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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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Death of Maori War Veteran. London, Saturday night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

The death is announced of General Morant, who served with the British forces in New Zealand during Maori war…

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Shooting Fatality at Stockton. Sad Death of a Lover. Inquest on the Body. Verdict: Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 8

THE district coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin) held an inquest yesterday forenoon at the Lookout Hotel, Stockton, into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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South Australia. Death of a Pioneer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. William Kelly, a pioneer farmer at Gumeracha, and a highly respect colonist, died yesterday, aged 84. THE GUV'NOR…

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Sudden Death of the Sydney Coroner

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 7

IT was reported on Tuesday night that Mr. Henry T. Wilkinson, J.P., who was acting as coroner in the absence of Mr. Henry Shiell, J. P. had died suddenly on the…

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Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of General Bligh, who was engaged in the New Zealand Maori war…

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Cremation and Funeral Reform

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 9

AT a meeting of the Church of England Burial Reform Association, held at Birmingham, a resolution to the effect that the Home Secretary be…

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Death of a New Zealand Warior

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of General Blyth, who was in command of a British regiment in New-Zealand during the Maori war…

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Lambton. Death of Old Resident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 6

The public will learn with regret the decease of Mr. Robert Morgan, who expired on Sunday morning at the residence of his son, Mr. D. Morgan. The deceased was 77…

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Death of Major Keith Falconer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced of Major the Hon. Charles James Keith-Falconer, uncle of Lord kintore, the recently appointed Governor of South…

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Death of a Customs' Employee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 8

A LARGE number of people in Newcastle will hear with regret of the death of Mr. Charles Coutts, who expired at his parents' residence at Hamilton yesterday afternoon. Mr…

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District News. Hamilton. Charles Coutts' Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

The funeral of the late Charles Coutts took place at Sandgate yesterday afternoon. Deceased being a member of the Naval Brigade, his remains were accorded…

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South Australia. Death of an Old Colonist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Solomon died on Thursday afternoon, at the age of 63. He was a colonist of forty years' standing. He came to South Australia in 1849, and thence went to the…

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Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Death of a Librarian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 2

MR. R. S. ROGERS, the parliamentary ibrarian, died at his residence, Newtown, on Thursday afternoon. He has been ailing for some time, so that he has been unable to…

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Memorial to the Late Mr. Charles Harper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 2

A MOVEMENT is on foot in the Illawarra district to raise money to erect a monumental stone over the grave of the late Mr. Charles Harper. Although the late Mr. Harper was…

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Death of Cricketer Cropper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—Cropper, who was at one time a crack bowler, and also an excellent bat, belonging as professional player to the Derbyshire Eleven, whilst playing in a…

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Funeral Ode on a Cigar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 10

No sculpture soleman— No urn or column— May mark where my ashes lie; But o'er earth and air…

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Death of Miss Alice Bradlaugh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 5

GENERAL sympathy is felt with Mr Bradlaugh, whose unmarried daughter, a higily-gifted woman, has just died. She suffered from a distressing cerebral affection. The…

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Death of Lupton Bey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—One of the Suakim messengers, who was sent to Khartoum early in November, has returned to Suakim, accomplishing…

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Burwood. Funeral of John Jones

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. John Jones took place yesterday afternoon, and was the most largely attended funeral that has left this locality for some years. The members…

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Death of Mr. Herbert Hannell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 2

MR. THOMAS CLACK, of this city, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. C. H. Hannell, stating that his son Herbert expired at Armidale at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. This…

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