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Obituaries & funerals, 1928

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Poisoned Water From Tank Causes Death of Three People Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Three people are dead and six others in hospital as the result, it is thought, of drinking poisoned water from a tank…

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Obituary. Dr. W. Shortt Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

The death is announced of Dr. W. Shortt at Epping. He practiced at Corowa for many years, and took a keen interest in public affairs…

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Death of Mr W. Crawford

Ariah Park News · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 5

One of the best authorities of the Clydesdale in Australia recently passed away In the person of Mr William Crawford,…

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Obituary Budin Chund

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. E. A. Garland, manager of the Wagga branch of the Union Bank, has received news of the death of Budin Chund, formerly of Pullitop, at…

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Soldiers to Attend Funeral Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

Marshal Foch and Marshal Petain will attend the funeral service. BRUSSELS, Tuesday. General de Connrick and two officers…

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Obituary Miss Ellen Britt

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

Died at Wagra on Monday, after a two months' illness, Miss Ellen Britt, aged 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Britt, Wagra. Heart…

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Obituary Mrs. S. O'neil

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

The death occurred in the Wagga District Hospital of Mrs. Sarah O'Neil, of Travers-street, Wagga, yesterday afternoon after a long illness at the…

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Omeo Sensation Clergyman Arrested Death of Mrs. Griggs. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

Inquiries into the death of Mrs. Ethel Constance Griggs, 21, at Omeo, reached a climax by the arrest yesterday of her husband. Rev. R. Griggs,…

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Funeral Mrs. S. O'neil

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah O'Neil, of Travers Street, Wagga, who died on Thursday after a long illness at the ago of 72 years, took…

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Obituary Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 4

Mrs. Edwards, mother of Mrs. Bloomfield, Parker street, died in Sydney last week, aged 74. Deceased left Cootamundra about four years…

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Obituary Mrs. E. L. Snodgrass

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

The death occurred early yesterday morning in a private hospital in Wagga of Mrs. Bertha Louisa Snodgrass, aged 58 years, wife of Mr…

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Alleged Murder Death of Chinese Cook Quarrel in Hotel Kitchen Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 2

Shortly after 7 o'clock last night Michael Kelly, aged 50 years, miner, who recently arrived from Ireland, had tea at the Caledonian Hotel,…

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Death of Mr. Frank Foord

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

By the death of Mr. Frank Foord, which occurred at his residence, Merrivale-street, on January 29, in his 75th year, Tumut loses one of its…

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Obituary. George Henry Martin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 2

(Mr. George Henry Martin, a well-known resident of Junee district was found dead in bed on Monday morning. Mr. Martin had been under…

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Death of Ex-tumutite

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. William Luton, of Cooma,, who died on February 1, after a lengthy illness, was the third son of the late Mr. Alfred Luton, of…

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Death of Prominent Rice Grower

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

The announcement in the city press of the death of Mr. J. T. Barrocluff was received with a sad shock by his friends in Leeton…

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Funeral Esther Hutchinson

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

The funeral of Esther Hutehinson, daughter of Mrs. Esther Hutchinson, of Pullitop Station, took place yesterday afternoon from the Wagga…

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Obituary Eileen Patricia Bedoes

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 4

Eileen Patricia Bedoes, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Bedoes, of Bethungra, died in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Cootamundra on Saturday…

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Obituary Mrs. George McLEOD

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 3

One of the very old type of hardy women, who helped to make Australia what it is to-day, in the person of Mrs. George McLeod, late of…

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