London Week by Week Recap of Society Events and Theatre
A long, rambling chronicle of social gatherings in Sydney including J T Toohey’s dinner and staff tribute, the Sydney City Mission mothers meeting with J M Small and J M Main, a Loyal Crusaders picnic at Parramatta Park, and a Windsor Castle memorial service with royal procession and public homage. It also covers theatre gossip from London and New York, Queen Victoria’s accession observances, parliamentary quips, and a draft of society cartoons and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T
J. Toohey
J. T. Toohey
Direcool
Martin
R. T. St. Clair
Davis
Palace Theatre
Alexandria Mizajon Hall
Sydney City
Hawthorne
M.L.A
Mise King
Lewington
Mise Wright
Mr. Smith
Mise M‘laughlin
Small
Parramatta Park
Corporation of
Windsor
Castle Hill
Quiet weddings and harbor excursion highlight social notes
The Evening News notes social events rule strictness and publishes two weddings. At St James's Church Cambridge Englander Ernest VY Southcott wed Miss Nellie Constance Roberts. A Lady Hampden harbor excursion by Lodge St George No 176 drew Masons and guests, with a large afterglow at Clontarf pavilion. A third wedding at St Hunnabas Church Redfern features Miss Josephine Eveline Riley and Mr Harry Landers with a 1100 guest reception on the Windaville grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's Church
King-street
Ernest VY. Southcott
Cambridge
England
Nellie Constance Roberts
C. J. Roberts
C.M.G
M.L.C
Sydney
W. S. Carr-Smith
Hampden
Circular Quay
Lodge St. George
A. E. Matheson
T.P.M
N. Hammett
L. Nell
J. W. Dwyer
Miss Mossong
Lee
H. Cansdell
Keay
Poole
C. Hudson
Daisy Loughran
Clontarf
St. Hunnabas
George-street West
Misa Josephine Eveline Riley
J. J. Riley
Windaville
Abercromble-street
Redfern
Bathurst
Harry Landers
George Landers
Ultimo
Emily Gartrell
A. C. L. Bayliss
Arthur Mazsey
St. Albans’ Church
J. Hourigan
Gartrell
Doris Gartrell
Mesars
Illingworth
Berry
Laird
Dredge
Evans
R. BE. Henson
Freeland
F. Scott
W. Brown
J. Fitzgerald
W. Noble
Denton
W. F. Schey
Johnnson
J. and
R. Riley
W. A. Davie
Nenad Lores
Spr
Hero Cafe
Prisoners at St Helena The tallest and the shortest
A Cape Times illustrated piece describes a Free Stater among prisoners at St Helena. It highlights a tall man and three captured boys from Paardeberg led by Van Rensburg who suffered six wounds including through the left lung and a shattered ankle. The badly wounded boy survived, is recovering, and is popular with the Willabire Regiment on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paardeberg
van Rensberg
Willabire
Cape Times
I M S Good Hope Gifted Cape Government Ship
The text notes His Majesty's ship Good Hope a first class cruiser gifted to the Navy by the Cape Government. It mentions the original Good Hope the Texel arriving to capture English merchants and the fate of Captain Awker and his crew as prisoners of war. The passage reflects on naval history and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope
Cape
Navy
Texel
Anthony Awker
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Phaeterine
H.I.M
Russia
H.M
Greece
HLM
Roumania
H.lm
Hsa
Leiningen
Olga
Grand Duchess
Serge
H.R
Grand Duchess of
Hesse
Xenia
London
Emily Soldene
Prince
Princess of Wales
Victoria
Charles
Denmark
Duke
Duchess of
Parramatta
Parrametta
Newtown
J. Stringfellow
W. J. Barber
W. J. Neal
J. Harrod
Marquis of Salisbury
Schomerg M'Donnell
Duke of Portland
Earl of Clarendon
Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Earl of Rosebery
Count Paul Wolff-Metternich
Fifa
Winchester
St. George's Chapel
William Parrett
Sir Walter Parrett
Tennyson
Earth
Ravenna
Walla
Aberdeen
Leopold Rt
Belgravie
God
Prince Consort
Order of the Garter
St. Paul's
King
Lord Edward
God Save the King
Buckingham Palace
Constitution Hill
Piccadilly
St. James's Street
Pall Mall
Trafalgar Square
Duncannon-street
Strand
Fleet-street
Ludgate Hill
Cheapside
King William-street
London Bridge
Borough Hightreet
Borough-road
SS George's Circus
Westminster Bridge
Bridge-street
Parliament- Street
Whitehall
Horse Guards
the Mall
Regent-street
Balfour
Lawley
Mr. Cawley
R. Cawley
Murmud
Theatre Royal
Macquarie-street
Winston Churchill
the_iker
Mr. Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
William Harcourt
Lord Rosebery
Chesterfield
Lord Rosrbery
John
Windsor Castle
Victoria Patricia of Connaught
Prince Alexander
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
Beatrica
Indianapolis
U.S.A
Joseph Bowen Holman
Signor Mareconi
Chance
Misa Holman
Bignor Marconi
New York
Cal
Hermes
Ulysses
Calypso
Calypgo
Brown-Potter
George Edwardes
Daly
Lionel Monckton
Paul Rubens
Lilian Biden
Ofisa Nellie Bromley
Huntly Wright
Brighton College
Sneerwell
Clarence House
Rockhampton
Moliere
Gatty
Mis
Jamesy
Hart
Nellie
Mignon Scantlebury
Bagdad
Pearla
Lord Staverdale
Helen Stew
Marquis of Londonderry
Holland House
Londonderry House
Scotland Yard
Quericus
Rabbilas
Bridget
Thompson
Lord Kelvin
Sea
Phosferine
Ashton & Parsons, Ltd
Farringdon Road
Washington H. Soul & CO
Pitt Street
Sayers, Allport, and Co
Clyde Engineering Works
U. Wm. Adams & Co
Clarencs-Streat
ST. Helena
I.M.S. Good Hope
WM. Adams & Co., Ltd
Clarence-St
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