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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1946

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Actress Calls Off Wedding

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

HOLLYWOOD, Saturday. -- Dancing star Ann…

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Morning Wedding

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 43

SOLICITOR JOHN DAVIDSON waits in the background while his bride, formerly Miss Veronica O'Neill, signs the register after their wedding at the Archer St. Catholic Church, Chatswood yesterday morning. Smiling bridesmaid is Miss Moira Brady. The reception was…

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Phone Weddings Make Mockery of Marriage

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 28

Last week we heard that local girls were trying to arrange to wed two U.S. servicemen by trans-Pacific telephone. Marriages over…

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This Week's Case-book Shock for bride near wedding day

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 8

THE urge of a man to get married, just once more than is legally permissible, is fairly common, and an outstanding…

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Mother and Daughter Sang at Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 44

Well-known singers Strella Wilson and her daughter, Mrs. Mick Lloyd (formerly Pauline Garrick), sang at the wedding yesterday of Miss Megan Cocks and Sgt. Charles Dyer A.I.F. The bride, who is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J…

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Guests at Pre-wedding Tea

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 44

R.A.N. CHAPLAIN'S BRIDE-ELECT Miss Margaret Moore (left) witth her hostess, Mrs. John Bleechmore, who will be her matron-of-honor, Miss Margaret McNeill and Mrs. Tom Bateman at a party at Prince's. Her wedding with Chaplain Jock Barrie will take…

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What People Are Doing: Cathedral Wedding Today Yacht Club Season

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 8

Miss Emmanuelle Ricard, daughter of the director of the French Information Service in Sydney, Mr. E. L. Ricard, and of Mrs. Ricard, will be married to Sub-Lt. Jan Broggel, of the Royal Netherlands Navy,…

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Phone Wedding Talk to Sydney Girl From U.S.

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

Eighteen-year-old Shirley Rosen of Potts Point was awakened at 7 7.30 last night by a telephone call from San Francisco solicitors who told her they were trying to arrange a telephone marriage with her US fiance…

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R.a.f. Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 14

Royal Air Force officer, Flight-Lieut. Samuel Baker, was attended yesterday at his wedding in Sydney by two R.A.F. airmen who have been his flying…

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Wedding Bells Wunderlich—steffensen

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

At the Church or Christ. Auburn, on Saturday, December 15. 1945. at 3.30 p.m. Elsie Winnifred daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Steffensen of…

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What People Are Doing: First Wedding At Balmoral Naval Depot Chapel Tonight

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 10

First naval wedding in the Chapel at the Balmoral Naval Depot will take place this evening. The bride is Miss Margaret Moore, only daughter of the late Mr. James Moore and Mrs. E. Moore, of Cremorne. She will marry Chaplain John Robertson Barrie, RAN, fourth son of late Mr. James Barrie,…

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Women's News Wore Informal Wedding Gown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 20

A short white wedding frock was worn by Miss Tchili Reid for her wedding yesterday at St. Andrew's Cathedral to Lieut.-Commander John Hancorn,…

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Wedding Tonight

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 12

An old-world gown of magnolia satin, studded with pearls and made with side panniers, will be worn by Miss Marjorie Moss…

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Under Arch of Swords Chaplain's Wedding First Entry In Own Register

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 12

Decision to be married at the Chapel of the Balmoral Naval Depot was made by Miss Margaret Moore and Chaplain John Robertson Barrie, RAN, whose wedding took place last night, because Chaplain Barrie's…

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Wedding at Naval Chapel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 19

The first wedding to be celebrated in the chapel of the Balmoral Naval Depot took place last night when the depot chaplain, John Robertson…

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Wedding bells

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 8

THE marriage of Enid, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Robbie (Crookwell), and P/O Bruce Monroe, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Magic Banned at Magician's Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 7

Thirty-two magicians will attend the marriage tonight of a Sydney magician, but there will be no magic. They have promised the…

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Wedding Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 17

Miss Leah White and Major Gordon Cooper, A.I.F., who announced their engagement yesterday, will be married tomorrow at All Saints' Church,…

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Flower Canopy For Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 17

At the wedding last night of Miss Marjorie Moss and Mr. Malcolm Rich, ex-A.I.F., the bride and groom stood during the ceremony under a canopy…

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Sod Girl On Katoomba Has Missed Wedding

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

One girl stranded on the strike-bound Katoomba is very unhappy. Today was to have been her wedding day in New Zealand. Another man on board was returning to New Zealand for home…

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