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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1928

583 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 30

Firemen's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 5

The funeral of the four firemen who lost their lives when fighting a great factory blaze in Glasgow on Christmas Eve, was subjected to dramatic…

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Death of Robert Keable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 5

Mr. Robert Kenble's London publishers have received news of the novelist's death at Tahiti, after a long illness. The son of Rev. R. H. Keable, of…

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Late Mr. Shedden Burial at Northern Suburbs SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 January 1928 · page 6

The funeral of the late Mr. Hugh McLaughlin Shedden, alderman and former Mayor of Newcastle, took place at the Presbyterian cemetery,…

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FUNERALS Late Mrs. McKenna

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

The funeral of Mrs. Veronica McKenna, which left her brother-inlaw's residence, 27 Cole-street, Islington, this afternoon, was largely…

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Late Mr. N. P. Whitelocke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 4

The late Mr. Nelson Paget Whitelocke, whose death at his home in Mosman was reported in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" yesterday was 66 years of age. He…

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Late Mr. S. J. Shaw

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

The funeral of Mr. Stanley John Shaw, who wa drowned while bathing in the Hunter River, at Morpoth, last Sunday, took place this…

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Late Mr. H. M. Shedden Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 5

The funeral of the late Alderman Hugh M'Lachlan Shedden, of Newcastle, took place in the Presbyterian portion of the Northern Suburbs Cemetery this…

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Negro Boxer's Funeral Dramatic Scene

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1928 · page 6

Seven thousand people crowded into the municipal auditorium at Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., to pay their final respects to the youthful negro…

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Late Mr. Shedden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 6

At the funeral of the late Alderman H. M. Sheddon, in Sydney, on Monday there were present among the chief mourners Mr. W. M. Sheddon (brother,…

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Death of Footballer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 7

The brilliant international Rugby football player, Flight-Lieutenant Du Manoir, was killed on duty yesterday. While flying low, his plane caught in a high…

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Death of Referee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 7

The death occurred yesterday of the famous referee, Mr. T. H. Schofield, chairman of the Wolsh International selection committee, as a result of a chill which…

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Death of Mr. W. J. Greenwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 7

The death occurred in the Fettercairn Private Hospital, Hamilton, at an early hour yesterday morning of Mr. W. J. Greenwood, of 445 Hunter-street,…

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Late Mr. W. J. Greenwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 7

The funeral of Mr. W. J. Greenwood, whose death occurred in a private hospital in Hamilton on Tuesday, took place yesterday from St. Andrew's Presbyterian…

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Late Mr. D. A. Porter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

Donald Alexander Porter, under whose supervision as Inspector of Public Works most of the schools in the northern district were built, has…

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Late Mr. H. M. Shedden Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 5

The habeas corpus application in respect of the late Hugh McLachlan Shedden, of Newcastle, was mentioned before Mr. Justice James be No. 3 Court to-day…

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Death of Mr. W. G. McLEOD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 6

News has been received from Brisbane of the death by drowning Mr. Walter George M'Leod, who had been residing with his mother, Mrs. William M'L[?]d,…

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Late Mrs. McGinley

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 4

Mrs. Emma McGinley, who died last week at Singleton, at the age of 86, was born at Raymond Terrace, and had lived at Singleton since she…

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Tragic Joy Ride Death of Leslie Chisholm Inquiry by Coroner. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 5

The amazing adventure of two youths and two girls who journeyed from Melbourne to Wilberforce. Hawkesbury River, in an alleged stolen motor car, and…

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Your Obituary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 10

A couple of years ago I saw in the "agony column" of "The Times" a very curious advertisements. This was signed "Journalist" and merely said: "Your…

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Death of Thomas Hardy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

The death is announced of Mr. Thomas Hardy, the famous novelist. Mr. T. Hardy died peacefully at his home, Max Gate, Dorchester, at 9 o'clock…

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