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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
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SIR,—If the Transit Commissioners are really desirous of lightening the traffic on that much overcrowded and narrow thoroughfare, George-street, could they not promulgate an order that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Macgregor arrived off Honolulu on Wednesday evening, the 11th February, at 7 o'clock, but did not reach the wharf till 10.30, having been detained outside, waiting for a pilot. A similar detention is not likely to occur again, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE LATE HON. THOMAS ICELY, M L.C.—Another much respected colonist has passed away, and we shall no more see one of those " old familiar faces," so well-known to thousands amongst us, although the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DEATH of AN OLD TASMANIAN COLONIST. — The Hon. John Walker, an old Tasmanian colonist, died on Friday, February 27, at the of 75 years. The Hobart Toton, Mercury says of him:—"He arrived in Tasmanian in…
Continued on Trove, page 345 →New York, January 25.—A despatch from Mount Airy, N. C., published here this morning, gives an interesting conversation between a correspondent and Dr. Hollingsworth who was the first physician to arrive at the…
Continued on Trove, page 339 →The Parisian population made a most extraordinary demonstration of sympathy with Victo Hugo at the funeral on Sunday (December 28) of his last remaining son. From…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Macgregor arrived off Honolulu on Wednesday evening, the 11th February, at 7 o'clock, but did not reach the wharf till 10.30, having been detained outside, waiting for a pilot. A similar detention is not likely to occur again, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Senator Charles Sumner, of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Received in Sydney, March 14, 3.11 p.m.Captain Sartorius and twenty men connected with Captain Glover's expedition have traversed the ruins of the Ashaatee capital (Coomassie) and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is with deep regret that we announce the death of the Hon. Frere Philippe, the Superior of the Order of the Brothers of Christian Doctrine, in his 82nd year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YESTERDAY the remains of the lamented Dr Keane, Bishop of Cloync were laid in the the magnificent new cathedral being erected in Queenstown, attended by a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sepator Charles Sumner, of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. JOHN BOOTH, of Cothani, near Newark, the last of sovcval short-horn breeders who lived in that quiet village, died at Iiis residence there on the 29th of July last, in the ninety-third year of his ago. Most…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →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 the 24th, in his own…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE reported death of the Columbus of this nineteenth century has caused a ripple of regret to pass over this city. It is vaguely understood that a great explorer has probably passed away, taking with him a large portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The remains of the late Dr. Livingstone are to be interred in Westminster Abbey, and the Government will defray the expenses of the funeral…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Australian mails per the Torres Straits line of steamers (Queensland line) were delivered on the 4th instant. The mails via San Francisco were delivered in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By telegram we record the death of Captain William Hans Blake, commander of the Druid on the West African Coast, who distinguished himself during the New Zealand war. Captain Blake was a Post Captain in the Royal…
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