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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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Death of Mrs. Hanna. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

Mrs. Hanna, who was shot by her husband at Paddington on Saturday last, died this morning…

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Death of Mr. E. H. Kater

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

Mr. Edward Harvey Kater, of Mumblebona station, Macquarie River, died in Sydney on Tuesday of complications supervening on an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Kater was…

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Death of an Ex-member. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

Mr. William Henson, ex-M.L.A., died at Ashfield yesterday. Deceased took a prominent part in public charities, and was for about two years a member…

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Death of Mr. E. H. Kater, of Mumblebone. One of the Oldest Settlers in the west

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 4

Mr. Edward Harvey Ka[?]r, of [?] station, Macquarie River, [?] in [?] Tuesday from complications superevening [?] attack of typhoid fever. Mr. [?] was [?]…

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Death of Dean Farrar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of the Very Rev. Frederick William Farrar, D.D., F.R.S., Dean of Canterbury, in his 72nd year…

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Death of Dean Farrar. An Eminent Churchman

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 3

LONDON. Monday.--The death is announced of the Very Rev. F. W. Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, in the 72nd year of his ago. For twenty yearn the deceased was…

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Funeral of Hector Macdonald. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 3

The body of Sir Hector Macdonald was brought secretly to London from Paris on Sunday. A number of Scotchmen, who were anxious to honor the…

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Strange Death of a Woman

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

At an inquest at held Adelaide concerning the strange death of a young woman a verdict of murder was returned and Melissa Fairburn was…

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Death of a Veteran Politician. Dr. R. R. Bowker

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

THE death of Dr. Richard Ryther Bowker, M.L.C., one of the oldest and most highly esteemed medical practitioners in the State, took place on Friday at his residence,…

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Will of the Late Mr. James Dick. Provisions of the Will

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 3

By his will dated March 4, 1902, Mr. James Dick, gutta-percha boot and shoe manufacturer, of Glasgow, Scotland, after appointing Sir John Neilson Cuthbertson,…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. M'Lerie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

ON Tuesday the funeral of the late Mr. J. E. M'Lerie took place at Gilgandra, when a great number or friends attended to pay their last respects to the deceased, and to…

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The Death of Mr. J. E. M'Lerie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 3

A GH[?]AND A correspondent writes: "One of the most [?]entable accidents in our local history occurred [?] late on Saturday afternoon when 'Jack' M'Lerie met his death. The…

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Sudden Death of Mr. D. Simons. Fatal Attack of Pulmonary Hemorrhage

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 5

THE town of Dubbo was startled on Wednesday night to learn of the peculiarly sudden death of one of its best known business men--Mr. David J. Simons, for very many years engaged…

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Obituary. Death of an old Pioneer

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 6

"Poor old Eli is dead !" will be heard with sorrow by the numerous friends the deceased hid, and I don't believe he had an enemy. Eli Attrill was his full name, but…

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Death of the Mayor of Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 3

SHORTLY after two o'clock on Friday afternoon, the Mayor of Bathurst (Alderman W. J. Scotford) quietly passed away. For some days he had known no one, but on Friday morning…

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Death of an Old Colonist. A Link with the Earliest Times

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 3

MR. W. W. BILLYARD, the oldest solicitor on the roll of New South Wales, died at Bath (England), recently, aged 89. He was the first Crown Solicitor under responsible…

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Obituary

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 2

We regret to have to announce the death of Senior Constable John Murphy, in Sydney, on Saturday last. The deceased, who was born in Ireland in 1867, joined the New South…

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Death of Mr. L. Guidice

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 3

A PRIVATE telegram received on Tuesday morning from Sydney reported the death of Mr. Louis Guidice, for many years a resident of this town…

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Death of Mr. Louis Griudice

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

As announced in last issue, the death took place in Sydney on Tuesday of Mr. Louis Giudice, who had been a well-known resident of Dubbo, and recently held the…

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Death of Mr. E. W. Orbell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 2

The death took place at the hospital on Tuesday about 8.50 p.m., of Mr. Edward Watson Orbell, fourth son of the late William George Orbell. Deceased, who…

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