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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1951

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Death of Austrian President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

VIENNA, Dec. 31. A.A.P.—The President of Austria (Dr. Karl Renner) died this morning. Dr. Renner, 80, became ill last…

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Death of Leading Woolbroker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Harold Bell, Chairman and General Manager of Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., woolbrokers, died to-day…

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Death Of Mr. Atkinson, S.M.

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 6

The funeral of Mr. Ronald Clarence Atkinson, a former stipendiary magistrate who was well known in Newcastle, took…

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Obituary Mrs. L. S. Bolin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 3

The funeral of Mrs. Lilian Sarah Bolin, of Roslyn-avenue, Islington, took place to Beresfield Crematorium after a service at St. Mark's…

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Obituary Mrs. R. C. Wilson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

Rev. A. R. Holmes officiated at the funeral to the Church of England cemetery, Sandgate, of Mrs. Rachel C. Wilson, of Dent-street,…

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Death Of Rev. Fr. McCormack

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

The Very Rev. Father Patrick Christopher McCormack, parish priest at Singleton, died in the Mater Misericordiae…

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No Announcement Yet On Funeral Of Siamese Twins

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE: No announcement has been made yet regarding the funeral of the Tasmanian Siamese twins who…

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Obituary Mr. W. Robertson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 3

The funeral of Mr. William Robertson was to Beresfield Crematorium. He was ill for seven years. Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, he…

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Obituary Mr. R. V. Murphy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 8

Mr. Ralph Vincent Murphy, of Brooks-street, Cook's Hill, died, aged 60. Mr. Murphy had a long…

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Funeral Service Premature

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 3

Marine Albert Haebe, junr., of New York, proves to his happy mother that a funeral service held several weeks ago was premature. Albert holds the three telegrams from the U.S. Defence Department which informed his mother that he was wounded in…

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Funeral Of Rev. E. S. Robinson

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 4

After a service at Christ Church Cathedral the funeral of the Rev. Ernest Stanley Robinson, rector of West Wallsend…

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Death Of Noted U.S. Novelist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 3

ROME, Jan. 10. A.A.P.—Sinclair Lewis, distinguished American novelist and Nobel prizewinner, died to-day, aged 65…

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Nurses Form Guard At Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

The Matron of Wallsend Hospital (Matron E. E. Grahame) and members of the hospital nursing staff formed a guard of honour at…

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Funeral of Rev. E. S. Robinson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 6

The funeral of Rev. Ernest Stanley Robinson, aged 69, was to Beres-field Crematorium yesterday. Mr. Robinson was Rector of…

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Obituary Mr. J. U. Wilson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

Mr. J. U. Wilson died in Sydney, aged 72. He lived all his life in Newcastle. He retired from the Newcastle Gas and Coke…

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Obituary Mrs. J. Oliver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 6

Mrs. Jean Oliver died at Cessnock at the age of 88. Her husband, Mr. George Oliver, died 31 years ago…

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Man Flies From Singapore For Son's Funeral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 14

SYDNEY, Friday.—Rev. L. Cornwell, Baptist minister, reached Sydney this morning from Singapore to attend the funeral of his…

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Obituary Mr. W. H. Vickers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 4

The funeral of Mr. William Harold Vickers was from his residence at Lower Belford, near Branxton, to the Methodist Church,…

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Obituary Mr. N. S. McLAREN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 5

Mr. Norman Stanley McLaren, of Stockton, died after a short illness in Royal Newcastle Hospital. He was born at Broadwater, on the…

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Survivors At Captain's Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Five of the six survivors of the S.S. Kiama, which foundered off Tuggerah on Friday, attended the funeral…

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