Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), Thursday 15 December 1955, page 29


Wedding Will

Unite Well-Known

Aust. Families

SYDNEY, December 14. -Australia's biggest wedding for years will unite two well-known families tomorrow.

Historic St Mark's Church. Darling Point. Sydney, will be packed and a record crowd is expected outside the church grounds.

The groom will be Mr Baillieu Myer, 28, of Melbourne, and his bride is Miss Sarah Hordern, 20. Both are heirs to big store fortunes.

Miss Hordern, 30, is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Hordern, of Bellevue Hill, Sydney. She is the great great grand-daughter of Anthony Hordern, who reached Sydney in 1833 and founded the Syd-ney department store which bears his name. Her mother is the former Miss June Baillieu, a daughter of the late Mr Clive Baillieu and of Mrs Baillieu. of Melbourne.

Mr Myer is the younger son of the late Mr Sidney Myer and of Mrs Sidney Baillieu Myer of Toorak. His father and his uncle (Mr B. Myer) founded the Myer Emporium in Melbourne.