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

Obituaries & funerals, 1904

419 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 21

Suspicious Death of a Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

Brisbane, Monday.—The trial of the Macdonalds, who are charged with the wilful murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at Longreach, commenced at the Supreme Court,…

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The Suspicious Death of a Girl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 4

The trial of the Macdonalds (husband and wife), who are charged with the murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at Longreach (Q), was continued on Tuesday at the Rockhampton…

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Death of Mr. W. Douglas

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

NEWS was received in Goulburn yesterday that Mr. Walter C. Douglas, eldest son of the late Mr. Walter Douglas of Inveralochy, had died in Coolgardie Hospital. On February…

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Death of an Old Yass Resident

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Mr. John Leary, brother of Mr. Arthur Leary of Yass River, was attending Mass at Narranderra on Sunday morning last, when he fell back suddenly…

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Suspicious Death of a Girl Brisbane

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 4

THE trial of the Macdonald's, who are charged of the wilful murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at Longreach, commenced at the Supreme Court…

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Death of Mr. W. C. Douglas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Walter C. Douglas, eldest son of the late Mr. W. Douglas, of Inveralochy. News of the sad event reached Goulburn on Thursday, when the…

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Suspicious Death of a Girl. Husband and Wife Both Sentenced to Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

Brisbane, Thursday.—The trial of the Macdonalds, husband and wife, who were charged with the wilful murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at Longreach, was concluded to-day at the Supreme…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 2

MISS SARAH ANN WARD, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Robert Ward, and sister of Mr. R. Ward, noting superintendent of the Goulburn Fire Brigade, died at her mother's…

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Death of Mrs. Harding

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 3

The town has sustained a great shock in the news, circulated early this morning, of the sudden death of Mrs. Rarding wife of the Rev. A. S. J. Harding, of…

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Death of Lord Loftus

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 March 1904 · page 2

The death is announced of Lord. Augustus Loftus, formerly Governor of New South Wales, at the age of 87. BRIGADIER-GENERAL FINN…

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Death of Mrs. A. J. S. Harding

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 2

EARLY yesterday morning the sad news spread through tho town that Mrs. Harding, wife of Rev. A. J. S. Harding, Wesleyan Minister, at Yass, had passed…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 3
Also in Argyle Liberal and District Recorder

IT is our painful duty to record the demise of Mr. F. Thurkettle, of this town, the sad event taking place yesterday morning. Some time since, it was…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 March 1904 · page 2

MR. JOHN McFALL, an old and respected farmer, died suddenly at his residence, Kenmore, on Friday night, from failure of the heart, aged sixty-five years. He was in…

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Local and General News, Funeral of Mrs. A. S J. Harding

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 2

THE remains of the late Mrs. Harding were removed from the parsonage to the Wesleyan Church on Thursday evening last at 7 p.m. At 8 o’clock a very…

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Death of Lady See

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1904 · page 2

After a long period of suffering Lady See, wife of Sir John See, passed peacefully away at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning at her residence, Randwick. Although the end was…

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Death of Lady See

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 18 March 1904 · page 2

THE very many friends of Sir John See and Lady See will hear with unmixed regret of the sad death of Lady See on Wednesday morning. It will…

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Death of Lady See

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

[?] See, wife of the State Premier, Sir [?] died at her residence, Uralla, Randwick, at 11 o'clock. Such was the message, which, although not wholly…

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Death of Lady See. Sympathy Fob the Premier

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

Lady See, wife of the State Premier, Sir John See, died at her residence, Uralla, Randwick, at 11 o’clock. Such was the message, which, although not wholly unexpected, was deceived in political…

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Death of the Duke of Cambridge. London, March 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 4

H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge died this morning, aged 84 years. [George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, was the son of Adolphus Frederick, the…

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