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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1936

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Obituary Mr. W. J. Slater

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. William John Slater died at his home in Stockton following a short illness. In his earlier years he was a seaman, but later worked as a coalminer on…

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Sentence of Death Murder of a Patient Nurse Charged London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

"I am innocent," said Dorothea Nancy Waddingham, 34, when sentenced to death at Nottingham Assizes…

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Death of Opera Star NAPLES

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

The death occurred to-day of Antonio Scotti, the noted operatic baritone…

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Obituary Mrs. K. E. Bragg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 8

Mrs. K. E. Bragg, of Swansea, died recently, aged 77. She was the wife of Mr. E. C. Bragg, and is survived by her husband, two sons and five daughters. There…

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Obituary Mrs. L. M. Baker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 12

The funeral of Mrs. Lily Maud Baker, wife of Mr. R. W. Baker, of Woodbury, Tarro, and formerly of Lochi[?]var, took place on February 21, the interment…

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Career with B.H.P. COMPANY Service as Metallurgist Late Mr. John Jobson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 16

The funeral of Mr. John Jobson, of Kilgour-avenue, Bar Beach, took place on Thursday. The interment was made in the Anglican portion of Sandgate…

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Man for Trial Death of Clergyman Charge of Murder Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 11

Edward Cornelius, 29, motor mechanic, was committed for trial to-day at the Supreme Court on March 16, on a charge of having murdered Rev. Harold Laceby…

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Death of Opera Star

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 7

Naples, February 28,—The death occurred to-day of Antonio Scotti, the noted operatic baritone…

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Military Funeral at Dungog :-: Final Day at the Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

In heavy rain, Sergeant L. C. Conrad Adami was accorded a military funeral at Dungog yesterday. Two views of the cortege, with the dead man's charger, boots reversed in the stirrups, on the right. Sergeant Adami was attached to the Denman troop of the 16th Light Horse Regiment, in camp at Dungog Showground. He died on Friday morning as the result of injuries sustained when thrown from a motor-lorry at Kurri Kurri on Thursday night…

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Military Funeral Sergeant of Light Horse Ceremony at Dungog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 6

Sergeant L. C. Conrad Adami, of the 16th Light Horse Regiment, in camp at Dungog, was buried with full military honours at Dungog yesterday…

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MR. W. J. H. McLAUCHLIN Funeral Held at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 6

The funeral of Mr. W. J. H. McLaunchlin took place yesterday afternoon, moving from his late residence, Roxburgh street, Lorn, West Maitland, to the…

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Obituary Mr. R. M. Cundy. Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

Mr. Robert Mitchell Cundy died at his residence, York-street, Singleton, aged 86 He had not been complaining of ill-health, and died in his sleep. A native of…

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Obituary Mrs. V. V. Caddow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 9

Mrs. Vera Valerie Caddow, wife of Mr. John A. Caddow, of Greta, died in Maitland Hospital on February 27, aged 29 years. She was well known in the…

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Death of Fruit Merchant Verdict of Suicide Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 8

Francis William Hill (62), fruit merchant, who was found shot dead in the scrub at Concord West on February 21, had real estate valued at £10,000. He…

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"Unfit to Play" Football Inquiry in England Death of "Goalie" London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Alter an inquiry, the Football Association (Soccer) Commission has reported that a goalkeeper who was killed during a match, and whose death was the cause…

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Obituary Mr. Karl Weber

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 13

Mr. Karl Weber, well known as a worker in the unemployed moment of the North, died, yesterday at the Wallsend Hospital. He was secretary of the…

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Death of Well-known Magistrate Mr. H. H. MacDOUGAL, S.M. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. Herbert H. Macdougal, S.M., who had been in indifferent health for three months, died at his home, Wolseley-road, Mosman, this morning at the…

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Death of Arthur H. Adams Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 8

Mr. Arthur Henry Adams, dramatist and poet, died at the Royal North Shore Hospital to-day. Born in New Zealand 64 years ago, Mr…

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Obituary Mr. John R. Allan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 11

The funeral took place yesterday afternoon of Mr. John Robert Allan, a well-known resident of Mayfield, who died after a short illness Monday night. Mr…

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Obituary Mr. Archibald Lawson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 4

A coalminer of Wallsend, who as a young man, fond of athletics, thought nothing of walking from Wallsend to Maitland and back, after a day's work,…

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