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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1909

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Death of Mr. John Gordon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 3

Mr. John Gordon, President of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce, and a delegate to the Chamber of Commerce Congress, which sat in Sydney last week. died in Sydney…

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16,000 Given Away At Funeral

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 September 1909 · page 4

At the funeral coremony of the late Mr. Naoroji Wadia, the last of the old Indian Navy shipbuilders, two and a half lakhs of rupees (about £1600) were distributed in…

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Obituary. Mr. G. G. Sayer

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 October 1909 · page 2

The friends of Mr. G. G. Sayer will regret to learn of his death, which took place at an early hoar yesterday morning. The deceased was seized…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 October 1909 · page 2

The friends of Mr. A. H. Scifleet, of Geurie, will regret to learn of the death of his wife, which took place ia Wellington on Thursday last. The…

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Death of Tommy Corrigan

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 6

[?] talk of [?] on the flat, Of nerve and dash and pace, Not one in fifty has the pluck To ride a steeplechase…

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Obituary

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Gillies, a resident of Ballimore and the mail carrier for that locality, died in the Clydebank Private Hospital this week from Bright's disease. He was…

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Death of an Anarchist

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 5

Francisco Ferrer, the Barcelona anarchist, who was tried by court-martial and sentenced to death, was shot at Mont Juich. Meetings of [?] against the carrying out of the sentence…

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Obituary. Mr. Samuel Broomfield

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 October 1909 · page 3

The death occurred at Micketymulga on Thursday of Mr. Samuel Broomfield. The deceased, who was 80 years of age, was for many years a resident…

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The Moving Death Horrors of a Bog-slide

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 8

A bog-slide is caused by the water, in which every bog rests, becoming so augmented by rains and thaws as to float the peat over its…

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Obituary

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. Jan Hofmeyer, the well-known South African politician, at the age of 64 years. Mr. Hofmeyer, who had been undergoing a cure in Germany, suddenly col[?]…

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Obituary

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 3

It is our sad duty to record the death of Miss Essie May Dunn, a promising and widely-esteemed young lady. Miss Dunn had been…

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A Noted Bushranger. Death of Larry Cummings

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 November 1909 · page 4

An old and interesting identity of Albury and Wodonga districts died recently in the person of Mr. James Long, who had resided…

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Funeral of Prince Ito

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 5

The funeral of Prince Ito, who was assassinated in Korea, evoked unparalleled demonstrations in Japan…

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Death of Mr. H. R Synge

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 5

DUBBO people heard this week with regret of the death of Mr. H. R. Syuge, formerly manager of the A.J.S. Bank, at Nyngan, and more recently the predecessor of Mr. G. A. Ball, at…

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The Death of Mr. H. R. Synge

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 November 1909 · page 2

WE are indebted to the "Townsville Daily Bulletin " for the following full account of the accident whereby the late Mr. H. R. Synge, formerly manager of the Australian Joint Stock…

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Geurie Burning Fatality. Funeral of the Victim

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 November 1909 · page 3

Widespread sympathy was felt throughout the district at the untimely death of Miss Laura Stewart, the victim of the burning accident which…

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Obituary. Miss Violet Lillian Bell

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 November 1909 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday evening of Miss Violet Lillian Bell, daughter of Mr. S. Bell, engine-driver in the railway department at…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 4

The death occurred in Sydney on Monday last of Marion (eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A Fairweather, late of Wellington), aged 26 years, from…

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Obituary

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 2

The death occurred on Thursday of Mrs. Soden, wife of Mr. Soden, formerly a resident of Wellington but now of Dubbo. The deceased, who…

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Death of an Old Bathurst Resident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 4

The death occurred on Saturday of an old resident of Bathurst in the person of Mr. J. G. Bray, father of Messrs J. E. and S. Bray, of…

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