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Weddings, 1940

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St. Marys Pre-wedding Evening

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 5

An evening was tendered in the Metnodist SS. last Sunday to Miss Freda Gibson, who is to be married next Saturday to Mr Jack Routley, of…

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Weddings

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 12

FIVE bridesmaids attended Doroth Beatrice (Betty) Scott-Shannon older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott Shannon, Happy Valley, Grenfell, for [?]…

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Wedding Bells Goff—walker

The Broadcaster · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 2
Also in The Biz

A pretty wedding took place at All Saints' Church of England. Parramatta, on Saturday afternoon last, when Kathleen, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F…

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Wedding. ROWAN—WARD

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 32

On January 27, at St. Francis' Church, Wollongong, a very pretty wedding was solemnised by the Rev. Father Callaghan, P.P., with Nuptial Mass, the…

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— Social and Personal. — Preparations for Easter.—Wedding Dates Chosen.—Party to Celebrate Engagement.—Gertrude Concannon Writing a Book. Engagement Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 20

At their flat at Darling Point last night Professor and Mrs. W. J. Dakin gave a buffet dinner to celebrate the engagement of their only child. Dr. W. P. Harvey Dakin. to Miss…

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Country Wedding In City

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 32

A QUIET wedding of country interest was celebrated at St. Philip's Church. Church Hill, at noon to-day. when Miss Ruth Ditchfield,…

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Local Weddings. Harris--moulalis

The Propeller · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 5

A three-tiered wedding cake, made by the bridegroom's mother, with a miniature bride and groom on the top, was a feature of the wedding…

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At Wedding Reception Married In Church Of Their Schooldays

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 13

At St. Mark's, Darling Point, the church they had attended during their schooldays, Miss Margaret Hezlett Cary and Mr. Ian McLaurin were married last night. The bride is the elder daughter…

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Wedding Bells Hoare-white

The Biz · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 2

A quiet wedding took place at St. James' Church of England, Smithfield, on Friday, March 1, between Bertha Mery (Betty), eldest daughter of Mrs. D. White…

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Wedding Bells Asper—robertson

The Biz · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 6

A very pretty wedding was[?] celebrated on February 17 at the Canley Vale Presbyterian Church. when Hilda, second daughter of Mr. J. Rubertson of Nowra…

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Wedding Gown Of Ivory Velvet

Daily News · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 8

A wedding gown of ivory velvet, appliqued on net over taffeta, was worn by Miss Joyce Mary Crane for her marriage at St. John's Church, Ashfield, to Mr. Frank Haddon Donkin. Her gown was cut on classical lines…

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Reports Of Weddings

Daily News · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 8

READERS are invited to send in reports of weddings and any other interesting social functions…

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Shotgun Wedding

Daily News · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 4

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Yesterday's Weddings Veil 100 Years old

The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 14

MORE than 100 years old was the veil worn by Miss Noreen Joyce O'Donnell at her wedding with Dr. R. Markham O'Donohue, at St…

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Sunday Telegraph Pattern Service Wedding Suit for a Soldier's Bride Three other ways of making it

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 39

The wartime bride who dispenses with the white tulle and sweeping train of a traditional Wedding gown has the difficult problem of trying to look dressy without being over-dressed. If she is planning her wedding…

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The Week In London Society In The Kitchen Sets New Fashion Lord and Lady Gifford Give Wedding Anniversary Dinner

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 8

LONDON, Sunday.--Cooking is becoming more than a spare-time occupation for many socialites in England who are busy now making up special dishes to get around the rationing…

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Wedding Date Chosen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 4

MISS MYEE DOWELL, only daughter of the late Mr. J. Dowell, and of Mrs. C. Dowell, of Bellevue Hill, whose marriage with Mr. Alan Broad, son of…

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Bride Chooses Mother's Birthday For Wedding

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 11

AN all-white wedding scheme has been chosen by Miss Beryl Fowler Smith, of Castle Hill, for her marriage with Mr. John Campbell Alston,…

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Reports Of Weddings

Daily News · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

READERS are invited to send in reports of weddings and any other interesting social functions…

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