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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1897

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Death of Mr. J T. a Styles, J.p

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning about, 10 o'clock, Mr. J. T. A. Styles, J.P., of North Yass, passed away at the age of 75 years. The deceased has been ailing for some months from cancer in the…

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Funeral of Mr. Eddy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 4

ON Thursday the remains of the late Mr. E. I. G. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways, were interred in the Waverley cemetery. His Excellency the Governor was represented by Captain…

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The Latest. Sydney, Saturday, 2.30 p.m. Death of Mr. Ninian Melville

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 3

MR. NINIAN MELVILLE, formerly Chairman of Committees in the Assembly, died this morning carly. LONDON, FRIDAY…

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Death of Mr. N. Melville

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 June 1897 · page 2

Shortly after midnight on Friday there suddenly passed away, In tile person of Alderman Nioian Melville, one who has for many years taken a prominent part in the public…

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Death of Mr. Ninian Melville

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 4

SHORTLY after midnight on Friday there suddenly passed away, in the person of Alderman Ninian Melville, one who had for many years taken a prominent part in the public life of the colony. His…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 1.54 p.m. Funeral of Captain Smith

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

THE funeral of Captain Smith this morning was largely attended. Simpson v. Simpson. In the divorce suit, Simpson v. Simpson,…

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Mr. Eddy's Funeral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 2

It is officially announced that the railway workmen who attended the funeral of the late Chief Commissioner last week are not to be paid for the time occupied in so doing. The grounds upon…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Sydney, Wednesday, 3.38 p.m. Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 4

THE wife of the Hon. A. H. Jacob, Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council, died this morning. Sheep Sales…

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Mrs. Patmore's Funeral

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 2

We omitted sin our last issue to mention that the following Moral tributes were sent by sorrowing friends and were placed on the late Mrs. Patmore's coffin:--…

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Death of Mr. John Preston

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 2

THE intelligence of the death of Mr. John Preston, which took place early on Tuesday morning, will be early on learnt with regret by many in this and the…

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DEATH Of MR. N. MELVILLE

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 2

MR. NINIAN MELVILLS died at his residence, Summer Hill, at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning from sceptic pnoumonis, following on tonsilitis. He…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 July 1897 · page 2

WE regret to record the death at two o'clock this morning of Mr. S. J. Gallaway, master of the Lake Bathurst public school. Mr. Gallaway had been ill for nearly a…

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Death of Mr. James Perry of Temora

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 July 1897 · page 2

On Saturday mornsng last the sad news reached Yass that Mr. James Perry of Temora had been killed by the train at Cootamundra. A wire came to Mr. M. Grieves of Mantons'…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday, 3.25 p.m. The Late Mr. Eddy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 July 1897 · page 2

AT a conference of various associations favourable to the erection of a memorial to the late Mr. Eddy it was resolved that it take the form of an orphanage for the…

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The Late Mr. E. M. G. Eddy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1897 · page 2

THE employes of the locomotive branch at Goulburn subscribed the cost of a wreath for the funeral of the late Chief Commissioner, and a sum of £1 is was loft over, which it was decided to devote to the…

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Obituary. London, July 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1897 · page 2

Sir John Bennett, Sheriff of London and middle-sex in 1871 and 1872, and formerly head of Sir John Bennett, Limited, died to-day at the ago of 83…

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The Death of Mrs. Oliphant

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 3

Mrs, Margaret Oliphant Wilson Olipliant, the well-known novelist and writer, is dead. Mrs. Oliphant, who was in her 70th year, has been widow since…

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Death of Mr. James Perry. Killed a Few Minutes After Arrival in Cootamundra

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 2

The LIBERAL says:--On Saturday morning a painful sensation was caused by report that another fatality had occurred upon the railway line, close to the residence of Mr. W. H…

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Death of Sir Patrick Jennings

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 July 1897 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Sir Patrick Jennings, M.L.C., of West brook, Darling Downs, died at a private hospital at Brisbane this morning of Bright's disease and other complications…

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Death of Sir Patrick Jennings

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 2

Sir Patrick Jennings died this morning at a private hospital in Brisbane, where he had been a patient for the last fortnight. The cause of death was syncope. His two sons and…

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