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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1950

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Obituary Mr. I. Davies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 6

Mr. Ivor Davies, 68, retired Manager of the Commercial Bank at Maitland, died in Maitland Hospital after a long illness. He had…

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Death of Mr. A. Sutherland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. Alec Sutherland, one of the district's most prominent surfing identities for 20 years, died in Royal Newcastle Hospital yesterday…

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Hallstrom Pays Brisbane Funeral Of Tarakan Man

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: The body of a Tarakan victim, David Grayson (23) left Sydney for Brisbane by train last night. His widowed mother, Mrs. V. Grayson, who will fly to Brisbane today, said that Sydney…

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Obituary Mr. A. Lumsden

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

Rev. W. G. Reekie, of the Presbyterian Church, Mayfield, officiated at the funeral of Mr. Archibald Lumsden, of Grove-street, Waratah…

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Obituary Able Seaman Manning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

Able Seaman Francis Albert Manning, who died in the explosion on H.M.A.S. Tarakan, on January 25, spent most of his life…

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State Funeral For Late E.G. Theodore

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Arrangements for the State funeral of the late Mr. E. G. Theodore are being made to-day between Commonwealth and State Government officials…

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Mr. Theodore Will Be Given State Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. E. G. Theodore, who died in Sydney yesterday afternoon, will be given a State funeral. The Prime Minister (Mr…

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Obituary Mrs. E. Haynes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 6

Mrs. Ellen Haynes, of Warner's Bay, died in Wallsend Hospital on January 6. Born in Lanark, Scotland, 69 years ago, she came to…

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Police Inquiry Into Death Of N.Z. Nurse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 10. A.A.P.—Police are investigating the death of a 23-year-old nurse, from Auckland, Elsie Mavis Thornton, who…

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Death of Mr. W. A. Miller

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. W. A. Miller, Town Clerk of Newcastle since November, 1948, died in his sleep early yesterday morning…

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Funeral Of Town Clerk

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

The funeral procession of the late Mr. W. A. Miller passing the City Hall this morning, where the council staff had assembled to nay a tribute to the former Town Clerk…

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Big Gathering At Funeral Of Late Town Clerk

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 3

Nearly 400 men and women, representative of almost every section of the community, crowded into St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church this morning to pay final and striking tribute to the late…

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Death Of Cook's Hill Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 4

Mr. Charles Richard Rowe, 55, well-known as a Cook's Hill Intermediate High School teacher for 20 years, died in Royal Newcastle…

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Obituary Mrs. L. Lowe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 6

Mrs. Lizzie Lowe, wife of James Lowe, who died after a brief illness, had lived at Barnsley for 54 years. Mrs. Lowe, who was 75,…

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Death of Former Labour M.l.a

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Benjamin Howe, Labour M.L.A. for North Sydney from 1930 to 1932, died at the Mater Misericordiae…

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Obituary Mr. C. Frogley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 4

Mr. Charles Frogley, who died in the Royal Newcastle Hospital yesterday, at the age of 79, after a short illness, had lived in…

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Woman Alleges Assault On Day Of Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: A woman who sued her two nieces for heavy damages in the Supreme Court today alleged that they had assaulted her on the day of her mother's funeral…

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Obituary Mr. T. L. Sawyer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 5

The funeral took place yesterday from a private chapel in Wickham, of Mr. T. L. Sawyer, who for half a century had been…

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Obituary Mr. A. E. Bilbie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

Mr. Arthur Ernest Bilbie, of Lambton, was born in Minmi in 1878. He was educated at Minmi school, and later played with Minmi…

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Man's Funeral Day Brother To Have Married

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The funeral of a man who died yesterday from injuries in a brawl last week-end will take the place…

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