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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1940

1,139 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 57

Midnight Wedding After Seven-Hour Engagement Naval Officer in Quick Romance

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 1

Four marriages of unusual interest were celebrated yesterday in different parts of Sydney. Almost on the stroke of midnight, Doris Jean Morrison, a pretty Rose Bay blonde, was married at the…

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Lovers' Quarrel Ends In Double Shooting "A Wedding or a Bullet" Bathurst

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 2

A VERDICT of murder and suicide was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. Bromhead, this morning in…

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Sacristan's Record At Weddings

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 7

THE death of Archbishop Kelly left the sacristan of St. Mary's Basilica, Mr. Michael McLean, last…

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"Wedding -- or bullet"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 5

BATHURST, Saturday. -- "It will be either a wedding or a bullet." Keith Joseph Kessey, 24, farmer, of…

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Gracie Wants Secret Wedding Flu epidemic causing heavy loss to studios Film Flash Cable

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 19

ANN SOTHERN has been loaned to Warners for the lead in "Brother Orchid," opposite Edward G. Robinson. Story is of a gangster, reminiscent of A1 Capone, who is released from prison and takes up an horticultural life…

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Crime To Pay Wedding

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 7

That they were trying to raise funds to get married was the explanation given by Horace Walter McKeig, 22,…

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Wedding at Synagogue

Daily News · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 3

Mr. Alexander Alexander, a Sydney mail clerk, who has offered to push a barrow to Katoomba and back for the Lord Mayor's Patriotic…

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Reports OF Weddings

Daily News · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 8

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

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PERRY—GLENDENNING Military Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 6

A wedding of considerable interest was celebrated at the Wentworthville Methodist Church, by the Rev. W. Jenkins, on February 24, when Miss Joyce…

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Silver Wedding

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 10

Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Stevens of Victoria-road, who have resided in Parramatta for many years, celebrated their silver wedding on Saturday. A party…

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Pre-wedding Parties for Miss Dora Inch

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 6

In between last-minute preparations for her wedding on Saturday, to Mr. L. E. Gibbs, Miss Dora Inch, of Harris Park, has been busy attending…

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Historic Family Church Chosen For Wedding

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 24

ST. Mark's Church, Darling Point, where her grandfather, the late Venerable Archdeacon Gunther, [?]reached his first sermon in Australia,…

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Wedding at Brewarrina. DALTON—SCHOFIELD

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 31

St. Patrick's Church, Brewarrina, was the scene of a pretty wedding when Margaret Clare, youngest daughter of Mr. T. Schofield and the late Mrs. Schofield, of…

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Country Romances WEDDINGS

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 16

WEARING a white satin frock out on classical lines with a tulle vell held in place by an orange blossom coronet. Dorothy Iris, elder daughter of Mr. and…

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Weddings. Dempsey—armstrong

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 30

When Miss Dorothy Armstrong, younger daughter of Mrs. M. E. Armstrong and the late Mr. Armstrong, of Bathurst, was married to John Arthur, only son of Mr…

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Diamond Wedding

The Propeller · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. T. Wright, of Forest Road, Arncliffe, celebrated their diamond wedding last Sunday. They were married at St. David's Church…

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Local Weddings. Strong--young

The Propeller · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 7

A clerical wedding was celebrated at the Carlton Methodist Church on Saturday, March 2, when Rev. Wilfred Strong was married to Gloria…

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Afternoon And Evening Weddings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 13

A Honiton lace veil, which has been a possession of the bride's family for many generations, enveloped the gown of white…

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Wedding Bells Bycroft-sheil

The Biz · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 1

An interesting wedding was celebrated at Smithfield Catholic Church last Saturday afternoon, when Miss Joan Sheil. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Sheil,…

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Wedding Bells T[?]iorn-barrett

The Biz · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 3

The wedding took place on March 9, at St. John's Church of England. Parramatta, of Miss Frances Alice, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Barrett, of…

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