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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Obituary Cecelia Mary Thorley

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 2

Cecelia Mary Thorley (14), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ernest Thorley, of Condong, died on Saturday at 6.30 a.m. following a heart…

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Obituary Mr. R. H. Riddle

Northern Star · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

The death occurred suddenly at his home at Redcliffe on Wednesday of Mr. R. H. Riddle, aged 75 years, father of Mr. Harold Riddle, manager…

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Death of Grammar Headmaster

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday:—Mr. Herbert Stanley Dettmann, headmaster of Sydney Grammar School since 1923, died to-day at his home in Gordon…

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Obituary Mrs. Rachael Callaghan Ballina

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 9

Mrs. Rachael Callaghan, wife of Mr. A. Callaghan, died at a private hospital in Vaucluse recently, aged 70 years. She was a daughter of the…

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Obituary Reginald James Smith

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 9

Reginald James Smith, aged 10 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Smith, of Lillian Rock, died in the Lismore Base Hospital yesterday…

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Obituary Mrs. W. C. Rylah

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 4

Mrs. Charlotte Louisa Rylah, wife of Mr. W. C. Rylah, of Tweed Heads, who died recently in the Tweed District Hospital, Murwillumbah, aged 50, after…

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Obituary Rev. W. A. S. Anderson

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1940 · page 3

The Rev. William Addison Smyth Anderson, former general secretary of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, died at His home at…

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Obituary Miss Eliza Heydon

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

The funeral of Miss Eliza. Heydon moved from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Casino, on Monday, burial taking place in the local cemetery. The…

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Obituary Rev. W. A. S. Anderson

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 4

The Rev. William Addison Smyth Anderson, former General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church in New South Wales, died at his home at Chatswood…

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Obituary Mr. D. Doyle Tenterfield

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 10

The death occurred of Mr, Daniel Doyle, a native of Tenterfield, aged 78 years. He was a blacksmith for soma years, and later took up engineering…

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Germs Order Death of Polish Woman

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

BERLIN, Saturday:— It is officially announced that a 45-year-old Polish woman has been sentenced to death…

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Obituary Mb. William Hutley

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

Mr. William Hutley (50), a returned soldier, died in the Lismore Base Hospital on Saturday morning after a short illness. Mr. Hutley was…

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Obituary Inspector Manktelow

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 5

The death has occurred at Waverey of Mr. Sydney Manktelow, former Inspector of Police, aged 71. A native of Auckland, N.Z., he joined the…

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Obituary Mrs. Christina Hopkins

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

Mrs. Christina Hopkins (46), wife of Mr. Charles Hopkins, who represented a number of Japanese snipping companies in Brisbane until his…

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Obituary Mr. W. A. Savell

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. William Augustus Savell, father of Mr. A. Savell, of Avondale Avenue, Lismore, died recently at Lakemba. He was a son of the late Mr. and…

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Obituary Mr. John Giese

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Mr. John Giese, of Coraki, who collapsed and passed away very suddenly on Friday last, in his 85th year, was one of the oldest identities of the…

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Obituary Mr. George Schipp

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

The death has occurred in Sydney of Mr. George Schipp, a former resident of Maclean, aged 81 years. The deceased's parents, the late Mr. and Mrs…

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Obituary Mr. William Vincent Eather

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 10

Mr. William Vincent Eather (70), a well-known resident of Konorigan, died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Lismore, yesterday afternoon. Deceased…

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Inquiry Into Death of Eight Victims of Goomeri Fire

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

GOOMERI (Q'ld.), Thursday:— Allegations that blinds were nailed down where the fire escape joined the verandah and that the bottom…

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Death Of Mrs. P. J. Meaney

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 6

One of the best-known residents of the Lower River, Mrs. P. J. Meaney, of Wardell, died at a Ballina hospital on Friday morning…

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