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Mid North Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1896

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Death of a French Politician

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 4

M. Floquet, ex-Premier of the French Republic, is dead…

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Items of Interest. Death of Jumbo

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 6

A great loss was sustained at the zoological Gardens last week in the death of the big elephant, Jumbo. When the society was inaugurated. Mr. Catlett, the…

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Death of Prince Henry of Battenberg

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 6

THE death is announced of Prince Henry of Battenberg, husband of Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. The deceased Prince volunteered for…

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Death of Sir Frederick Leighton. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 4

The death is announced of Sir Frederick Leighton, the eminent British artist and ex-President of the Royal Academy…

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Death of a Well-known Colonist. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 4

Mr. E. Ogilvie, ex-M.L.C., who has been seriously ill for some time past, has died at Bowral. Mr. Ogilvie owned large properties on the…

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News by Wire. Death of an M.P. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 4

Mr. Angus Cameron, M.P. for Waverley, and for many years Chairman of Committees in the Assembly, has died from heat apoplexy…

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Nelly Preston: [All Rights Reserved.] Or, the Lawyer's Conspiracy. Chapter rriv. Which Relates How Chipps and Lady Clayton Were Appalled by the Appearance of Albert at the Funeral

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 7

It was now April, the month of smiles and tears, of sunshine and shower, when Nature is awakening from her annual sleep and rising from her winter sepulchre. Spring was well…

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Death of an M.p

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 4

Mr. Denis Cornelius Joseph Donnelly, member of the Legislative Assembly for Cowra, died at Sydney on Sunday. The funeral took place…

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Cutting a Dash for a Few Hours. Wedding and Funeral Garments on Hire

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

The philosophy of clothes can only be properly studied in a second-hand clothes shop. Here you see variety in all its boundless and extraordinary charm. The paltry fashionable…

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Death of Sir Henry Parkes. [By Wire.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 4

SIR HENRY PARKES, G.C.M.G., the premier statesman of New South Wales, died at 4 o'clock this morning. Ay the end of last week great hopes…

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Death of Sir Henry Parkes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 5

SIR HENRY PARKES died rather suddenly at 4 o'clock on Monday morning. The only persons preterit with Sir Henry at the time of his death were Lady Parkes…

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Death of Sir Henry Parkes. Saturday, May 2, 1896

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

THE death of Sir Henry Parkes removes from the ranks of New South Wales and Australian politicians and statesmen one who has had more than an ordinary…

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Death of Miss E. Ferguson

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 4

IT is with extreme regret that we record the death of Miss Edith Ferguson, youngest daughter of Capt. Ferguson, which occurred at her…

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Death of a Well-known Athlete

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 4

Mr. Septimus Cummins, the well-known Northern District cricketer and footballer, died suddenly at West Maitland on Sunday last. The…

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Death of a Well-known Contractor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 4

Mr. Robb, a well-known railway contractor, died suddenly at Melbourne yesterday. The cause of death was apoplexy…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday. Death of John Davies, M.L.C.

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 May 1896 · page 4

The Hon. John Davies, M.L.C., died at his residence, Surrey Hills, on Saturday and was buried yesterday…

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Death of Pilot Kingsford

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 3

IT is with great regret we have to announce the death of Captain E. St. A. Kingsford, who died at Leichherdt, Sydney, on Monday last, after a long illness. Captain…

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Death of Mrs. Stowe. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 11

The death is announced of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the celebrated authoress, at the age of 84 years. It was "Uncle Tom's Cabin," written…

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Death of Mr. T. Kerrigan

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 8

An old identity of the Macleay in the person of Mr. T. Kerrigan, died at his residence, Moore Park Road, Sydney, on Tuesday morning last…

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Local News. Obituary

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 8

We have to record the death of Mr. Richard Neagle, of Sherwood who passed away on Monday last. The deceased had been ill for some time…

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