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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1898

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Funeral Reform

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

WHEN we read that £7,000,000 is spent annually on funerals in the United Kingdom, it causes a feeling of astonishment to pass over us, and…

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Death of an Old Colonist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 27

A few days ago (says the Daily Telegraph) there passed away at Cook's River, a very old identity of the district in the person of Mrs. L. Barden. She…

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The Tichborne Claimant. Death of Arthur Orton. London April 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 24

The death is announced of Arthur Orton, the notorious claimant to the Tichborne estates, at the age of 64. Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne, the…

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Sad Death of an Old Man. He Dug His Own Grave. the Body Not Recovered

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

Thomas Clarke, 68 years of age, has met with a very sad fate. He was a bale, hearty man, full of life and spirits, notwithstanding his being so…

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Death of Mr. A. R. Brown

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1898 · page 28

The Pastoral Times says:—The many friends of Mr. Andrew Rutherford Brown, son of the lake Mr. Thomas Brown, of Tuppal Station, will regret to hear that…

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Death of Mr. Andrew Brown

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 4

The many friends of Mr. Andrew Rutherford Brown, on of the late Mr. Thomas Brown, of Tupped station, will regret to hear that he did on the 7th…

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Death of a Maori Chief

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 28

Major Kemp, the well-known Maori chief, died on Friday ab Auckland. Major Kemp, or Rangihiwinui, as he was known among his own people, was one of a…

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Death of Mr. John Roseby

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 27

An old Sydney identity has passed away with the death of Mr. John Roseby. Mr. Roseby was for some years a member of the City Council, and he also at…

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Obituary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 20

Mrs. John Neve, of Smollett-street, who has been ailing for some time, died on Thursday morning at the Hospital, where she had been removed on the advice of…

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"The Death-knell of Majority Rule."

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 2

AT his meeting in Albury on last Tuesday night, Mr. James Ashton, M.L.A. for Hay, made a striking (though not new) figure of speech by describing the…

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The Late Mr. J. M'elhone

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 29

Another prominent figure in the political history of the colony was removed by death in the person of Mr. John M'Elhone, M.L.A. for the Fitzroy division of Sydney…

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Death of Mr. William Cumming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 24

Mr. William Cumming, of Mount Fyans Station, died on Saturday evening. Deceased, who brought the Mount Fyans clip into prominence at a bound in the sixties,…

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Death of Mr. W. Spears

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 29

The Corowa paper records the death of Mr. W. Spears, for a great number of years prominently associated with this district, principally on the New South Wales side…

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Sudden Death of a Jockey

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 19

The well-known Victorian jockey, James Cunningham, who rode Australian to victory in the Goodwood Handicap on Saturday, died suddenly at Adelaide on Tuesday. He…

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Obituary. Death of Mrs. D. Brown

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 27

We regret to notice that Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, relict of the late Mr. Donald Browner has passed over to the majority. The deceased lady, though a kind-hearted and…

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Death of Mr. Gladstone. London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 20

Mr. Gladstone is dead…

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Death of Mr. Gladstone. Sydney, Later

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 2

A cable has been received announcing the death of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. CHICAGO MINISTRELS. -- On Tuesday…

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Death of Mr. Gladstone. Sydney, Thursday night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 2

A cable has been received announcing Mr. Gladstone's death. SYDNEY, Friday. The news of Mr. Gladstone's death was…

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Death of Gladstone. (By wire—Prom our Correspondent.)Sydney, Thursday Evening

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 2

A cable has been received announcing the death of Mr Gladstone, at the age of 86 years…

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The Death of Mr. Gladstone. Profound National Sorrow. Eloquent Tributes from Foreign Nations. "A Loss to Humanity." SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 23 May 1898 · page 4

Especial sermons on Gladstone's death will be delivered in many city and suburban churches to-morrow of all denominations. LONDON, Friday…

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