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Murray · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1908

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Death of a Shunter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

The railway shunter named Bort Elliott, whose legs were cut off at the Redfern railway station on Tuesday night as the result of the wheels of a…

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Death of Prine Minister's Mother

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

Mrs. Deakin mother of the [?] Ministor, who died at her residenc, South Yarra, on Tuesday, was bured to-day in the family gravo at the St. Kildn…

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Death of Mr. W. T. Coldham

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 32

The death is announced in Melbourne (says the "Argus") of Mr. Walter Timon Coldham, barrister-at-law. His profession mourns the loss of one of its most…

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Obituary. Mr E. Connell

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 3

Quite a feeling of gloom was cast [?] the town on Sunday morning [?] when the news was circulated that Mr E. (“Ned”) Connell had…

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Sporting. Death of Malt Queen. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 4

On Saturday a Munwelthbrook the mebeaten two-year-old filly Malt Queen died from lockjaw. Recently she was seratched for the A.J.C. Derby, and it was then…

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Fatal Street Altecation. Death of a Married Woman. Alleged Blow on the Jaw. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 2

A tragiclly latal termination to an altercation between a man and a woman occurred in Pitt street late last night, by which a married woman…

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Death of Mr. A. L. P. Cameron

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 6

In our last issue we announced the death of Mr. A. L. P. Cameron, who was well-known in this district. Since the publication of our last number, the…

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Obituary. a Colonial Judge. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 3

The death has occurred of Sir Henry Thomas Wronsfordsley, Kt., formerly Chief Justice of Western Australia. (Sir Henry Wronsfordsley held manyh…

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Death of an M.l.c

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 5

Mr. William Walker, M.L.C., died at his residence at Windsor to-day. He was in his 81st year…

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Death of Alexander Brown. Jane Baikie on Trial. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 3

The trial of the married woman named jane Baikie on a change of [?] Alexander Brown, by administering ansenie to him, was…

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Death of a Ballarat Barrister

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. Hugh Sunderland Barrett, the wellknown barrister, who has practised extensively at Ballarat for years,died suddenly at his residence this morning. The…

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A Famous Steeplechaser. Death of Redleap

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 23

That great juniper Redleap is dead. He had, since the close of his racing career, been pensioned off on the rich Broadlands flats, owned by the Messrs. Miller, and died on…

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Obituary. Mr Percy Grant

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

Mr and Mrs [?] Grant and family, [?] received a [?] on Wednesday afternoon of last week through the receipt of news that their…

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Death of Sir Arthur Havelock. a Former Tasmanian Governor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

The death is reported this morning of Sir Arthur Haveclock, who acted as Governor of Tasmania from 1991 to 1901. Deceased was 64 years of age…

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Murder at Cootamundra Goat. Death of Warder Brown. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 2

John Sutherland Brown, the warder who was attacked by a Chinese prisoner with an axe in the gaol yard at Cootamundra on Saturday morning, died from his terrible…

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Series of Accidents After a Funeral

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 2

While driving home from a funeral at Carge a party from Orange, in four vehicles, met with a series of accidents. A horse in a sulky shled and ran late a…

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Obituary

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 4

From our Peak Hill contemporary, we [?]sarn that another old resident of the district has gone on his last journey, in the person of Mr. Evan Jones…

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Will of Late Mr J. Hayes M.l.o

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 4

Probate was granted in Sydney on Tuesday in respect of the will of James Hayes, M.L>O., who died at his residence, Staniore, on May 24, and left estate sworn…

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After the Funeral. a Serious Smash

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 47

A peculiar series of accidents happened to a party returning to Orange from a funeral at Cargo. There were four vehicles, the hearse, the mourning couch, a. buggy, and a…

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Death of a Famous Maori Chieftainess

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 41

There has just died in the North Island of New Zealand (writes the Dunedin correspondent of the "Argus" on June 20) Ahumai to Pacrata, a Maori chieftainess of high rank…

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