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Northern Rivers · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1951

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Death of Famous World Cricketer

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Frank Tarrant, former Victorian and Middlesex cricketer, died early to-day. He was 69…

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OBITUARY Double Bereavement MR. F. Y. Lees and Mr. J. BROADRICK

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

Sisters suffered bereavement at Coraki yesterday, when Mr. Prank Yabsley Lees (50), who was found dead at Swan Bay on Saturday…

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Obituary Mr. W. D. Clapham

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

An old and well-known resident of the Nimbin district, Mr. William David Clapham (83), died at Nimbin on Tuesday night Mr…

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Obituary Mr. W. D. Clapham

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

Mr. William David Clapham, of 17 Mile Peg, Nimbin Road who died at Nimbin on Tuesday night, was buried on Thursday afternoon in the…

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Marshal's Funeral Boycotted by Reds

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 5

HELSINKI, Monday (AAP).—Soviet Russia, East European countries and the Finnish Communist Party boycotted the State…

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Death Of Old Kyogle Saddler

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

The death occurred in Kyogle Memorial Hospital on Sunday evening of Mr. A. Bolle, of Main Street, Kyogle…

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Obituary Mrs. Emma Norris

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 4

BALLINA, Tuesday.—The funeral of Mrs. Emma Norris, of Hamilton Street, Ballina, who passed away at Ballina District Hospital,…

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Obituary Mrs. A. Sutton

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—Following a long illness, the death has occurred of Mrs. Annie Sutton, of Wheat Street, who had resided here for…

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Obituary Mr. K. M. H. Wilkinson

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 5

The death occurred at Casino Memorial Hospital last Sunday of Mr. Keith Mayhew Harricks Wilkinson, one of the earliest settlers…

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Obituary Mr. Henry Duggan

Northern Star · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—The death occurred at the Memorial Hospital of Michael Henry Duggan, after a lengthy illness. He was a native…

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Crowd at Radio Star's Funeral

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

SXDNEY, Monday.—Many women wept at the funeral of well-known radio star, Jack Burgess, today…

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Obituary Mr. V. G. C. Brown

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. Victor Gilford Clide Brown, of 131 wood[?]ark Street, Lismore, a member of the start at the Lismore Post Once, where he was employed…

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Obituary Mr. W. T. Arnett

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 4

The death occurred at his home, 41 Lenore St., Fivedock, after a short illness, of Walter T. Arnett, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs…

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Obituary Mr. James Cartwright

Northern Star · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

Mr. James Cartwright, aged 89 years, of 20 Norris St., Lismore, an old identity of the Richmond River, died in Lismore yesterday…

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Obituary Mr. James Nilon

Northern Star · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—Mr. James Nilon, 68, died in the Ipswich General Hospital early yesterday morning after a long illness…

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Obituary Mrs. J. A. Law

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 4

The death occurred recently at her home at Concord, Sydney, of Mrs. Jessie Ann Law, a former well-known resident in the Richmond…

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Obituary Sgt. J. H. Thompson

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 5

The death occurred suddenly in Lismore yesterday morning of Sgt. John Harrison Thompson (54), of 92nd Avenue, Lismore. Sgt…

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Man Killed After Attending Mother's Funeral

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—George David Dowsett, 57, former polliceman, was killed instantly when struck by lightning today shortly…

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OBITUARY Sgt. J. H. Thompson

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 4

Sgt. John Harrison Thompson, a resident of 9 2nd Avenue, Lismore, who died suddenly on Monday morning, was buried yesterday…

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Obituary Mr. H. (Jack) Hall

Northern Star · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 4

Mr. Herbert (Jack) Hall, a well known commercial traveller in the Northern Rivers and Lismore districts for several years, died…

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