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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1952

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Services For Royal Funeral

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 1

Sunday will be observed As a day of mourning, in most churches of the Singleton district. Special…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Straub

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 5

QUIRINDI: The town’s oldest resident, Mrs. Mary Straub, died in Quirindi Hospital, in her 93rd year. The…

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Rotary Gathering in Serious Mood President’s Address On Death Of Late King

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 2

Customary harmony and the audience for a guest speaker were dispensed with at this week’s luncheon of Maitland Rotary Club, the proceedings being devoted to silent sympathy for two minutes over the…

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Nation and World's Last Tributes. The Day of King's Funeral. Royal Sisters Join in Visit to Catafalque. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 2

Ignoring freezing slush, almost an inch deep, and forecasts of more sleet to come, hundreds of thousands of people at midnight began lining the 122 roads over which the body of King George will be taken later…

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Funeral Seen on Television

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Eye-witness [?] of the funeral of King George VI, were broadcast yesterday from London in a…

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The Royal Funeral Nation Paying' Tribute Thousands View Coffin

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 1

Over 300,000 have filed past the royal coffin dropping white flowers and posies around the catafalque. The Queen will drive in her carriage with the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and her aunt, the Princes Royal Queen Mary will…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 3

It is with deepest regret that we record the death of Mrs. Ellen Burns, of Castlereagh Street, who passed…

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OBITUARY Mr. H. C. LAYBUTT

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 3

Mr. Herbert Charles Laybutt, a former resident of Maitland, died on Thursday, evening last at his residence,…

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Obituary Late Mrs. M. E. ROE

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 3

After a very brief illness, Mrs. Margaret Ellen Roe, of Vincent Street, South Cessnock, passed away at the Cessnock Hospital…

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Death of Junior Farmers' Club Organiser

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

Mr. E. Breakwell, B.A., B.Sc., for many years Inspector of School Agriculture and State organiser of Junior Farmers'…

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Obituary Mrs. Ellen Burns

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON: Mrs [?] Buras, aged 80, died at the Danger Cottage Hospital, Singleton, on Friday night. She…

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Royal Funeral Seen On Television

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 5

Eye-witness accounts of the funeral of King George VI. were broadcast on Friday from London in a radio hook-up circling…

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Obituary Mr. A. W. Ratcliffe

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 2

It is with regret that we record the death of Mr. Augustus William Ratcliffe, of Gas Street, who passed…

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Obituary Mrs. J. L. Newell

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 2

The sad death occurred in the private, hospital, Gresford on 6th January, of the wife of Mr. John Newell, Vacy…

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Obituary Mr. W. E. Mason

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 4

The death occurred of Mr. William Ernest Mason, a re[?]dent of the Myall River district. He was a sun of the…

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Tributes to Our Beloved King World Wide Sympathy One Thought in All Minds at Funeral

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 1

When the King was laid to rest on Friday it was in everyone's mind that he merited the grand tibute paid to him by his subjects and by the representatives of other nations. With that thought went the hope for a successful…

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Obituary Late Mrs. H. M. DAVIES

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

The death occurred at Kurri Hospital recently of Mrs. Hetty May Davies, wife of Mr. W. Davies, of Rawson Street…

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Late Mr. E. J. Mears

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 2

Maitland Show Council last night carried a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. E. J. Mears, who had…

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Obituary Mr. A. W. Ratcliffe

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

SINGLETON: Mr. Augustus William Ratcliffe, of Gas-street, Singleton, died in the Danger Cottage, Hospital on…

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