when a picnic party is wondering what to do next. It needs no physical exertion and it would exercise the…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 10

MORROW--FRASER.--At St. John's Presbyterian Church on Wednesday afternoon, a wedding was celebrated by Rev. J. C. M'Donald, M.A., when Mr. Arthur Morrow, of Bourke, was…

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Music at a Quaker Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

How a Quaker wedding was celebrated amid the strains of organ music, yet without any breach of Quaker traditions, is related by an American paper. Both the bride and the…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 3

HUTTON--WHARTON.--On Wednesday, December 23, was celebrated at Black Mountain the marriage of Charles Daniel, eldest son of Mr. Thos. Hutton, of "Oakleigh," near…

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A Naval Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 1721

A naval wedding took place at St. Thomas' Church, North Sydney, on December 28, when Lieutenant John Metcalfe Jackson, H.M.S. Fantome, second son of the late Rev. J…

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Golden Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 1722

The Hon. James Gormly, M.L.C., and Mrs. Gormly celebrated their golden wedding on Monday last. The late Mr. Joseph Cox, of Livingston Gully station, Mrs. Gormly's father,…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 6

HEDBERG--PAGE.--A wedding in winch much local interest was taken took place at Grafton on Monday, when Ella, daughter of Aid. C. Page, Mayor of Grafton, was married to Mr. J…

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A Recent Sydney Society Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 38

Mrs. Jackson (nee Miss Winifred Leonie Dodds). Lieutenant John Metcalfe Jackson, R.N…

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A Notable G[?]en Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. James Gormly

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 29

The Hon. James Gormly, M.L.C. and Mrs. Gormly celebrated their golden wedding on Monday last. Mrs. Gormly is probably the longest resident now on the Murrumbidgee…

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For Women. Double Wedding at Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 3

A double wedding was celebrated yesterday morning at the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Randwick, which was crowded with guests and onlookers…

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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 3

SMITH -- JOHNS. -- A wedding was celebrated at the Baptist Church, Kurri, on Wednesday, 23rd inst., when Henry, the eldest son of Mr. J. A. Smith, of Stanford Merthyr, was married to…

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