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Mid North Coast · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Mr Mark Connell Death of Prominent Taree Citizen

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

All association of about 40 years with the business life of Taree was broken at 5 a.m. on Wednesday when Mr. Murk Connell passed away at his home in…

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Obituary. Mrs. Isabella Moore

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

Ripe in years, and known far and wide on the Manning and Hastings. Mrs. Isabella Moore, of The Brush. Wingham, heard the Last Call on…

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Obituary. Mr. John House

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

From the "Temora Independent" we take the following obituary notice. It refers to a brother-in-law of Mrs. G. House, of Wingham, and an uncle of…

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Obituary. Mr. William Francis McCAFFERTY

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

As briefly reported in Friday's issue, there passed away in hospital at Kempsey on Thursday last, at the age of 52 years, Mr. William Francis…

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Record Funeral Day at Rookwood

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

A constant procession of funerals passed along Parramatta Road on Monday, going to Rookwood cemetery…

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Obituary Mrs. Florence Bennett

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Florence Bennett, a well-known and highly respected lady who long lived at Eungai, passed away on Sunday, aged 70 years, at the…

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Obituary Mr. Edgar Murrell

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

After an illness of four months, Mr. Edgar Murrell died at his residence in Newcastle street, East Maitland, recently (says "Maitland Mercury")…

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Obituary. Mrs. George Fairfax

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

The funeral of Mrs. Hilda Maud Fairfax, wife of Constable George Fairfax, whose death occured in Wagga on Tuesday morning week,…

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Death Roll of 70 in Victorian Fires. 38 More Victims Found. Towns Abandoned in Race for Life. Melbourne

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

There has been further appalling loss of life from disastrous bushfires which swept mountain areas of Victoria. At least 38 more victims have…

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Obituary. Miss Dulcie Keast

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

As briefly reported in Tuesday's issue, there passed away at Launceston, Tasmania, the previous day, after a very brief illness, Miss Dulcie Keast,…

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Obituary. Mrs. Jane Worth

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 6

All old resident of Coolongolook, in the person of Mrs. Jane Worth, relict of the late Mr. William Worth, passed away at that centre on Monday night…

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Obituary. Mr. William John Graham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

There passed away at Comboyne on Monday morning last, 16th. January, 1939, one of the pioneers and one of the most highly respected residents…

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Obituary. Mr. Clenton George Griffis

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 1

The death of Mr. Clenton George Griffis, Bulby, took place, in the M.R.D. Hospital on Jan. 11, at the age of 33 years. Deceased was the son of…

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Obituary Mrs. Isabella Moore

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 4

Ripe in years, and known far and wide on the Manning and Hastings, Mrs. Isabella Moore, of The Brush, Wingham, heard the Last Call on…

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Obituary. Mrs. Isabella Moore

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5

Ripe in years and known far and wide on the Manning and Hastings, Mrs. Isabella Moore, of The Brush, Wingham, heard the Last Call on…

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Obituary. Mr. William John Graham

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5

There was considerable sorrow on the Comboyne on Monday morning when it became known that Mr. William John Graham passed away, aged…

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Obituary. Mr. W. S. Scott

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

Mr. W. S. Scott, of "Edgfern," Nana Glen, and ex-Shire Councillor and well-known man in the public life of the district, died in Coffs District…

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Verdict of Accidental Death. Aftermath of Fatal Electrocution

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 7

At the Kempsey Court on Saturday morning last Mr. N. L. Parker, District Coroner, conducted an inquest into the death of Samuel James Pope,…

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Obituary Mr. William John Graham

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

There passed away at Comboyne on Monday morning, 16th January, one of the pioneers and one of the most highly respected residents of that village, in…

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Obituary. Mrs. Jessie R. Cochrane

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Jessie Ross Cochrane passed away in Coff' s Harbour District Hospital on Tuesday night, at 9.30 o'clock…

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