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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1950

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Late Mr. Bing Fay

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

There passed away at Muswellbrook on 9th April, Mr. Bing Fay, at the age of 71. Deceased was a well-known figure in commercial circles in the…

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The Late Mr. F. E. Ashford

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

The district is bereft of one of its best-known and most popular residents in the passing, on Monday morning last, of Mr. Frank…

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The late Mr. C. A. Prior

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

Further particulars to those already published show that the late Mr. C. A. Prior, who passed away in the Dangar…

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Obituary Late George Andrew Scott

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 7

After an illness of some months there passed away this week at the Cessnock District Hospital George Andrew Scott, better known as Mick…

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Death of Mr. Fredericks

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 1

The President (Mr. Mackay) referred to the death of Mr. W. Fredericks, who had been a member of the Association for a number of years…

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Obituary Mr. Oyrus Stanley Riley

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 2

Veteran of the first World War and an original Anzac, Mr. Cyrus Stanley Riley, of Taree, died recently in his 59th year…

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Death of Soil Authority

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, May 9 (AAP).—Professor Gilbert Wooding Robinson, one of the world’s foremost experts on soil chemistry and the…

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Death of Mrs. Annie Coe

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

Mrs. Annie Coe, aged 84 years, died at her residence, Elizabeth Street, this afternoon, after a long illness…

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Obituary Mb. J. Nott

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 11

Mr. John Nott died at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. J. Marker, Paci[?]c Highway, Belmont, at the age of 82. He Was born in England and came…

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Obituary Mr. W. E. McTAGGART

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 6

SINGLETON, Monday. — Mr. William Ernest McTaggart, of Glenroy, Baiga, who was found dead in his home on Thursday…

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Local and General News Death of Mrs. Agnes Chalmers

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Agnes Virtue Chalmers, aged 71 years, of 26 Argyle Street, died yesterday morning. She came originally from…

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Obituary Late Mrs.f.l.fuller

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

The death took place of Mrs. Francis Lavina Fuller at her residence, Rawson-street, Kurri. Mrs.Fuller,who was 69 years of…

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Death of FormerJockey

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

The death occurred at Maitland Hospital last night of Thomas (Shannon) McCarthy, of High-street, Morpeth, at the age…

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Robbery on Day of Funeral

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

A burglar broke into a Bondl home while the occupier was attending his wife's funeral. The householder is Mr…

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Obituary Mrs. Amy Lane

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 4

LOCHINVAR, Wed.—News of the death at her home at Narrabeen of Mrs. Amy Lane was received in Lochinvar with deep regret…

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Death of Major-general Plant

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A former aide de camp to the King, Major-General Plant, died at his Pittwater home last night. He was…

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Obituary Late Mrs. L. E. Roberts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

Mrs. Lucy Ellen Roberts, of Highstreet, Cessnock, passed away at the Cessnock Hospital after a lengthy illness…

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Death of Dr. A. S.d. Barton

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

The residents of Singleton and district will learn with deep regret that Dr. Alan Sinclair Darwall Barton, who practised…

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Death of Dr. A. S. Barton

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Sat.—Sr. Alan Sinclair Darvall Barton, who practised In Singleton for 91 years and-had lived in retirement…

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Death of Miss Sophia Cousins

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

Miss Sophia Cousins, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Cousins, of "Bebeah," Singleton, died on 15th May in St…

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