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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals
246 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 13
CANBERRA: Joseph Benedict Chifley, a great Australian, is dead, aged 65. He died as he lived—without overmuch fuss, his last words a kindly reassurance to his typist worried about his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party (Mr. Chifley) will be buried at Bathurst next Sunday afternoon. A state funeral, in will be attended by Mr. Menzies and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Leslie Aloysius Blackwell, of Branxton-street, Greta, died in Lewisham Private Hospital. He was 56…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crowds lined both sides of the route as the funeral of Mr. J. B. Chifley passed along Russell-st., Bathurst,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BATHURST, Sunday. — Nearly 40,000 people watched the State funeral of Mr. J. B. Chifley this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. E. J. Little. of Moonbi-street, New Lambton, died in Royal Newcastle Hospital, after a long illness. He was 34…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK.—Police unwittingly broke up a funeral procession at Atlanta (Georgia). A brother-in-law of the dead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—The inquest into the death of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, Wollongong hotel licensee, who was found…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Robert Bruce Bissett, of West Wallsend, died at the age of 62. Burn at Cowdenbeath, Scotland, he came to Australia 27 years ago and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TOKIO, Sat. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Japan yesterday looked on the full pageantry of Imperial ceremony for the first time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. John William Thomas died in Royal Newcastle Hospital on Saturday after a short illness. He was 70…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Herbert William Curtis, of Tarro, who died in Maitland Hospital, at the age of 79 years, was born in Branxton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—A truck driver. August J. Teudt of Wolger Rd., Ryde, was fined £10 at the Traffic Court today for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. Hannah Amelia Anderson, of Singleton, died at the age of 88. She was born in Maitland. She was a foundation member of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The general manager of the Newcastle Abattoir (Mr. C. C Matters) collapsed and died at his home in Curry-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. C. C. Matters, General Manager of Newcastle Abattoir, died suddenly at his home in Curry-street, Merewether, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Ernest Davis, formerly of Broadmeadow, died in Sydney, aged 73. He is survived by three sons— Ernest, of Liverpool (Sydney),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. Henrietta Hannah Brain died at her home in Tyrrell-street last night. She had lived in Newcastle for many years. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUIRINDI: Detectives investigating the death by cyanide poisoning of Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming (39) admit that the case is one of the most baffling they have ever faced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The late Mr. R. B. (Bert) Wilkinson, of Belmont, was well known in the mining industry on the Maitland and Newcastle…
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