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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1904

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Letter to the Editor. Death of the Allandale Correspondent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 6

Sir,-I would be obliged if you will grant me space to express regret at the loss the readers of your journal have sustained by the death of Mr. Martin Hogg…

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Late News by Cable. London, July 2 OBITUARY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr. George Frederick Watts, R.A., aged 87 years Death was due to bronchitis…

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Death of a Centenarian

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 4

On Thursday last, in the forenoon, Mrs. Harriet Oliva Webb, aged 100 years and three months, passed away peacefully at her residence on Gundebri…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Death of an M.l.a

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 3

The death occurred to-day of Joseph George Evans, M.L.A. for Deniliquin, at the age of 68. Mr. Evans was stricken with a severe attack of influenza about a…

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The Very Latest. London, Wednesday afternoon. OBITUARY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 3

The death is announced of Dr. Marshall Randies…

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Death of Mr. W. S. Pilfold

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. S. Pilfold, late works manager at the Honeysuckle Point railway workshops, who had been appointed to succeed Mr. W. Close as steamshed inspector at…

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Obituary. London, July 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 3

The death is announced of Thomas Em. mett, the Yorkshire cricketer, at the age. of 62 years. Deceased visited Australia with three English teams, and was one of the…

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Death of Mr. Alex. Watt. a Newcastle Celebrity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 5

Mr Alexander Watt, proprietor of tho Grand Hotel, died suddenly on Thursday evening in the Newcastle Hospital. lie was about…

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Local and General News. Death of Mr. Thomas Holmes

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 2

We regret to have to record the death of another very old resident of this district, in the person of Mr. Thomas Holmes, of Caroona, near Quirindi, who passed away…

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Death of Mr John Robson, J.P. an Old Pioneer Gone

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

Ono of the few remaining links binding the present to the more distant past in this district was riven on Sunday afternoon last, when Alder…

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The Late Mrs. Cannon. Memorial Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 3

On Sunday evening last the Rev. E. Coplin Thomas conduct a memorial service of the late Mrs. Cannon in the local Methodist Church. In the course of his address Mr…

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Death of a Well-known Citizen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 5

Mr. John Woods, a well-known Sydney commercial man, and the oldest director of the Port Jackson Steamship Company, died to-day…

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Death of Mr Henry Laycock

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

" Leaf by leaf the roses fall," and one by one old residents of this district are passing away leaving only memories behind them. Another old and respected resident…

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Death of Mr. Woods. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

Mr J. Woods, one of the oldest directors of the Manly Steamship Company, and also a well-known commercial man, died at bis residence…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Death of a Sportsman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

Mr. Prosper H. Ridge, who has acted as judge at the pony race meetings around Sydney, died to-day from the effects of influenza…

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Obituary. Death of Mr. J. A. SIMPSON

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

When, towards the end of last week, it was learnt in town that one of our most esteemed citizens, Mr. J. A. Simpson, was unwell, suffering from…

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Death of a Tyson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

Peter Tyson, a nephew of the late James Tyson, the Australian millionaire, died early this morning in a private hospital, at Darlinghurst-road…

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Funeral of the late Alderman Robson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

The sense of the lose sustained by the community in the death, announced by us on Tuesday, of Mr John Robson, senior partner in the…

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Death of Paul Kruger. a Notable Man's Career. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

The death is announced of Herr Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, the ex-President of the Transvaal, who has been, living in retirement in Holland. He was nearly 78…

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