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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1937

627 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 32

Turf Identity's Death Funeral of Mr. Keddie

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

Mr. George William Keddle, who was for many years clerk of the course and starter for the Newcastle Jockey Club when it raced on the old racecourse…

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Increased Rates Pensioners' Funeral Fund Branches Protest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

Convened by the Northern Coalfields District Council of Old-age and Invalid Pensioners' Associations, a conference of branches held at the Wickham Parish…

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Military Funeral Wallsend Cemetery Scene Late Sergeant Wyatt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 6

Against the sombre background of trees, the gold and red trimmings of the dark blue' uniforms of white-halmoted artillerymen gleamed in the sunshine in the…

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Obituary Mr. M. Anderson, Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 9

Mr. Melville Anderson, of Cambridge-street, Singleton, died on Friday afternoon. He was 74 years of age, and was a native of Singleton. He was a talented…

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Death-roll of Eight London Electric Train Smash Australian Among Injured London, April 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 7

Eight persons are dead and 20 injured as the result of the collision between two electric trains near Battersen Park station, on the Southern…

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Obituary Mr. Richard Bell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 5

Mr. Richard Bell died on Easter Monday, aged 88 years, and was buried the following day at the Church of England Cemetery, Sandgate. He was a native of…

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Obituary Mr. G. W. Keddie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 9

The funeral of Mr. George William Keddie, who died suddenly on Sunday, at the age of 74 years, left his late residence in Elcho-street, Hamilton, for the…

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Late Mr. A. H. VILES Former Headmaster of Tarro School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 8

Mr. Arthur Henry Viles, headmaster of Tarro Public School for many years, died in Sydney recently. His father took charge of the Church of England…

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Dr. Radford Australian Troops at Funeral LONDON, April 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

Right Rev. H. Crotty, former Bishop of Bathurst, and now Viear of St. Pancras, and Right Rev. J. R. Harmer, a former Bishop of Adelaide, assisted the…

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Bankruptcy of Widow Elaborate Funeral for Husband Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 11

Declared bankrupt because she cannot pay her late husband's funeral expenses, Mrs. Frances Alice Stuart…

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Veteran Runner Death of Mr. R. F. Watson Familiar Maitland Figure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

The days when professional footrunners held match races in the Maitland and Newcastle districts for purses up to £600 are recalled by the death at West…

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Girl Alive in Coffin Drama at Funeral Service Spoke to Mother Poignant Story Told by Chemist SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 9

Police are investigating an extraordinary story by a chemist that a girl of 12 for whom a funeral service was being held awakened and…

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Man Speared to Death Ownership of Fish in Dispute Darwin

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 14

Tribal laws are involved in a Northern Territory tragedy, as a result of which Tony, an aborigine is dead, George,…

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Obituary Mr. R. F. Watson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 13

The funeral of Mr. R. F. Watson, who died at West Maitland on Wednesday afternoon took place yesterday afternoon, the interment being made in the…

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Bankrupt Ill Unable to Attend Court Cannot Pay Husband's Funeral Expenses SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 13

The widow of a former member of Parliament, Mrs. Frances Alice Stuart Robertson, who was declared bankrupt because she could not pay her husband's…

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Obituary Mr. J. N. Batey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

The funeral of Mr. James N. Batey left his residence, 144 Lindsay-street, Hamilton, for the Methodist portion of Sandgate Cemetery, Rev. A. Buxton…

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Woman Charged with Murder Death of Husband Perth

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 5

The trial of Evelyn Florence Burrows, 42, on a charge of having murdered her husband. Henry John Burrows, at Dalkeith, on March 18, was…

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Mr. Algernon Ashton Death of British Composer LONDON, April 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 8

Mr. Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton the composer, and a former professor of the pianoforte at the Royal College of Music, has died, aged 77…

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Obituary Mr. E. J. T. Barton, Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 8

Mr. E. J. T. Barton, who was at one time Editor of the "Brisbane Courier," and later edited "The Sugar Producers' Journal" died on Saturday at the age of…

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200,000 at Funeral; Stalin, Pall-bearer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 8

HOW MOSCOW MOURNED THE DEATH OF GRIGORY KONSTAN TINOVICH, People's Commissar for Heavy Industry. the photograph above shows Stalin (front, at right) as a pall-bearer. Below is shown the packed Red Square, before the arrival of the funeral procession. A crowd of 200,000 attended the funeral…

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