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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1940

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Death of Newspaper Pioneer

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

IPSWICH, Wednesday: — William Kippen, one of the pioneers of the newspaper industry in Queensland, died to-day aged 90. For 70 years he…

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Obituary John James Burnham

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

Mr. John James Burnham, who died at Rosebank on Friday, aged 76 years, was a well-known resident of the South Coast, and in later years…

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Obituary Mr. James Jolly

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 10

One of the district's best known business men of earlier years, Mr. James Jolly (84), of Victoria-street, Lismore, died in the Lismore Base…

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Death of Boy Inquiry by Hospitals Commission

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:—When the Hospitals Commission inquiry into the death of Leo Patrick Armstrong. 14-ryear-old son of a Junee farmer,…

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Obituary Mr. W. A. Kedzlie

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday morning in Tweed District Hospital of William Arthur Kedzlie (70), of East Murwillumbah. He had been ailing…

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Death of Brilliant Entomologist on Expedition for 'Hoppers

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 8

CANBERRA, Wed.:— A week-end expedition for grasshoppers and other entomological specimens ended in death for Andre Leon Tonnoir,…

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Obituary Mrs. Elizabeth Riordan

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

A very wide circle of friends throughout the Richmond heard with deep regret the news that Mrs. Elizabeth Riordan, 78, widow of the late Mr. J…

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Obituary Mr. John Baker

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

Mr. John Baker, 88, who died at Woodburn on Wednesday morning, was one of the oldest and best-known pioneering identities of the Lower…

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Obituary Mr. R. G. Hawken

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

The burial took place yesterday at Tweed Heads of the late Mr. Robert George Hawken, of Condong, who died on Tuesday in a Murwillumbah…

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Obituary Mrs. C. C. Weary

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

The death of Mrs. Christina Campbell Weary, wife of Mr. B. Weary, of Kyogle, occurred in Kyogle Memorial…

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Obituary Mr. H. B. Simons

Northern Star · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 10

The death took place at Ryde last Tuesday of Mr. Harry Belmore Simons, aged 55 years. Born at Belmore, he went to school at Kogarah…

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Death of Mr. W. Enright Fatal Truck Accident

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

Mr. William J. Enright, 35, an employee of Mr. E. T. Sheridan, the Premier Stores, Coraki, was fatally injured on Wednesday forenoon, as a result of…

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Obituary Mr. H. C. Morris

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 10

Mr. Henry Charles Morris, a former pioneer resident of the Richmond River district, died in Melbourne on January 15, at the age of 87 years…

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Obituary Mr. William Noble

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

William Noble (98), who died at Byron Bay recently, was well known throughout the district where he lived for the past 25 years. Born near…

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Obituary Mrs. C. C. Weary Kyogle

Northern Star · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 10

The death of Mrs. Christina Campbell Weary, wife of Mr. B. Weary, of Kyogle, occurred in Kyogle Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born at…

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Obituary Dr. R. Macdonald

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

Dr. Roderick Macdonald, of Coalbah, near Glenmorgan, one of Queensland's best known doctors and pastoralists, died in a city hospital early…

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Obituary Mrs. M. J. Lamond

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 3

The death occurred at Kyogle Memorial Hospital, of Mrs. Mary Jane Lamond, of "Tyree," Grady's Creek, at the age of 86 years…

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Obituary Mrs. E. A. McALPIN CASINO

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 10

The death occurred at the Casino Memorial Hospital yesterday of Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth McAlpin, relict of the late Mr. David McAlpin. The late…

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Obituary Mrs. D. Nichols

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 12

The death occurred in Sydney of Mrs. Dorcas Nichols, widow of the late Mr. J. Nichols, and formerly of Lismore and Alstonville and mother…

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Obituary Mr. T. E. Burrows

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Edward Burrows, of Randwick, formerly chief engineer of the Public Works Department, who died on Saturday, aged 76 years. had…

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