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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1906

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Death of Victor Daley

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

AS briefly stated in our telegrams in last issue, Mr. Victor J. Daley, the well-known writer of verse, died in Sydney on Friday last. The…

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Death of a Centenarian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 3

A centenarian, an Irishman, in the person of Patrick McCann, died in the Home for the Aged and Infirm, at Randwick, on New Year's Eve. McCann, who had reached the…

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Death of Dr. Laing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

THE Rev. James Samuel Laing, D.D., Presbyterian minister at Muswellbrook, aged 72 years, died somewhat suddenly at the local manse…

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Death of Rev. Dr Laing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 2

QUITE a shock was felt by this com mutiity when it became known on Sunday morning last that the Rev. Dr. James S. Laing, D D., had been…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

The of tho old and coming of the new year have not been unmarked by thoso sorrows and bereavements that" fall to tho natural lot of mankind. Tho grim reaper,…

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Death of Sir[?]hugh Nelson

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Sir Hugh Muir Nelson, the Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland, and President of the Legislative Council of the State, died at Toowoomba on…

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Death of Dr. Laing. a Venerable Prelate

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 1

The Rev. James Samuel Laing, D.D., Presbyterian minister at Musvellbrook, aged 72 years, died at the local manse on Saturday night, after…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Death of a Journalist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

John Shaw, a well-known journalist, died this morning at, Parramatta, in his 70th year. Deceased served with the Scotch Fusileers in the Crimean War. •…

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Diamond's Death. Continuation of the Inquest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of H.J. Diamond was resumed to-day. The woman, Annie Johnston, was before the court in custody…

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Death of the Rev. Dr. Laing

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

The Rev. James Samuel Laing, D.D., Presbyterian Minister at Muswellbrook, died at the local Manse on Saturday night last, at the age of 72 years, after a btief…

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Death of an Early Colonist

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 12

There passed away recently at her daughter's residence in Leichhardt, Mrs. Keturah Butterworth, a very old colonist, who was born 81 years ago upon a point of the…

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Death of the Rev. Dr. Laing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 11

On Saturday night, last, the 30th December, the Rev. James Samuel Laing, D.D., died at his resilience, The Manse, Hill-street, Muswellbrook, after a brief illness, though…

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Death of H. J. DIAMOND. The Inquest Continued

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 3

The inquest into the circumstances attending the death of H. J. Diamond, which occurred on December 16th, was continued on Thursday, before the…

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Sir Henry Irving's Funeral. Ashes Taken to the Abbey. a Simple and Impressive Ceremony

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 6

London as a whole was not to be deprived of its wish to pay some tribute of respect to the memory of Sir Henry Irving. Therefore, when the cremated…

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Diamond's Death. Continuation of the Inquest. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

The inquest concerning the death, of H. J. Diamond was resumed to-day. The woman, Annie Johnston, was before the court in custody…

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Obituary

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

WHEN in last issue we referred to the serious illness of Mr. Geo. Hopper, sen., them were hopes that his fine constitution, and the close medical…

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Death of Mr George Pratt

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

On Saturday night, Mr George Pratt died in Maitland Hospital from that dread scourge to human kind, typhoid fever. Deceased was…

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Death of Diamond. Annie Johnson Committed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 3

At the inquest upon the death of H. J. Diamond, found unconscious and lying upon the doorstep of a house at Surry Hills last month,…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 3

The death is announced of Lord Ritchie the Right Hon.Charles Thomson Ritchie). formerly Chancellor of the Exchequer, aged 67 years…

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Death of Mrs Russell

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday last Mrs F. C.Russell, wife of Mr Russell, the Council's Maintenance Overseer and Inspector of Nuisances, died at her residence, in…

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