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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1937

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Athletes Use Drugs Death Of Stawell Runner Leads to Disclosures. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

The possibility of stricter measures being taken to prevent the use of drugs by athletes was to be discussed at a meeting of the council of the Victorian…

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Obituary Mr. Edward A. Cox

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 4

The death of Mr. Edward Albert Cox. of Yamba, occurred early on Sunday morning at "Truro" Private Hospital. Maclean. Mr. Cox was taken seriously…

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£3250 VERDICT Widow Awarded Damages death of husband. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 4

A verdict for £3250 for Mrs. Muriel Hainsworth Boynton was returned by a jury in the case in which she claimed £30,000 damages from Charles William…

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Central and Upper Bucca Obituary-- Gwendoline Margaret Wear

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

The death occurred of Gwendoline Margaret Wear, aged four years, in the Children's Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, on Wednesday, April 21, after a…

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Parents Charged Death Of Two Children Left to Starve in House. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 5

Percy and Lilian Davies pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey to-day on a charge of manslaughter arising out of the deaths of their two young children…

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The Late Mrs. Frances McKEE. COPMANHURST

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mrs. Frances J McKee, aged 82 years, widow of the late Thomas McKee, took place at Copmanhurst on Sunday, May 2, the Rev…

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Obituary Mr. M. F. Chaseling

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 4

The death occurred in the Grafton District Hospital yesterday afternoon of Mervyn Frank Chaseling, aged 25. He underwent an operation over a fortnight…

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Parents Sentenced Death of Two Children. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 5

Percy Davis and his wife, Lilian Davis, were found guilty at the Old Bailey today of manslaughter of their two sons, aged three years and 19…

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Obituary Mr. C. A. C. Chauvel

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 6

One whose identity has for many years been linked with the Upper Clarence district and the town of Tenterfield, Mr. Charles Arthur, Cameron…

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Obituary Mrs, Mary Watkins

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 4

The death occurred at Ulmarra on Thursday night of Mrs. Mary Watkins, after an illness extending over several months…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret Geddes

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 4

As briefly reported in Saturday's issue, the death occurred on Thursday night at the Lower Clarence Hospital, Maclean, of Mrs. Margaret Geddes…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Olga Stevens

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 3

The death occurred early on Saturday morning last of Mrs. Stevens (nee Mies Olga Evans), youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Evans, Coffs…

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ACCIDENTAL Death Of Cyclist Collision with Motor Car Hat Blew Over His Eyes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1937 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. M. V. Earless at a coronial inquiry into the circumstances…

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OBITUARY Mr. Edgar Charles Gates

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 4

The death occurred on Wednesday afternoon last, in Coffs Harbour District Hospital, of Mr. Edgar Charles Gates, aged 62 years, of Central…

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17 CHILDREN District Pioneer Death of Mr. Henry James

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 4

Another old district pioneer, with 80 years' association with Grafton, and the father of 17 children, was laid to rest in the Grafton cemetery yesterday…

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Death of Woman of the Cuckoos Lived Alone for 14 Years

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 9

The woman of the cuckoos, 83 years Of age, lived for 14 years, all alone since her husband died, in a tiny cottage in a hamlet near to Barnstple…

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Obituary Mr. Edgar Charles Gates

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 8

The deaths occurred on Wednesday afternoon, May 19, at the Coff's Harbor District, Hospital, of Mr. Edgar Charles Gates, aged 62 years, after a long…

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Sir Daniel Levy State Funeral Yesterday Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 5

A large gathering, including State Ministers, Judges of the Supreme Court, representatives, of the Jewish and other sections of the community,…

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Carr's Creek and Junction Death of Mrs. J. Morgan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 7

The news of the passing of the late Mrs. J. Morgan, of Casino road, in the Grafton District Hospital on Wednesday morning last, was received with…

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Liver Fever Death of Village Maiden

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 3

The five-year-old Cottingham mare, Village Maiden, trained at Warwick Farm by Norman Dewsbury for Col. T. L. F. Rutledge, died on Friday, from…

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