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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1930

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Fatal Snakebite Death of Mr. Joe Shake Speare. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 5

Mr. Joe Shakespeare a resident of Cessnock a married man with a wife and one child was bitten by a snake on the property of Mr. R. M…

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The Late Mr. F. E. Cory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 2

Speaking at St. Augustine's Church, Inverell, the Vicar, the Rey. E. H. Stammer, said:— "The passing, of Mr. F. E. Cory is a distinct loss to the…

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Obituary. Mr. R. S. McCORMICK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

Mr. Robert Stuart MuCormick, who was in the service of the New South Wales Education Department for 40 years, died on Saturday night at the…

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Obituary. Mr. T. C. McMENAMIN

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 2

Many were the expressions of regret in town on Sunday last when word, came to hand of the death in "Braeside" Private Hospital, Stanmore,…

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Obituary. Funeral of Master John McGREGOR

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 4

The funeral of the Late John McGregor, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. McGregor, of Lee Street, West Maitland, took place on Tuesday, and was…

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Coal Trade. Late Mr. John Brown's Views. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 7

It is known that the late Mr. Brown took up a strong attitude with regard to the coal trouble, and contended that the coal trade would not be…

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OBITUARY Mr. William Campbell

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 3

The death ensued on Friday last, of Mr. William Cawpbell, of Salt Ash, and who for many years resided at Dorabang, near Eagleton before removing to Salt…

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Late Mr. John Brown. Passing of Noted Personality. Coal and Shipping Magnate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 2

Mr. John Brown, Senior and managing partner of the firm of J.and A. Brown, died at his homo in Wolfe-street, Newcastle, at 10 minutes past 8 o'clock last evening. He had been in failing health for some weeks, and it was felt by his intimate friends that…

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Burwood Shooting Death of Mrs. Brady. Further Evidence. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 7

The Parramatta Coroner resumed the inquiry to-day, at Burwood, into the death, at West Concord, of Elleen Mabel Brady, 29, wife of a police…

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Obituary. Late Mr. John Horn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

There passed away at "Coney Vale," Vacy, early on Monday morning, an old and respected resident in the person of Mr. John Horn,…

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Funeral of Late Mr John Brown Biggest in History of Newcastle. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 8

The remains of the late Mr John Brown were conveyed from his home in Wolfe street to the Newcastle railway station to-day, and thence by…

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Late Mrs. D. M. Campbell. Early Historical Associations Recalled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

A link with past days in the Bathurst district was severed on Thursday of last week, by the passing into the Great Beyond, of Mrs. D. M. Campbell,…

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Late Mr. John Brown End Not Unexpected

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

Mr. John Brown, millionaire coal owner and shipping magnate, died at his home in Wolfe-street, Newcastle, on Wednesday night…

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Karuah Obituary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 4

The death occurred at Karuah of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston, a resident of Karuah for 50 years, 40 years of which she held the position of Post…

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Death of Mr John Brown

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

Mr John Brown, for many years past the most prominent figure in the Australian coal industry, and one of the Commonwealth's…

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Obituary Mr. Reg. Drayton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5

Mr. Reg. Drayton, a member of one of the beat known pioneer families of the Pokolbin district, died at the Ceesnock District Hospital on February…

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Obituary. Mrs. Jas. Bruce

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 2

There passed away suddenly, early this morning, at the residence of Mr. S. W. Watson, of "Pondi," Blandford, a worthy and estimable resident…

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Obituary Mr. J. T. McENEARNEY

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 6

Profound sorrow was expressed on the Coalfields and other parts of tho Maitland district at the news of the sudden death of Mr. John McEnear…

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Death of Mr. John Brown. Coal Magnate and Racing Identity

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 2

Mr. John Brown, senior and managing partner of the firm of J. and A. Brown, died at his homo in Wolfe-street, Newcastle, at ten minutes past…

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Inquiry Into Miner's Death Echo of Tragic Happening at Hilldale Colliery. Was Miners' Federation Entitled to Representation? Coroner Adjourns Inquest for Ruling

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

At the Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday the Acting District Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott, J.P.) conducted an inquest concerning the death…

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