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Mid North Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1916

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Death of Mr. R. C. Janssen

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 4

On Thursday widespread regret was expressed when the news was heralded that Mr. Redlef C. Janssen had crossed the "Great Divide." It is within the…

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Obituary. MRS. W. WEBBER

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 5

OUR Telegraph point correspondent writes:— I regret to have to chronicle the death of an old and much-respected resident in the person of Mrs. W. Webber, of Mount…

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Local and General the Late Mr Henderson

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

At the service at St. Paul's Church of England on Sunday night reference was made to the good work of the late Mr W. Henderson in connection…

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Obituary. Mr. Samuel Struit

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

THREE passed away on Tuesday last, at the residence of his daughter (Mrs. J. Kelly, Hamilton), a very old Port Macquarie identity in the person of Mr. Samuel Strutt…

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Funeral

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 4

The funeral of the late WmColeman who died rather suddenly Thursday last, at the District Hospital, took place Friday afternoon to…

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Late Mr. R. C. Janssen. Remarkable Musical Career

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

In the death of Mr. Redlef Charles Janssen, lately a solicitor, practising in Wingham, and whose death occurred on the 4th inst., the world of music…

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Obituary. Mrs. Louisa Masters

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 2

THERE passed away on Friday last at the residence of her son, Mr. George Masters, Blackman's Point, one of the oldest residents of the district, in the person of…

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Obituary. Mr. John Stephens

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

Another pioneer of the district passed away on Wednesday last at his son's residence at Taree Estate in the person of John Stephens, of the ripe…

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Death of Mr Sam Daunt

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 2

A painful sensation was caused by the sudden death of Mr Sam Daunt, at Stroud, at about 9 o'clock on Saturday evening last, during the progress…

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Obituary. Mr. DAUNT

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Daunt, of Macksville, received word on Monday morning of the death of his brother at Stroud on Saturday. Deceased, who was…

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Obituary. Miss Rita Margaret Cumming

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 2

IN our last two issues we have had to chronicle the deaths of district residents, but in their cases the sadness inseparable from such an occurrence was tempered by the knowledge…

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The Death of Samson. Involved His Enemies in His Own Fate

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 7

An extraordinary story of a Captured French submarine is told by a Salonica correspondent. Some little time ago the French submarine…

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Death of Mr. J. Enright

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

One of the best-known and most respected residents of the Mailand district, Mr. John Enright, auctioneer and produce merchant passed away…

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Passing of a Pioneer. the Late Mrs. Richard Mccarthy, Senr

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 4

More than half a century has passed since Anastasia Sweeney, as a young woman, landed in Australia from Ireland, she being a native of…

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Obituary. Mr. Andrew Newell

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Newell, a farmer and teamster, of Fire Fly Creek Wallamba, died on Saturday morning last after a brief illness, at the age of 56 years…

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Obituary. Mr. Thomas Maher

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 5

THE death occurred at Hurlstone Park, Sydney, on the 3rd inst. of Mr. Thomas Maher, a man well "known in this district, where he tad a wide circle of friends. The…

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Death of Lord Kitchener Drowned Near Orkney Islands. Bound for Russia. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 4

The steamer Hampshire, while proceeding to Russia with Lord Kitchener and his staff aboard, was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Orkneys…

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Death of Lord Kitchener

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 3

Immediately on the receipt of the news of Lord, Kitchener's death the Allied diplomatists hurried to the Foreign Office, and the…

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Obituary. Mr. Thomas Maher

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 2

The death occurred at Hurlstone Park, Sydney, on the 3rd inst. of Mr. Thomas Maher, a man well known in this district, where he had a wide…

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