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

Obituaries & funerals, 1917

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 April 1917 · page 2

The death from an internal complaint is reported of Mr. Michael McInerney, of Collector at the age of 63, after an illness extending over years. Mr. McInerney was a grazier, and had…

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Death of Mr. H. C. Dangar

Young Witness · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

Mr. Henry Carey Dangar, M.L.C. who was well known and highly esteemed as a sportsman and pastoralist as well as a member of the New South…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 5

Word was received in Braidwood on Tuesday that First-class Constable Dan McGrath, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark McGrath, of Braidwood, died in Sydney that day. He was 31…

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Obituary. a Good Record

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

The Tamworth "Observer" records the death at Tamworth on Friday, 20th April, of Mr. John Bluett, sen., one of the State's oldest and best known agricultural engineers. The…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. Peter Poidevin, an old and respected resident of the district, died at Collector on Saturday evening last, aged 69 years. The cause of death was heart failure. He is survived by four…

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An Anzac's Funeral

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 5

The remains of the late Recruiting Organiser, C. E. Wells, who died at Burrowa, on Monday were conveyed to Sydney at the expense of the military…

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Death of Pioneer

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 6

One of the oldest residents of the Gundagal district, Mr Thomas Luff (78) died on Sunday morning. He is survived by his widow (a member of…

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Death of a Nun

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 1

The funeral of the late Sister Fillumen who died at the Mudgee Convent last weak, was one of the largest seen in that town for some time…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Young Witness · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Ellabeth Mary Longfield, widow of the late Sir. John Longfield, of Goulburn, died at Boronia Avenue Cheltenham, on April 28, at the age of…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

An old resident of the city, Mr. William Gale, died at about 2.30 this morning at Nurse Jeff-coat's private hospital from hypostatic pneumonia, following on an operation for…

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Death of Mrs. Tame a Long Sufferer at Rest

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 1

Mrs. Alfred Tame, wife of Constable Tame, of Young, passed away at 2.15 o'clock on Monday morning. The deceased who had been an…

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The Late Mr. W. Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 4

The obsequies of the late Mr. William Gale took place yesterday morning. A short service was conducted at St. Saviour's Cathedral by the Rev. Canon Carver, who also officiated at the…

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Late Mrs. Grafton, Senior

Young Witness · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 1

The funeral of the late Mrs. Jessie Grafton, who died at tier son's residence on Tuesday morning at the great ago of 86 years, took place on…

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Obituary

Young Witness · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. P. J. Ryan, who has been licensee of Harrison's Hotel for the last eight and a half years, died at his residence on Sunday evening last,…

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OBITUARY. (Reuter's Telegram). LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

Lord Grimthorpe is dead. (Deceased was raised to the peerage in 1866. He was a great authority on hrology, and with Professor…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

Miss Annie May McLaughlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. McLaughlin, of Gundary, died on Thursday at the age of 40 years rather suddenly, at the residence of her sister, Mrs…

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Death of Collector Soldier

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

News was received in Collector on Tuesday that Driver Harry H. Sheridan, eldest son of Mr. J. T. Sheridan, of that town, had died suddenly in hospital somewhere in France. It is…

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Obituary. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The death is announced of Lord Grimthorpe. LEAVE TO APPEAL REFUSED. SYDNEY, Friday. The Full Court of Criminal Appeals refused…

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The Elections. Death of Member-elect

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

Launceston, Thursday.—Mr. C. Howroyd, who defeated Mr. O'Malley for the Darwrin seat in the House of Representatives, returned to his home at Launceston n Monday from his…

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Death of Mr Howroyd In the Hour of Victory

The Yass Courier · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. C. Howroyd, who defeated Mr, O'Malley for the Darwin seat in the House of Representatives, returned to his home at Launceston…

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