Funeral Men Seek Saturday Afternoons Off
Newcastle members of the Undertakers' Assistants and Cemetery Employees' Association will ask their employers for a 6½-day week…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1948
264 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 14
Coroner Holds Inquiry Into Death Of Clergyman
The drivers of the Pioneer tourist coach and the lorry involved in a collision on a narrow culvert near Raymond Terrace on Jan. 28 had each expected the other to give way approaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. D. Laing
Mr. David Laing, of Ross-street, Belmont, who died after a long illness, was 76. He was born at Plattsburg, where he lived for 25…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obituary Mr. H. J. Brooker
Mr. Herbert John Brooker died suddenly at his residence at Mount Olive. He was born 66 years ago at Gresford, and had spent the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Death Of Jan Masaryk
The death of Jan Masaryk is a personal tragedy sharply etched against an international background round that grows more sombre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquest Into Death Of Shark Victim
The District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) was told at the inquest today into the death on Feb. 12 of Stockton shark victim, Ronald James Johnston, that the shark made three separate attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Obituary Mr. F. S. Almond
Mr. Frederick Samuel Almond, of Doyle's Creek, died in the Dangar Cottage Hospital, Singleton, after a brief illness. He was 79,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obituary Mr. S. V. W. Capper
Mr. Stanley Vivian Walter Capper died at the age, of 52. He was born at Gosford and spent his boyhood there. He came to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Funeral Of Late Captain Thirlaway
After a service at Newcastle Cathedral at 11 a.m. tomorrow, the funeral of the late Captain Robert Thirlaway will proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obituary Mr. A. Searles
The funeral of Mr. Alexander 9earles was from Berner-street, Merewether, to Beresfield. Rev. R. B. Mulveney officiated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Inquiry Into Death Of Railway Guard
SYDNEY, Friday.—Police hope that investigations in Sydney may help solve the poisoning of Robert Sylvester Condron, railway guard,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. J. O. Lewis
Mr. John Oliver Lewis, of Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, who died at 51, was a member of a well-known family of Merewether and The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. W. C. Quinton
Mr. W. C. Quinton, formerly Superintendent of Railways at Newcastle, died in Sydney yesterday. At Newcastle Mr. Quinton was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sudden Death of M.l.a
SYDNEY: The Labor M.L.A. for Coogee, Mr. Lucian Lawrence Cunningham, died suddenly in his home at Coogee early this morning at the acre of 58. Mr. Cunningham had had nearly 30 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. A. Patrick
Mr. Alexander Patrick, of School Hill, Minmi, who died in a private hospital at Hamilton at the age of 79, had lived at Minmi all his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mrs. John Simpson
Mrs. Simpson, wife of Mr. John Simpson, of Belmont, died in Newcastle Hospital on Friday, after a short illness. She was born in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Mr. Frank Pearce
Mr. Frank Pearce, a former Newcastle business man, died today at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mr. N. Cameron
Mr. Neil Cameron, who died at his home in Corona-street, Mayfield, was born at Wigtonshire, Isle of Whithorn, Scotland, 63 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tributes To Late Mr. Elwyn Kerr
Tributes to the late Mr. Elwyn Kerr, Greater Newcastle City Treasurer, were paid today by fellow council employees…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary Mr. Richard Howe
Mr. Richard Howe, 69, who died suddenly at his home in Walter-street, Belmont, was born in Yorkshire, and came to New South…
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