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Broken Hill & the Far West · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1908

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House of Representatives to Adjourn. Arrangements for the Funeral. Adelade

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr.L. O'Loughlin) has received the following telegram from Mr. A. A. Kirkpatrick (Chief Secretary) in Melbourne in…

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The Late G. C. Kingston. Eulogistic References. to Be Accorded a Statj2 Funeral. Adelaide,Monday

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. C. C. Kingston was able to attend to his professional work at inter yals until Friday last. On the afternoon of that day he beenme extremely…

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Ex-speaker's Funeral. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

The f[?] of the late Jas. Henry Young. ex-Speaker of the Legislative Assembly took place yesterday in the presence of a large and representative…

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The State Funeral. Takes Place To-day. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

A State funeral will be tendered to the remains of the late C. C. Kingston to-day, when the public offices will be closed from 10.30 a.m. till 1 p.m. The…

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The Late Mr. Kingston. Glowing Tributes by the Prime Minister. the House Expresses [?] Sense of Loss. and Adjourns. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

Upon the House of Representatives meeting yesterday afternoon the Prime Minister Mr. Deakin referred to the death of Mr. charles Cameron…

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Death of Mr. C. C. Kingston. the State Funeral. a Long Cortege and Crowdlined Streets. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

The remains of the late Mr. C. C. Kingston, M.H.R., were buried this afternoon, the deceased being accorded a State funeral. The rain fell…

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Death of a Plague Patient. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 4

A plague patient named John Clune, who lived at Lane Cove-road, North Sydney, died yesterday at the Coast Hospital…

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The Death of Evan Griffiths

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

Alfred Charles Monoghan, a minor, was proceeded against at the Kalgoorlie Police Court on Saturday morning on a charge of having neglected to…

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OBITUARY. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 8

Mr.Heetor Fraser, the noted pigeen sbot, died at Monte Carle to-day from tuberculosis…

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Death of a Solicitor. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. Thomas leeton, of the firm of leeton and Faithfull, solicitors, died at his residence, Ashfield, this morning. Ho was 59 years of age…

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OBITUARY.. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 8

The death has occurred at Lisbon of Mr. Reynolds, manager of the Pacific Cable Board…

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Alexander Brown's Death. Continuation of Inquiry. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 4

Continuing the inquiry yesterday into the cause of Alexander Brown's death, concerning which Jane Baikie was arrested and is now in custody,…

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New South Wales. Colonel Waddell's Funeral. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

The funeral of the late Colonel G. W. Waddell took place at the Waverley Cemetery yesterday, the remains of deceased being interred with full military…

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Death of Mrs. Herring

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 2

General regret will be felt in Broken Hill at the news of the death of Mrs. Honing, wife of the Rev. N. D. Herring, vicar of St. Peter's Anglican…

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Death of Mr. C. V. POTTER.. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. Churlos Vincent Potter, inventor of the Potter Sulphide Treatment Procoss, died at Balwyn last night, aged 48…

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Victoria. Mysterious Death of a Young Woman. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1908 · page 4

On April 22 the body of a young woman, apparently of about 25 years. of age, who had been fine looing and was clearly respectable, was found…

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Mrs. Herring's Funeral

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

At the funoral yesterday of Mrs, Herring, wife of the Rev. N. D. Herring, Vicar of St. Peter's, Lane-street, the cortege was large and…

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MR. J. Praed's Funeral. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. John Pread, late Mayor of Eaglehawk, and secretary of the A.M.A. (Victoria nnd Tasmania), was buried at the Eaglehawk cemetery yesterday. The…

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Death of Rev. F. W. Cothard. a Promising Young Clergyman

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 June 1908 · page 2

Regret, was universally expressed yesterday when it became known that the Rev. Frank Wilfred Gothard had died from typhoid fever at the Hospital…

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Death of a Pioneer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 3

One of the earliest settlers in Victoria died in the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum a few days ago. His name was Robert Gage, and at tho great age of…

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