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Weddings, 1911

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A "Tom Thumb Wedding."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 10

The Catholic Church holds matrimony to be a Sacrament. Some of the sects seem think it is a joke. Hence the "Tom Thumb weddings" we read about taking place…

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Queensland Orange Wedding at Rookhampton

Watchman · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 12

A very pretty Orange wedding was solemnised at the local Baptist Tabernacle on Wednesday, January 25, by Rev. Bro. A. D. Shaw. The contracting parties were…

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Naval Wedding. Captain Prowse and Miss Brady. a Brilliant Gathering

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 7

One of the smartest weddings of the season, which has caused a widespread flutter of anticipation in Naval and social circles for some time past, tools place this afternoon at…

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Weddings and Their Ways. Bridal Fashions

The Land · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 14

Several important weddings are on just at present, and as some little innovations have crept in, even this most conventional of all ceremonies…

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Late Cable News. Received Today. French Railway Disasters. Wedding Party Victims. the Bride Killed

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 8

PARIS, Thursday Evening.-Among the passengers in the Paris-Breat express, which met with the terrible disaster at Courville, was a wedding party numbering eleven. Of these,…

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Naval Wedding in Sydney. Captain Prowse and Miss Brady. Bluejackets and Dragropes. Picturesque, Tribute to Popular Officer

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

Simultaneously with the hoisting of the colors on board the flagship Powerful yesterday was the hoisting of the floral wedding wreath, this time in honor of the approaching…

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In Society and Out of It At the Naval Wedding--Some Previous Weddings--Sir Henry Lucy--A Valuable Tablecloth--Mrs. M'Gowen's Trip--The W.C.T.U.--St. Vincent's Fair

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 5

At the wedding of Captain Prowse and Miss Bertha Brady (a full report of which appeared in "The Sun" yesterday) there was a repetition in St. Andrew's Cathedral…

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Fashionable Naval Wedding. Prowse--brady

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

One of the largest and most interesting weddings that have taken place in Sydney was that solemnised by Archbishop Wright, assisted by Rev. Brooke-Robinson (chaplain, H.M.S…

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Naval Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 9

THE MICH OF STEEL AT THE WEDDING OF CAPTAIN PROWSE, OF H.M.S. POWERFUL, AND MISS BRADY. THE BRIDE, MISS BERTHA BRADY, ENTERING THE CHURCH ON THE ARM OF HER FATHER, DR. A. J. BRADY…

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Brain Brushes for Men and Women Where Was the Wedding ?

The Arrow · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 7

She loses her head when she joins tie brides, He joins them after tea: But both are swept by ruthless tides Away on the western sea…

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Complete Short Story. Levinsky's Automobile. How Love Rode to Victory in a Patriarchal Machine. [Julian Rose, the Jewish monologue entertainer at the Tivoli. Sydney, has been delighting audiences with an account of "Levinsky at the Wedding." Bruno Lessing, in the "Cosmopolitan Magazine," tells of the incidents which led up to the wedding.]

The World's News · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 22

IF I could prove to the satisfaction of all mankind that the acquisition of wealth does not, in itself, bring happiness, I…

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Wedding

The St George Call · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 3

A quiet but very pretty wedding was celebrated at the Hannam Vale Church on Wednesday, 4th January, between Christopher Ernest, youngest son of the…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 19
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

LEE--HALE.--On January 21, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the wedding took place of Raymund, third son of Mr. H. W. T. Lee, of Gladstone, Macleay River, and Stella, only daughter of…

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Old Sydney. Reminiscent of Some "Rude Forefathers"—Obituaries—"Old and Respected Colonists"—Some Weddings—A Globe Trotter of the Fillies—Concerning Joseph Inch—Some Interesting Particulars—Apropos John Knatchbull—Anent Samuel Terry and His Good Deeds. No. 175

Truth · Sunday 19 February 1911 · page 12

An old and valued friend, a Sydney native, sends me, from afar, the results of a dive" into files of old Sydney newspapers, of which be is the happy possessor. The…

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A Lovely Wedding

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 7

There was a pretty wedding the other day sad all went of with a merry swing, because the one charged with making the arrangements had everything perfect in every detail and to…

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Naval Wedding. a Brilliant Function

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 47

The marriage of Captain Cecil Irby Prowse, R.N., H.M.S. Powerful, son of the late Mr. G. Prowse, St. Edith's, Wiltshire, with Miss Bertha Marion Campbell Brady, elder…

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Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 7

HUGHES -- O'SULLIVAN -- St. Francis' Church, Paddington, was the scene of a wedding recently, when J. Sidney, son of ex-Inspector Hughes, "Guildford," Glebe Point, was…

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Naval Wedding in Sydney—Tribute to a Popular Officer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 28

Long before the appointed hour for the marriage of Flag Captain…

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Orange Wedding at Leichhardt

Watchman · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 12

On Saturday, January 11, a pretty wedding was celebrated at the Presbyterian Church Leichhardt, by the Rev. Bro. Milne, when Bro. Alexander Burnette Morton of…

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