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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1948

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Wedding of Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

The marriage took place recently of Mrs. Eve Campbell, widow of Mr. Allan Campbell, of British Solomon Islands and…

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Golden Weddings

The Propeller · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. G. Kingcott, of Westminster Street, Bexley, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on January 10. They…

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Fans Rush Wedding David Niven Married 'Secret' Not Well Kept

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- Although the unglamorous wedding yesterday of Davie Niven, the British film star, was "secret," police had to be called to control the surging…

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Fans Rush Wedding David Niven Married 'Secret' Not Well Kept

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- Although the unglamorous wedding yesterday of Davie Niven, the British film star, was "secret," police had to be called to control the surging…

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[?]En Wedding [?]Nd Mrs. Blaxland

The Biz · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

[?]athering of relatives met at [?]Mr. and Mrs. G. Hart, [?]Fairfield, last Saturday [?]celebrate the golden wedding…

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Wedding Bells

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 12

RECENT North Coast wedding of interest was that of Miss Joan Baines and Mr. Douglas Bolden,…

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Fiancee Strangled on Eve of Wedding

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—Harold Edgar Simkins (49), van driver, of Harrow was committed for trial at the Old Bailey for the murder of his fiancee Gladys Rosetta Anderson (49), who was strangled on…

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After the Wedding

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 10

A HAPPY PICTURE of Lady Iris Mountbatten and Captain Hamilton O'Malley, of the Irish Guards, taken after their wedding in 1941. Lady Iris later divorced her husband and reverted to her maiden name when she went to America in…

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Choked on eve of wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 8

LONDON, Sat.-- A man who courted a woman for 26 years strangled her…

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His secret wedding was a winner

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 5

Sydney punter Ray Mallick, of New South Head Road, Double Bay, has won more than £30,000 since his secret marriage to Mrs. Joan Ward, on September 16…

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Sandra's Weekend Diary Cocktails celebrate doctors' engagement. . . Country visitors . . . weddings . . . parties . . . travellers off to England

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 27

Hundred guests were entertained at cocktails by Dr. and Mrs. Granville Waddy last night to celebrate the engagement of their daughter, Dr. Nanette Waddy, to Dr. Russ Godby. The party was held at…

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Veteran's Wedding

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

DR. STANLEY GRAHAM BONNALIE (71), dental surgeon specialist of Mayfair, London, with his bride, the former Mrs. Thelma Marion Cleaver (51), after their recent marriage at Caxton Hall, Westminster. The bride's…

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Interstate wedding

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Anna Wilson, second daughter of the Administrator of Norfolk…

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Mrs. Dignam (wife of Australia's Minister of Eire) Writes About The Royal Wedding

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 16

In a letter just received in Sydney, Mrs. W. J. Dignam, wife of the Australian High Commissioner to Ireland, gives a vivid impression of the social activities which marked the recent wedding in London of their Royal Highnesses, Princess…

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Wedding Catholic For Catholic Deaf

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 17

MEMBERS of the Catholic Deaf Auxiliary attended the recent marriage at St. Mary's Cathedral of fellow-members, Laurel Burgess and Patrick Kenna. Chaplain of the Auxiliary, the…

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Wedding At Vaucluse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 7

DR. and MRS. EBEN HIPSLEY leaving St. Michael's Church, Vaucluse after their wedding yesterday afternoon. The bride was formerly Miss Anne Humbley, of Rose Bay, and the bridegroom is the…

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Wedding veil not in order

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 15

I am a young divorced woman who is about to be married again. Would it be Droner to be married in a…

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Interstate Wedding

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Miss Victoria (1946), Betty Joan Tuck, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Tuck, of…

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Wedding Bells. Simpson—schwarzer

The Biz · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 8

Of interest, especially to the older residents of Fairlield and district, was the wedding at St. Barnabas' Church on Saturday afternoon, January 10, when…

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Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. W. [?]Eckenberg

The Biz · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. W. Heckenberg, of 231 Cabramatta Road, Cabramatta, celebrated their golden wedding on January 5. This [?]ine old couple were married by the…

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