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

Obituaries & funerals, 1908

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Death of Mrs. Nielson

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

JUST as we were going to press we were informed that Mrs. N. P. Nielsen, relict of the late Mr, N. P. Nielsen and matter of Mr. Niel Nielson, M.L.A., had passed away on Friday afternoon. We…

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Death of Sir Redvers Buller. a Distinguished General. London, Tuesday, Noon

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

The death is announced of General Sir Redvers Buller, V. C., in the 69th year of his age. “ One failure has overshadowed the s[?] of a lifetime,” was remarked of General Buller…

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Death of a Stationmater

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

Brisbane, Saturday.—Edward Moriarty, stationmaster at Ascot, was assisting shunting operations, and, when endeavouring to swing from the engine on to the platform, ho fell…

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Death of Mrs N. P. Nielson

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

IN our last issue we gave the brief announcement that Mrs N. P. Nielson, relict of the late N. P. Nielson, had passed away, and in this we desire to emphasise our…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. George Bates (61) died at his residence, North Goulburn, this (Thursday) morning. Deceased was a native of Goulburn, and up till four years ago followed the occupation of a…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

Mrs. Foley, 67, died at Gurrundah on Tuesday at the residence of her son, Mr. John Foley. Deceased had been ailing for some time, and the cause of death was a…

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Death of Mrs. Oddy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

Mrs. Eliza Mary Oddy, widow of the late Mr. Joseph Smith Oddy, died at her residence, Walker-street, Goulburn, on Friday morning. She had been ailing for weeks from dropsy,…

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Death of Miss Ruby Gardner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

Miss Ruby Gardner, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gardner, died at her parents' residence this (Saturday) morning, at the age of 25. Miss Gardner had…

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The Late Mr. W. E. Lenthall. Police Superintendent's Romance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 4

From Australian policeman to English county magnate was the history in brief of the late Mr. Walter Ellison Lenthall, whose sudden death in England is reported by…

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Death of Mr. John Lee, Cunuingar

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

It is indeed with truly sorrowful regret that we are called upon to record the demise of a grand and noble old gentleman, and one…

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The Late Mr. E. C. Bryden

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

As already announced in our colunms, there will be unveiled in St. Andrew's Church at the 11 o'clock service to-morrow morning a mural tablet in memory of…

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Sad Death of a Young Man

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 4

Henry James Worchurst, youngest son of Mr. Inspector Worchurst, of the Railway Department, died at his parents' residence, Bourke-street, Goulburn, shortly before…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

Miss Effie Catherine McKenzie, daughter of Mr. Alexander McKenzie, of Goulburn, died on Sunday. Deceased was born at Fullerton and was 22 years of age…

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The Late Mr. E. C. Bryden

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

At the conclusion of the service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday a tablet was unveiled to the memory of the late Mr. E. C. Bryden in the presence of a large and…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Death of an Old Man From Exposure

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 4

The body of Samuel Buck, an old age pensioner, nearly a hundred years old, was found seven miles from Murrurundi. At the inquest a verdict of death from exposure…

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The Late Mr. W. E. Lenthall

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 6

From Australian policeman to English country magnate was the history in brief of the late Mr. Waller Ellison Lenthall, whose sudden death…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. John Osborne, an old resident of Marulan, died in the Goulburn Hospital on Friday. Deceased was 70 years of age, and the cause of death was senile decay…

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Death of a Cabdriver

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

A cabdriver named Anthony Curtin, 50, recently residing at 18 Reddy-street, Paddington, was found lying under his [?] b apparently dead at 12.20 a m. on Thursday in Park-road, Sydney Ho was taken…

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Death of Miss [?]. E. Tu[?]and

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

FRIENDS of Miss Eva Elizabeth Turlandat Young received a check and painfully sad Surprise when on Tuesday they saw in the metropolitan papers a brief announcement that Reaper Death had…

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Death of a Lake Bathurst Centenarian

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 4

Mrs. Alice Coppick, a very old resident of Lake Bathurst, died at her home there on Thursday. Her age was registered as 104, but documents state she was born in 1819 or 1821. Deceased was boin…

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