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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1895

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Death of the Governor of German New Guinea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Intelligence has been received from Batavia of the death there of the Governor of German New Guinea…

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Death of Sir Joseph Weston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. — Sir Joseph D. Weston, Liberal member of the House of Commons for East Bristol, has succumbed to the prevailing…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Death of Kanakas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 5

Thus far four kanakas have died of dysentry aboard the labour schooner Sybil. The remainder are improving, and they will probably be released from quarantine on…

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Death of Rev. Dr. Dale a Sudden Summons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. Dale, the well-known Congregational minister and lecturer, at the age of 66. He…

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Death of Mr. German Reed. a Theatrical Loss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The death is announced of Mr. German Reed, the well-known entertainer. [The deceased gentleman was well known…

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The Death of the Governor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 4

THE people of New South Wales to-day are in mourning on account of the death of the representative of the sovereign. Many of them who…

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Death of the Governor. Sir Robert Duff's Last Moments. an Affecting Scene. The Fatal Result Unexpected. Last Mournful Journey. Expressions of Profound Smpathy. The Queen's Condolence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening the people of New South Wales were shocked by the intelligence that the Governor of the colony, Sir Robert Duff, had died. Although it was well known…

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The Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 5

Never before in the history of Sydney has there been so large an attendance at a public funeral as there was to-day at the interment of Sir Robert Duff. The obsequies of the…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Death of Sir Robert Duff. Regret in England. Reference in the House of Commons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—News of the death of Sir Robert Duff, Governor of New South Wales, was published here this afternoon, and has caused…

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The Late Governor. Funeral to Waverley Cemetery. a State Function. Military and Naval Display. Imposing Ceremony. Enermous Gathering of the Public. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 March 1895 · page 5

THIS afternoon in the beautiful sea-girt cemetery at Waverley were temporarily laid to rest the remains of the first of the Governors of New South Wales who died during his…

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The Death of Sir Robert Duff. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

LABY DUFF leaves in about six weeks' time for England. The body of Sir Robert Duff is not being removed, at least for the present. The Duke of Coburg cabled an order for a…

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Death of Sub-inspector Conway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 5

THE death is announced of Sub-inspector Conway, who is well known in this part of the colony. Mr. Conway was one of a body of 100 men, of whom Senior-sergeant Dick…

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Parliament. Tuesday, 19Th March. Legislative Assembly. The Death of the Governor. Address of Condolence to Lady Duff. Conciliation and Arbitration. The Depression on the Coal Trade. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 3.30 p.m , the clerk (Mr. F. W. Webb), who had been absent since the Redfern railway accident, owing to the injuries he had received, being…

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Death of Mr. F. Want

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The death is announced of Mr. Frederick Want, formerly of Sydney. Mr. Want died at Territet-Glion, Switzerland…

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Death of the Duchess of Leinster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Duchess of Leinster died to-day, aged 31. The deceased peeress, formerly Lady Hermoine Wilhelmina Duncombe, eldest daughter…

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Death of the Victorian Statistician. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 5

MR. HENRY HEVLYN HAYTER, the Government Statistician, died early yesterday morning. The cause of death was cancer of the vertebrœ, which was aggravated by other…

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Will of the Late Mr. J. Smith, M.l.c. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 5

PROBATE has been granted of the will of the late Mr. John Smith, of Bathurst. The net value of the estate is set down as £135,024, in addition to which 46,000 acres of freehold…

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Death of John L Sullivan. an Artist Gone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—John L. Sullivan, the ex-champion pugilist, who recently appeared in Australia in a piece entitled "Honest Hearts and…

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Will of the Late Mr. James Brown. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 5

THE will of the late Mr. James Brown, of Newcastle, was proved in the Probate Court on Thursday. The amount at which it was proved was £1454 10s 1d. The original will…

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New Zealand. Auckland, Friday. Death of a Bishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 5

The Bishop of Nelson is dead…

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