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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1939

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Wedding of Wide Interest. Ceremony at Cooma Homestead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 5

The marriage of Miss Mary Lang, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lang, of Carlaminda, Cooma, with Mr. Gordon Spencer, elder son of the late…

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Wedding Guests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

Very new is this beige wool coat, pleated all round into a fur yoke. A top-hat in black felt and a confection of…

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Poisoned on Wedding Eve. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 7

On the eve of his wedding, Frederick william George, 28, died in the Glen Innes Hospital. The District Coroner found that his death had resulted from poison, administered…

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Two Thousand Guests At Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 10

LONDON, Sunday. -- More than a thousand women and girls, after waiting for hours in the rain, broke the police…

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Wedding Last Night

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 10

MR. AND .MRS. JOHN LONGWORTH leaving All Saints' Church, Woollahra, after their wedding last night. The bride was formerly Miss Isabel Chapman, of Barraba…

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Other Wedding Reports Page 13 Northmead Mothers First Dance of Season

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 5

A good crowd of dancers and euchre players spent an enjoyable evening at the Northmead Progress, Hall on Saturday when the Northmead Mothers…

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Wedding Bells YOUNG—McGRATH

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 13

A pretty wedding took place at St. John's Catholic Church, Auburn, on Saturday, April 8. at 4 o'clock, when, Phyllis elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Quiet Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 2

Miss Mona Kelly eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.T.Kelly of Randall-street, Granville was quietly married on Saturday to Mr.Robert Scott of…

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Son As P.M. On Golden Wedding Day CANBERRA

The Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 1

Three big events occurred in the lives of Mr. R. G. Menzies's parents to-day--they saw their son meet…

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Wedding Bells WALKER—HOLDEN

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

On Saturday, 29th April, the Emu Plains Methodist Church was beautifully decorated in shades of yellow and gold, for the wedding of Pauline, third…

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Wedding at Enmore

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 34

Rev. Father P. C. Kerwick officiated at the marriage of Miss Rona Olive Ellis, only child of Mrs. Gordon Ellis, of Randwick, and Mr. George Linden Carter, only son…

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Country Romances WEDDINGS

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 16

LARGE bowls of pink dahila, roses, and fern decorated the Ross Memorial Church, Harben-Murrumburrah, for the marriage of Marjorie Eva, youngest…

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Wedding Scott—kelly

The Broadcaster · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 2
Also in The Biz

A quiet wedding was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Church. Granville on Saturday, the contracting parties being Miss Mona Kelly, eldest daughter of Mr. and…

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Weddings. Hogan—cleary

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 9

seldom fins the Historic Catholic church, at Burrawang been so gloriously decorated or so overcrowded with people, and never has a more charming bride…

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Wedding. Graham—richardson

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 32

An old world pendant of pearls and amethysts (which was worn by the bride's grandmother at her wedding) was worn by Miss Mary Patricia…

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Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. McGILL, LEWISHAM

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 19

Although the foundation stone of the first part of the present beautiful Church of St. Thomas, Lewisham, was blessed and laid in 1887, the church was not…

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Social and Personal. Visits Planned to Picnic Races.—Pre-wedding Parties. —News from England. Congratulations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 21

Mr. and Mrs. Murchison Kater, of Bellevue Hill, who are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter have chosen the names Jean Gaerloch, the first after her…

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Proudest Day for P.M.'s Parents Son Met Parlt.; First Flight; Golden Wedding Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 8

"This is the proudest and most delightful day of my life, said Mr. James Menzies, father of the Prime Minister today. With his wife, Mr. Menzies new from Melbourne to Canberra this…

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Recent Weddings

The Land · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 12

Narandera: Edna May, only child of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Dale, of Narandera, and Victor Ronald, only son of Mrs. Forbes, of Narandera, and…

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