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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1928

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Obituary. Matthew Mills

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

Matthew Mills, aged 78, who had lived in Dubbo for some years, died in the District Hospital on Tuesday evening, after being a patient for two…

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Dubbo district News. Warromine. Death of Richard Reid

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 7

Yet another of the oldest and Inspected residents of our district passed to his eternal rest on Wednesday last after a short illness, the cause…

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Obituary. Horace Vale Phoebe

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 2

The death took pines at the Wellington Hospital on Friday afternoon last of Horace Vale Phoebe,. the four months' old son of Mr. and…

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Obituary. Harriet Jane Kirkup

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 2

Harriot Jane Kirkup, aged 64, died with tragic suddenness in a private hospital in Dubbo on Saturday last about noon. Mrs. Kirkup, the wife…

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Death of Little Girl

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 5

The little, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Teirney died on Friday evening after a good deal of suffering. The little girl had been in…

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Obituary. John Govers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 1

John Govern, 65, died in the District Hospital yesterday morning after a fortnight's illness. Deceased was a native of the Blayney district. He…

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Sad Death of Professor. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 1

Professor Wood, late Professor of History at Sydney University, was : found hanged in his room at a private hospital at Randwick on Sunday…

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Obituary Mr. John Govers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 1

There passed to the Great Beyond in the Dubbo District Hospital at an early hour on Monday morning an old identity of the West in the person of…

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Obituary Mr. Albert Paull

Western Age · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday last, October 10, the [?]eath occurred of Mr. Albert Pauli after a short illness. The old gentleman was in his [?] year. Born at…

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Death of Old Resident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 7

On Monthly a very old resident of Tomingley in the person of Mr. John Waddell died in the Peak Hill Hospital. The funeral took place on Tuesday. The…

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Obituary John Sullivan

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 2

The death took place in Sydney on Monday morning last of a very old resident of Dubbo and district in the person of John Sullivan, [?] years[?]…

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Obituary. Mrs. Susannah Rutter

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 3

THE death took place on Friday morning at her son's residence at Cumnock, of Mrs. Susannah Rutter at the age of 84 years. The…

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Obituary. John Sullivan

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 2

There passed away in Sydney on Monday, October 15, John Sullivan, a very old resident of Dubbo and the district. Deceased was a native of Picton: about…

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Obituary Evelyn Margaret Hughes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 1

Sooner or later the Angel of Death comes to us all, and we sink into the long sleep from which there is no awakening. On Tuesday night at half…

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Obituary. Mr John Murray

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 8

AT the Wellington Hospital, early on Tuesday morning, there passed away a very well known and highly respected resident in the person of…

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On the Track Death of Young Girl Sydney

Western Age · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The North Sydney police are endeavouring to get on the track of several persons in connection with the death of a 17-year-old girl. which [?]…

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Death of Well-known Resident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 5

[?]ther of the old identities of the [?]an, Gilgandra and Narromine dis[?] went over to the Great Majority [?] Orange hospital on the 19th inst…

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Cumnock. Death of Old Resident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 5

The death occurred on Thursday night of last week of one of the very oldest and respected residents of the district in the person of Susannah Rutter, at…

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Death of a Grand Champion Ram

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 5

Bundemar Station sustained a severe loss last week by the death of their Grand Champion rum, which earned that distinction at the Royal…

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