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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1874

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Messages Confirmation of the Death of Dr. Livingstone. Sympathy with the German Emperor. London, via Singapore, January 29th, 7.35 a.m. Received in Sydney, January 29th, 6.10 p.m

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1874 · page 2

Great meeting have been held at St. James's and at Exeter Halls, sympathising with the German Emperor in his conflict with the Ultramontanists. A Government telegram confirms the report that…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 156

MR. MAURICE ALEXANDER.—Our readers will be sorry to learn that Mr. Maurice Alexander, J.P. (an old and influential colonist, who was for many years a member of the Legislature), died on Tuesday, 27th January. Mr…

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Death of Dr. Livingstone. Singapore, January 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 154

Dr. Livingstone died of dysentery in June last, at Lake Bemba, after wading through the water during four days. His body has been preserved in salt by his native servants, who are proceeding…

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South Australia Death of Father O'sullivan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 5

The Rev. J. J. O'Sullivan died at Marabel on Friday, the 10th instant. There was an Office for the Dead, and Mass on the following day, at 10 o'clock, within the Church of St. Agnes…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Funeral and Visitors' Trains to Haslem Creek Cemetery on Sundays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1874 · page 2

Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the great number of visitors to the Haslem Crook Cemetery on Sundays, it has been found necessary to divide the usual Funeral Train to that place…

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The Death of Don Juan

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1874 · page 3

A GREAT deal of astonishment was excited among racing men in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon (says the Melbourne Argus, of the 2nd instant) by the rumour that the celebrated cup winner Don Juan had died suddenly. The event was so…

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[?]Ernment Notices. Government Railways Funeral and Visitors' Trains to Haslem Creek Cemetery on Sundays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 6

Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the great number of visitors to the Haslem Creek Cemetery on Sundays, it has been found necessary to divide the usual Funeral Train to that place…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 187

CAPTAIN JAMES BOYLE.—Captain James Boyle, for many years living in Sydney, died at his residence, on the 12th December last, in the eighty-second year of his age, much respected and regretted. Originally serving on…

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The Death of Don Juan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 29

A GREAT deal of astonishment was excited among racing men in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon (says the Melbourne Argus, of the 2nd instant) by the rumour that the celebrated cup winner Don Juan had died suddenly. The event was so…

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Death of the Racehorse Don Juan

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 181

A GREAT deal of astonishment was excited among racing men in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon says the Argus by the rumour that the celebrated cup winner Don Juan had died suddenly. The event was so unexpected, that at…

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Telegrams This Day. Cable Message. [A portion of the following appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday.] the London Wool and Metal Markets. Death of Meyer Rothschild, Esq. London, February 7,1.20 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1874 · page 2

The rate of discount remains firm. France is importing considerable quantities of gold. Business stocks are restricted. The export…

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Obituary. London, February 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1874 · page 5

The German author David Friederich Strauss, and Jules Michelet, French historian and litterateur…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1874 · page 6

MR. MAURICE ALEXANDER.—Our readers will be sorry to leam that Mr. Maurice Alexander, J.P. (an old and influential colonist, who was for many, years a member of the Legislature), died on Tuesday, the 27th January…

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Wreck of the Schooner Emily From Port Darwin for Adelaide. Death of a Tambaroora Miner on the Queensland Coast. Telegraph Station Stuck-up by Blacks. Floods at the Palmer. &c. &c. &c.j GULGONG

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1874 · page 2

The commission to inquire into the case of Mr. Tebbutt sits on Monday next. The escort left here, yesterday morning, with 2535 ozs 11 dwts 8 grs gold, with £1212 in…

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Death of Dr. Livingstone

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 2

The death of this distinguished traveller and explorer is announced in a London telegram. We[?] the following particulars respecting Dr. Livingstone home [?] of the Time:--…

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Brisbane. Death of John Killeen Handy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 5

THE death of this gentleman, who has been the Pere Hyacinthe of America and the Australias for some years past, occurred at two o'clock on Saturday morning, January 24th, in his own…

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Obituary. London, February 7

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 218

Meyer Rothschild…

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Obituary. London, February 7

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 218
Also in Freeman's Journal

The German author David Friederich Strauss, and Jules Michelet, French historian and litterateur…

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