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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Death of Mr. T. E. BIRRELL Coroner's Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. J. T. Williams) this Monday held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Thomas…

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Funeral of Neville Maxwell Lochhead Deep and Widespread Sympathy

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

The funeral of Neville Maxwell Lochhead, whose death occurred on Friday last with such tragic suddenness, took place on Saturday…

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MR. F. C. DANIELS Death of Soccer Official NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4

The death has occurred, after a short illness, of Mr. Fred C. Daniels, for many years a prominent northern Soccer official…

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Death of Farmer at Taree Two Charged with Murder Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

Charged with murder, Mrs. Matilda Ann Edwards (31) and Harold Percy Smith (33), were in court in custody when the inquest…

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The Late Mrs Caroline Agnes Watson

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 2

The late Mrs Caroline Agnes Watson, whose death on 26th December, was briefly referred to in a previous issue, was born at Glendon Brook 71…

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MR. G. NOBLE Death of Bellbird Hero Amazing Feat Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 6

Mr. George Noble, one of the heroes of the Bellbird mining disaster, died at Adamstown yesterday at the age of 80…

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Obituary Late Mr. J. W. Poole

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 9

There passed away in the Maitland Hospital on January 4, Mr. Jack Wilton Poole, son of the late Edward and Mrs. Poole, of Bemboka, South Coast…

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GLOUCESTER Late Mrs. W. J. Stanton Show Worker Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 9

Mrs. W. J. Stanton, of Bowman Farm, died after a long illness. She lived at Cobark for about 14 years, and then came to Bowman…

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Police Funeral Late Constable Thorpe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

A police funeral was accorded the late Constable Herbert Henry Thorpe at Cessnock yesterday afternoon. Superintendent J. W. White, of…

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Obituary Miss Emma Bishop

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

The death occurred on Tuesday night last, in hospital of Miss Emma, Bishop of Raymond Terrace. Deceased had been ailing for some months, and had been…

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Sudden Illness Death of Muswellbrook Woman SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

Found in a semi-conscious condition in her room in a residence at Randwick yesterday, Miss Iris Mary Post, 24, died before she could say what had…

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Miners' Funeral Fund. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

Sir,—When Albert Willis borrowed £6,000 from the funeral fund to help start the "Labor Daily" we were informed that…

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Miners' Funeral Fund Mr. Hoare's Challenge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

A statement on the funeral fund of the Miners' Federation has been issued by the President of the Northern branch of the Federation…

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Death of Mr William McGINLEY

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

The death occurred in Sydney on Sunday last of Mr William George McGinley, of Paddington, and formerly of Singleton. Deceased was a…

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Obituary Constable H. H. Thorpe

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

The funeral of the late Constable Herbert Henry Thorpe, who died in Cessnock Hospital on Tuesday morning, took place…

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Obituary. Mrs. W. J. Stanton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

As briefly reported in last Friday's issue, the death took place at Bowman Farm on Wednesday, 4th instant, of Mrs. W. J. Stanton. Mrs…

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Death of Thomas Edward Birrell. (Continued). This Tlethwaite's Evidence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Geoffrey Norton Thistlethwaite, sewerage inspector, and formerly in the employ of Dungog Municipal Council, stated that he was in the…

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Death of Thomas Edward Birrell Dungog Coroner Conducts Inquiry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

At the conclusion of an exhaustive inquiry at Dungog Court House on Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Thomas…

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MR. W. McGINLEY Death of Former Resident SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

A former resident of Singleton, Mr. William McGinley, died in Sydney from pneumonia recently. The late Mr. McGinley had lived in…

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Obituary Late Mrs. C. B. Nowland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 10

Mrs. Clara Brabyn Nowland, a well-known and respected resident of Quirindi, who passed away recently in a private ward at the Nepean Hospital…

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