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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1946

315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 16

Funeral Charges Are Pegged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 8

Under the prices stabilisation plan, funeral charges should not exceed those which ruled on April 12, 1943, unless approval to an increase was…

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Death of Poor Robin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 2

Yes, the canary is gone. It sang the day Henry received his income tax assessment!…

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Obituary Mr. H. Thomas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 7

Mr. Horace Thomas, Church-street, Newcastle, died in hospital at Kogarah, after a brief illness. He was born at Kempsepy, 93 years ago, but…

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Death of Mother Superior

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 4

WAGGA, Sunday.—Rev. Mother De Pazzi, Mother Superior of Mt. Erin Convent, Wagga, who died yesterday aged 73, was widely known…

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Obituary Mrs. R. V. Lynch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 6

Mrs. Rosanna Veronica Lynch, who died in Lewisham Hospital, was as native of Branxton. After their marriage, Mr. aid Mrs. Lynch lived…

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Obituary Mrs. B. T. Hector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1946 · page 4

Mrs. Hector, wife of Mir. B. T. Hector, died at her residence, Edward-street, Kurri Kurri. Her death removes one of the pioneers…

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Obituary Mr. C. N. J. McCARTY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 8

Mr. Cuthbert Noel James McCarty died at his residence, Gosford-road, Broadmeadow, on August 17, after a long illness. He born at Cook's…

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Bulli Victim's Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 3

BULLI.—The funeral service for Cecil John Kelly was held in St. Stephen's Church of England, Port Kembla, at 1.45 p.m. today…

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Obituary Mr. E. Lambert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 6

Mr. Edward Lambert, aged 72, died at Taree Hospital on August 24 after a long illness. He was a commercial traveller for…

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Obituary Mrs. F. D. Morgan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1946 · page 4

Mrs. Florence Daisy Morgan died at her home in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, aged 50. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan came to Australia in 1919…

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Funeral of Waterloo Shooting Victim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The funeral of Marjorie Nurse (or Burns), one of the victims of Thursday's shooting at Waterloo, took place to-day…

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Open Finding Given on Death of Maitland Child

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 2

Charges that a doctor and a chemist had been haphazard in their methods were made at the adjourned inquiry into the death of William Allen Cunnngham Brocksopp, 3½, of Catherine Street, West Maitland, at the West Maitland Court House this morning…

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Obituary Mrs. M. Balks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 7

Mrs. Margaret Balks, 78, died at her daughter's residence, mervilleroad, Broadmeadow. She was the second daughter of the late Mr. and…

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Anyone Can Go To A Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Anyone can go to a funeral and a clergyman has no power to interfere, a Huddersfield…

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Obituary Mr. C. E. Jones

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1946 · page 9

Mr. Clarence Edward Jones, who died at Catherine Hill Bay, was screens foreman at Wallarah colliery. Born in the town 45 years ago, he…

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Death Of Leading Brisbane Trainer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 15

BRISBANE.—V. L.("Barney" King, one of the best-known owner-trainers in Australia, died suddenly yesterday…

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Obituary Mrs. Harriet M. Wilson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 5

Mrs. Harriet Maude Wilson died in the Lithgow Hospital yesterday at the age of 58, Mrs. Wilson, who was horn at Wattle Flat, had resided at…

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Death Of Mrs. E. Gee

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 6

After four days' illness Mrs. Eliza Jane Gee died in hospital this morn-ing. Mrs. Gee was well known for her…

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Obituary Mrs. M. R. Agnew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 4

Mrs. Margaret Rebecca Agnew, wife of Mr. Thomas Agnew, died at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital on September 8…

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10,000 People At Funeral Of J. Duncan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY: Police estimate that 10,000 people this afternoon attended the funeral of Jockey Jim Duncan, who was…

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