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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1912

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Death of Mr. H. Skinner

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

Mr. Henry Skinner, M.L.C., the well-Known sportsman, died at one o'clock on Wednesday morning, in Melbourne. He had been ill for some time, but was…

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Celebrated Surgeon's Funeral. a Representative Gathering. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 5

King George and other members of the Royal Family, foreign courts and Governments and universities were represented at the funeral of the Late Lord Lister, the…

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Death of Mataafa. Ex-king of Samoa. Levuka

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 3

Mataafa, the ex-King of Samoa, died on the 6th instant from senile debility. He was about 85 years of age. The funeral was very largely attended…

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Death of Mr. Theo. Cooper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 4

Mr. Theophilus Cooper, a well-known New England pastoralist, died on Saturday at Neutral Bay, in his 85th year. He was interested, with his late brother Joseph, in…

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Death of Count Aehrenthal. a Popular Minister. Vienna, Feb. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 5

Count von Achrenthal bade good-bye to his colleagues and the members of his family during yesterday afternoon. He was cheered on reading a letter from the…

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Obituary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 2

Another link in the chain of the past has been severed by the passing away of Mrs. Cracknell, senior, of Kayuga. The deceased had lived a lifetime…

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Death of Mr. F. L. Nott

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 4

Mr. Frederick Lewis Nott, a prominent planter of Queensland, and the owner of the Windermere plantation, Bundaberg, died suddenly on Tuesday at Cremorne…

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Unique Obituary Cultured Lady's Preparations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 4

Information has just been received in Sydney of the death, at her residence 142 Bluff, Yokohama, Japan, of Mrs. Emily Sophia Patten. The deceased lady, who had reached the advanced age of 80, was…

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The Late Mr. F. L. Nott

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 6

The following additional interesting particulars concerning the late Mr. F. L. Nott, one of the pioneers of the Hunter district, whose death was reported in our issue of yesterday,…

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The Old Master's Funeral

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1912 · page 5

The funeral of the late Mr. Weigall, headmaster of Sydney Grammar School, took place to-day, the remains being interred in the presence of a gathering of students and…

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Obituary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

Mr. Theophilus Cooper, a well-known New, England pastoralist, died on Saturday at Neutral Bay, in his 85th year. He was interested, with his late brother Joseph in…

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The Late Mr. James Mair, S.M.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

Letters received from England record the fact that an old public servant, formerly of Newcastle, has passed over to the great majority (says the "Public Service Journal"). We…

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Death of a Former Resident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 6

News has been received in town of the death of a former well-known resident of singleton, in the person of Mr. William Walker, of Belmore-road, Randwick…

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Death of Mr. William Walker

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

On Monday, the 12th Instant, Mr. William Walker, of, "Vermont", Belmoreroad, Randwick, and a former resident of Singleton, passed away. Twenty…

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Death of Count Aehrenthal. a Popular Minister. Vienna, Feb. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 3

Count von Aehrenthal bade good-bye to his colleagues and the members of his family during yesterday afternoon. He was cheered on reading a letter from the…

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The late Mrs. Snape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 4

Mrs. Susannah Snape, relict of the late Mr. William Snape, died at her residence Mount View, on Saturday morning after a very brief illness from heart failure. The…

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The Late Mr. Labouchere. Wit, Journalist, Politician

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 2

We deeply regret to announce the death at Florence, yesterday in his eighty-first year, of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, P.C. (says the London "Daily News" of…

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Late Duke of Fife. Funeral Arrangements. London, Feb. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 5

The King and Queen met the H.M.S. Powerful at Portsmouth, which was conveying the remains of the late Duke of Fife. The coffin was entrained for Windsor, and…

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Death of a Pioneer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

Another pioneer of the Hunter Valley has been called across "The Divide," in the person of Mr. Theophilus Cooper, who died at his…

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Death of Mrs. Samuel Porter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday at her residence, Pituarcrce, of Mrs. Porter, wife of Mr. Samuel Porter, a highly respected and much esteemed resident of the community. The late…

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