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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1954

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

Accused Doctor Sends Wreath To Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 3

DUNEDIN (N.Z.), Wed. (O.S.R.): Slim, attractive Dr. Senga Whittingham yesterday sent a wreath to the funeral of a doctor she is charged with murdering. Dr. Whittingham, who is…

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Death Of Famous U.S. Lawyer

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Famous liberal lawyer Arthur Garfield Hays died today aged 73…

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Death of Mr. W. A. Bendeich

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 17

A well-known resident of the Branxton district, Mr. William Anthony Bendeich, of Stanhope, has…

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Obituary Mr. W. A. Bendeich

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1954 · page 7

Mr. W. A. Bendeich, of Stanhope, died after a long illness, aged 65. A dairyfarmer, he took a…

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Death Of Dr. C. A. Clark

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 10

One of Newcastle's best-known physicians, Dr. Charles Augustus Clark, of Gordonave., Hamilton,…

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Mercy Flight to Wife's Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY.—A T.A.A. DC3 will make a special mercy flight from Roma to Narrabri today so that a man…

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Death Of Dr. C. Clark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 2

Dr. C. A. F. Clark, who died on Sunday night, aged 63, was one of the best-known physicians in Newcastle…

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Death Of Noted Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 11

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 21. A.A.P. — Ald. Luke Hogan, colourful and controversial former Lord Mayor of…

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Obituary Cr. S. H. Nichols

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 4

Cr. Stanley Herbert Nichols, 61, of Patrick Plains Shire Council, who died suddenly at his home at Lower Belford,…

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Obituary Mrs. F. M. Pitt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 7

Mrs. Florence May Pitt, of Wommara - avenue, Belmont North, died after a, long illness, aged 57…

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Famous British Trials The Death Of An Arsenic Eater

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 December 1954 · page 4

A man is taken ill, complaining of sickness, great pain in the stomach and legs, all symtomsatic of arsenical poisoning. He dies, and the post-mortem reveals traces of arsenic in his remains. His wife, who has been…

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Famous British Trials The Mystery Death Of Elsie Cameron

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 December 1954 · page 12

Public opinion is not easily disposed to put its faith in scientific experts. It derides the meteorologist, it marvels at the rival findings of medical witnesses and it is unmoved by the unworldly, and often contrary, inferences of the psychiatrists…

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