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Weddings, 1911

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Wedding Comedy. Hands Joined Through Prison Bars. a Disguised Bride

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 4

A telegram from Chattanooga, Tennessee reports an amusing case of the courts being cheated by marriage of a witness in a murder trial. Dr. John Sherman has been in…

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The Fatal Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 11

Last night, before a house densely packed, Mr. Spencer presented his picture drama. "The Fatal Wedding." Every item was very well received, and the picture was unanimously voted one of the…

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"The Fatal Wedding."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 14

The Lyceum was packed last night, when Mr. Spencer's latest motion picture, "The Fatal Wedding," was accorded a great reception, the house applauding to the echo. Every item was a huge success. It will be…

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The Fatal Wedding

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

Nothing finer locally than Mr. Spencer's latest effort, "The Fatal: Wedding" has ever been placed before the public, and, while the acting is far above the…

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Wedding at Croydon

The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 9

The Croydon Congregational Church yesterday presented an unusually bright appearance when the wedding of Mr. Allan B. Young, son of the late Rev. R. W. Young…

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An Evening Wedding. a Fashionable Inter-state Function

The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

The beautiful decorations at St. Phillip's Church last night were, for the marriage of Mr. Percy Burrows (Melbourne), son of the late Mr. R. Burrows. M.L.C. to Miss Mary…

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Military Wedding. Fine Pageant at Randwick

The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

Picturesque in the extreme was the wedding celebrated last night at St. Jude's, Randwick, of Major James Adain Dick Australian Army Medical Corps, and Miss Lillian…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 7

BROWN--GARDINER.--A wedding of much interest took place on Wednesday evening, April 19, at St. Stephen's Church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion, Rev…

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Country Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 51

Cottee-- Holmes.-- At "Belvedere," Lismo[?] the residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Cottes, on April 12, their eldest son, Spencer, was married to Alice, youngest daughter the late…

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Twenty Weddings in One Day

Globe · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

There were 20 marriages in Geelong (Vic.) on Easter Monday. Stocks of confetti were sold out on Saturday. During the afternoon 16 honeymoon couples were cheered as their train…

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Missing on His Wedding Day. Bridegroom's Disappearance. Found Drowned

Globe · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 2

A young man, Harry Judd, of Ballarat (Vic.), left his home on Good Friday morning, and was not seen alive again. On Sunday afternoon his hat was found lying on the bank of the Gong…

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A Popular Manly Wedding. Malcolm—Try

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 25

A very interesting and pretty wedding was celebrated on Tuesday, April 18, at the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Manly, when Jane (Pansy), only…

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List of Wedding Presents

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 10

Father of bride, house and grounds; mother of bride, house linen and inlaid rosewood china cabinet; mother and brother of bride (Victor Freeman Meeks), carved oak monks'…

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A Society Wedding

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 10

At St. Mark's, Darling Point, yesterday, the wedding was solemnised of Mr. Mars Gerald Cater and Hilda Meeks, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "Alfred Meeks, "Orannie,"…

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Wedding Guest Got Drunk. Rode the Caterer's Horse. Also Punched a Waiter. Incidents at a Rose Bay Ceremony

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 1

An incident reminiscent of the early days of bushranging and horse-stealing occurred at Rose Bay last evening. A wedding guest, who got drunk, was the Ned Kelly of the…

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A Mad Sultan. News From Fez. Brutal Treatment of Prisoners. a Midnight Wedding Fete

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 8

PARIS, Tuesday Afternoon.--Letters received here from residents in the beleagured city of Fez give details of horrible brutalities practised by Sultan Muley Abdul…

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Wedding at Darling Point

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 9

CATER-- MEEKS.--Yesterday afternoon St. Mark's Church. Darling Point was beautifully decorated with white Flowers and greenery for the wedding of Hilda Alice, only daughter of…

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After the Rose Bay Wedding. Butcher Assaults a Waiter

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 11

A young man who attended a wedding celebration at Rose Bay on Wednesday became in[?] and as a result of his auctions at [?] and brought up at the…

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Wedding Etiquette

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 6

Singleton.— The bride is never at the after before the bridegroom. The latter , accompanied by his best man, arrives at the church first, and takes his stand at the altar. The…

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After the Wedding. a Guest's Escapade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 5

Two charges were preferred against a young man named Horace Wickins yesterday at the Paddington Police Court. He was charged with having assaulted Thomas Parkinson, and also with illegally using a…

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