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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1907

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Death of Mr. Donald M'Phee

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

GENUINE regret was felt on Wednesday in Casino when the telegraph line conveyed the news that Mr. Donald M[?]Phee, the gonial proprietor of the Federal…

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Death of an Old Richmond River Resident

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

Mrs. Martha Simpkins, of Casino, died on 26th December. She was 74 years of age, and came to Australia from England 56 years ago. About a year after…

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Death of an Old South Grafton Resident

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

On Saturday evening (says the "Clarence Examiner") Mrs. J. McBrein died at South Grafton, at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. F. Keegan, at the age of 80…

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Tragic Death of a Priest

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

In a letter received yesterday by one of our townsmen, from on English friend in Manchester, he says.—This morning we had a visit from the Right Rev. Dr. O'Connor,…

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Death of a Good Old Pioneer

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

ON Friday night the townspeople were much startled and pained by the news that Mr. E. G. Greeves, manager of Runnymede Estete, had suddenly passed away.It…

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Death of Dean David Walshe

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 5

Referring to the sudden death of Dean Welshe, Catholic Rector of St. Marie's Bury, in England, Rev. Father Walshe, of Bangalow, who called yesterday,…

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Death of Mr. E. C. Greeves

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 5

On Friday night townspeople went much pained by the news that Mr, E. G. Greeves, manager of Runnymede Estate, had suddenly passed away. Deceased had been in…

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Tragic Death of a Priest

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 3

In a letter received on Friday last by Mr. D. Mason from an English friend in Manchester, he says:—This morning we had a visit from the…

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Death of an Old Resident

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

On Sunday night last the wife of Mr. Samuel Baxter, died at her residence. North Arm, Corak[?], after a few hours illness from a species of cholera. The…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 5

Mr. John M. Pearse, one of the oldest residents of the State, died at Chatswood on Wednesday. He was born in Devenshire England 85 years age, and…

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The Late Mr. W. Weary

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 4

AT a meeting of the U. R. R. Farmers and Settlers Association at Kyogle last week, the President referred to the less that the Association had sustained…

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Death of Mr. M. Jordan

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

LAST Saturday morning there died at Grafton a very old resident of the Upper Clarence and Richmond districts in the person of Mr. M. G. Jordan. He was 60…

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Death of Mr. Michael Jordan

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

ONE of the best-known identities of the Grafton and Upper Clarence districts, in the person of Mr. M. G. Jordan, passed away on Saturday…

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The Late Mr. G. W. Nicoll. Details of His Will

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. George Wallace Nicoll, late of William-street, Canterbury, who died in November left an estate, which, for probate purposes, was valued at £61,475…

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Death of the Aboriginal Footballers' Captain

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 5

Albert Larkin, the full-blood aboriginal so well known around Lismore, died in the Lismore Hospital on the 11th a few minutes after his admission. He had been…

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Death of Mr. Cordingley

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Cordingley, managing director of the North Queensland Meat Export Company. Townsville, died suddenly at the Grosvenor hotel, Sydney, on Friday…

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Death of Mr. E. Lewis Jones

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 5

Intimation was received by us last evening that Mr. E. Lewis Jones, of Lismore, had died in Casino between 9 and 10 p.m. Deceased, who had Nicholson's agency in…

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Death of a Pioneer

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 5

Another of the links connecting the early history of the Richmond with the presents was s[?] last week by the death of Mr. James H. Smith, of Wilson's Ridges…

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Death of a Valuable Cow

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 5

Mr. W. C. Gray, of [?] Farm, Pearce's Creek, has unfortunately lost his fine cow, [?]. From what we have heard we are disposed to think she…

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Death of Mrs. E. Mirray

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 5

It is with sincere regret says the Ballina "Times" that we record the dou[?] of Mrs. Murray, wife of Mr. E. Murray, of Woodburn, who passed away on…

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