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Obituaries & funerals, 1950

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Obituary Mrs. B. B. Berrigan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

In Lewisham Private Hospital on Friday, Mrs. Bidella Bridget Berrigan, of 69 Urana Street, Wagga, and late of Western…

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Two Youths Sentenced to Death Guilty of Murder of Sarawak Governor

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 1

SIBU (Sarawak), Friday: Two Malay youths Sound guilty of having murdered the Governor of Sarawak (Mr. Duncan Stewart) were sentenced to…

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Sudden Death of Monty Banks

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. — Monty Banks, film director of Gracie Fields, died suddenly in a train near Samploni (Italy) yesterday,…

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Official Probe Into Death of Lifesaver

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: An official inquiry will be made into the drowning of 17-year-old lifesaver, Mervyn Fletcher, at Dee Why surf carnival yesterday. The inquiry will be held on Wednesday by the…

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Obituary Mrs. M. A. Burke

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 2

In the Wagga Base Hospital. Mrs. Margaret A[?] Burke, of 222 Edward Street, Wagga, died at the age of 59 years. She was…

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Obituary Mr A. E. Sheather

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 5

On Friday afternoon last, Mr Alfred Ernest Sheather died at the Gundagai District Hospital at the age of 86 years…

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Obituary Mr. David Waldron Cowden

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 2

The death occurred in the Sacred Heart Hospital last night of Mr. David Waldron Cowden, 66, well-known farmer and…

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Death of Junee Resident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 4

Another of Junee's old residents, Mr. Robert Traton Norman Williams, has passed away at the use of 72. Not long after his marriage in Narrandera…

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Obituary Mr. Leslie Myers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2

A well-known and highly esteemed resident Mr. Leslie Myers, of 84 Thompson street, passed away at the Sydney…

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OBITUARY Mrs. Catherine Manson

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday last of Mrs. Catherine Manson, aged 88 years and 9 months. The dear old lady who had been an…

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OBITUARY Mr. Herbert Ernest Graham

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2

The death occurred in the Narrandera District Hospital on Sunday morning last of a well known and highly respected resident of…

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OBITUARY Mr. Joseph J. Cooper

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 1

The death occurred in the Narrandera District Hospital on Thursday, 29th December, of another member of the well known and respected Cooper…

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Obituary Mrs. B. Keough

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Rachel Keough died in Goulburn District Hospital on January 6 at the age of 77 years, wife of the late Patrick…

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Obituary Mr David Waldron Cowden

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1

The death occurred in the Cootamundra Sacred Heart Hosital this week of Mr David Waldron Cowden 66, a well known farmer and…

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The Funeral

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2

In the absence of the Rev. J. W. Henderson, the funeral service was taken by Rev. A. A. Parsons, of Narandera, who conducted the service in…

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Death Of Patricia Potter

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

The news of the death on Monday night last of Miss Patricia Potter, only daughter of the late Mr. George Potter and of Mrs…

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Obituary Mrs. Kathleen Roach

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2

The death occurred under very sad circumstances, at the Narranders Hospital, on Tuesday afternoon, of Mrs. Roach, wife of Mr…

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OBITUARY Mr. William Ferguson

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2

Mr. William Ferguson, independent candidate for Lawson, who was born 60 years ago in Darlington Point, and has been a tireless worker on behaif…

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OBITUARY Mr. Abel Robert Dutton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2

A very well known and highly esteemed resident of Leeton, Mr. Abel Robert Dutton, familiarly known as Bob Dutton, passed away on Tuesday…

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Noted Wagga Sportsman's Funeral Today

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

William Cowley ("Otto") Hyland, whose funeral will take place at Wagga at 2.30 p.m this afternoon, was particularly well…

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