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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1937

472 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 24

Sad Death Late Mr. E. O. Neems Popular Lithgow Resident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 3

By the death at his residence, 91 Vale-road, on Saturday night of Mr. Eric Oswald Neems (31), the town has lost one of its most popular…

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Obituary. Mrs. Mary Spencer

Leader · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

Under tragic circumstances the death Occurred at the Base Hospital on Saturday evening of Mrs. Mary Spencer, wife of Mr. Alan Spencer…

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Obituary. Mrs. M. R. Dean

Leader · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2

Au[?]ther old resident of this district Mrs. Maria Rebecca [?] w[?]te of Mr. Arthur John D[?]t. of Warrendane Street, Warrend[?] passed away…

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Used First Telephone Death of Woman Who Knew The Inventor LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

Sixty years ago a young Canadian woman watched a man experimenting with the first telephone. He allowed her to speak over it,…

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Late Mr. Neems Tool Room Employees Generous Gesture

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 2

The toolroom employees at the S.A.F., the Rechabites Lodge and Lodge Rose of the Valley, No. 35, were represented at the funeral of…

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Tribute to Late Mr. John Boyd

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 1

'Prior to the commencement of de[?]berations at yesterday's meeting of the Bathurst Land Board special reference was made by the…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Ellen McDonald

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 6

"IN the midst of life we are in death." How true this surely is was borne out by the passing of Mrs E. S. MacDonald (relict of the late…

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Kensington Woman's Death Traces of Arsenic in Body Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 2

The Government analyst has found arsenic in the organs from the body of Mrs. Mary Masters, of Kensington, who died at the Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Sea Mystery. Death of an Actor. Drifted 260 Miles? LONDON

Leader · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 4

Experts familiar with the tides in the Channel are [?] over the fact that the body of the actor and…

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Obituary. Mr. C J. Carman

Leader · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

By the death at the Base [?] yesterday morning of Mr. Clarcnce James [?]. Cudal has lost a valuable citizen. He was admired to the…

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Obituary. Mr. Edward Robards

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 8

By the death of Edward Robards, familiarly known to a host of friends as Ted, Molong has lost one of her oldest and best known citizens. A…

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Funeral Tragedy Murder and Suicide Paris

National Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

As a tarmer's funeral was passing through the village of Vallinsolles, a poacher. In revenge for an encounter last week with the police, fatally…

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Obituary. Mrs. Kathleen May Dean

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 6

Extremely sad circumstances surround the sudden death of Mrs Kathleen Dean (eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dover, of Molong), which took…

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Yeoval News Obituary. Mr. Samuel Wykes

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

Passed away on March 25, at the Wellington District Hospital, a well-known resident of the district, in the person of Mr. Samuel Wykes, in his…

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Obituary. Mr. A. J. Sherwood

Leader · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

After Bill linen [?] over [?] months the death occurred at the Haste Hospital on Saturday with of Mr Andrew June Sherwood an old…

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Late Mr. F. J. Tonkin Representative Funeral Minister's Tribute

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

Under a grey autumn sky and in the presence of a large assembly of citizens, representative of all classes and all creeds, the remains of the…

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Mr. Albert Balcomb. Death of Pioneer

Leader · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 6

By the death of big [?] field, Cranbury, [?] [?] of Mr. [?] has lost on of the [?]…

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Pioneer Balloonist. Death of Mr. Harry Headen

Leader · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 2

Among th[?] whose ambition it was to [?]oar in the air and [?] the highway of the heav[?] was Mr. Harry Hendan, on. of the few…

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Late Mr. J. McManus

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 18

The late Mr. James McManus, whose death took place recently, at the age of 81 years, was a native of Two Mile Flat…

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