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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1931

916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 46

Dead Man Found by Sister Working on Car for Wedding Electrocuted

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 1

Pathetic circumstances marked the death of James William Green, 28, at his home, The Promenade, Guildford, yesterday…

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Wounded As Wedding Hour Approached

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 8

WARWICK, Wednesday. -- "Love, give me a drink of water," called Tyson Collins to his fiancee, Annie Kilpatrick. when she found him…

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Country Wedding Bells

The Land · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 7

Bracken-Pawley: Linda Pawley, of Gwabegar, to Clive Bracken, also of Gwabegar, at Coonabarabran. Burgess-Wall: At St, John's, Orange, Nola…

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First Jewish Wedding in Spain Since 1492

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 1

MADRID, June ll.—The first public Jewish celebration in Spain since Queen Isabella signed the decree expelling the Jews from Spain in 1492 was held here…

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Wedding. Haynes-waite

The St George Call · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 1

The marriage of Miss Gladys Waite, younger daughter of- the late W. H. Waite, of Lidcombe, and Mrs. Phillips, to Eric G. Haynes, elder son of Mr. and…

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Wedding at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 3

On July 14, at the Methodist Church, Cronulla, the Rev. E. Mowbray, assisted by the Rev. James Thomson, officiated at the wedding of Miss Elizabeth…

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Burwood Diamond Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 14

Mr. and Mrs. Buckland, of Albert-street, Burwood, who will celebrate their diamond wedding to-day. They were married in 1871…

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Make Her Your Meal-Ticket at Menangle Wedding Feast May Eat 'Em Won Here Last Time

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 4

DICK O'CONNOR will most likely be having turkey and anything else that is extra special to-night. The Randwick trainer has Wedding Feast engaged in the Hundred to-day, and on recent form she should take a ton…

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Autumn Tonings Choice Dainty Wedding at Burwood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 4

ALL in tawny autumn tonings were the decorations of the Congregational Church at Burwood for the wedding of Miss Winifred Lloyd and…

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The Wedding Cake Clever Drug Running Ruse

The World's News · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 17

INSPECTOR JOE PORTER leaned against a lamp-post in William Street. Few persons who knew the keen, smart…

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Sunset Tones at Last Night's Wedding Bell--carr

The Sun · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 15

Even the bride's going-away gown toned with the color scheme at the wedding of Miss Marjorie Carr and Mr. Lindsay Bell last night…

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Wedding Bells White Hyacinths and Carnations Figtree—paterson Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 15

St. Andrew's Church, Parramatta, was prettily decorated by the bride's friends and choir members with choice pink and white flowers on 27th ult., when the…

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Fine Talent Successful Mock Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 2

Revealing fine dramatic talent and a fund of wit, members of the Fellowship Association associated with the Granville Presbyterian Church staged a mock…

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Big Drop Fewer District Weddings and Births

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 3

Fewer brides were led to the altar in Auburn and Lidcombe during the last six months than in any similar period for many years…

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Granville Wedding Gately — Shepherdson

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 6

At the Holy Trinity Church, Granville, on August 5, Rev. Father Harrington solemnised the wedding of Olive, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C…

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Wedding QUILTER—DUNFORD

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 25

St. Mary's Basilica was the scene of :a pretty wedding on the 20th June, when Clement Edward Bede, youngest son of the late Mr. J. F. Quilter and Mrs…

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Country Wedding Bells

The Land · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 7

ROLLES-NICHOLLS: Myrtle Nicholls, of Willie Pioma, to A. L. Rolles, of Gundagai, at Gundagai. EARSMAN-SCHMETZER: At St. John's,…

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Wedding at Garra Bride Chose to Wear Dawn-Pink Eggleston-Barrett

The Land · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 9

AN all pink bridal scheme was chosen by Miss Janet Mary Barrett, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Barrett, of Garra, for her wedding on August…

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Golden Wedding

The Propeller · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Owen, who, until lately, had resided at Monomeeth Street, Bexley, for 30 years, celebrated their golden wedding on August…

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SOCIETY Margot's Mirror Corinda Bell's Wedding Day Secret Out at Last: Jessie Tait Will Be an October Bride

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 4

Try as they may, it is almost impossible for brides-to-be to keep their wedding plans a secret. Corinda Bell, of Rose Bay, a member of the well-known Bell family of Queensland, for instance, managed it successfully for a time; but I have just learned…

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