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Obituaries & funerals, 1879

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Death of Lord Lawrence

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 9

LONDON, June 28.—Lord Lawrence, formerly Viceroy Governor-General of India, is dead. He was born March 4,1811…

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Death of a Bride from Fright

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 28

AN inquest was held by Mr. J. D. Cave at the Miners' Arms, Kooringa, on June 16, touching the death of Annie, wife of Edward Statton, who died on the same morning (says the SOUTH AUSTRALIAN…

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Original Poetry on the Death of the Prince Imperial of France

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 6

DEAD ! where a Buonapart should die. Dead on the battlefield, Facing the foe with courage high, Careless of mail or shield…

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Original Poetry. on the Death of the Prince Imperial of France

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 28

DEAD! where a Buonapart should die. Dead on the battlefield, Facing the foe with courage high, Careless of mail or shield…

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The Old Guardsman to His Grandson on the Death of the Prince Imperial

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 28

My grandson, you tell me Napoleon is dead; He was dead many years ere your birth; And of those whom his sword once to victory led There are few, like myself, left on earth…

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The Late Mr. Richard Kenna's Funeral at Bathurst. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1879 · page 5

At the Roman Catholic Cathedral to-day Dr. Byrne delivered an address detailing the circumstances regarding the antagonism which had arisen between the late Richard Kenna and the Roman Catholic…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1879 · page 8

SIR GEORGE STEPHEN.—Sir George Stephen, Q.C., one of the oldest and most widely-esteemed members of the colonial Bar, died at Melbourne, on the 20th June, at the age of 86 years. He was the youngest son of the late…

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The Late Mr. F. M. Bates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1879 · page 6

The inquest upon the remains of the late Frank Mathew Bates, the well-known tragadian, whose dead body was found on the Flemington Road, near Melbourne under such peculiar and suspicious circumstances on the 27th ultimo,…

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The Death of the Prince Imperial. Cape Town, June 14

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1879 · page 3

"Words would fail me If I were to attempt to describe the profound sensation which was occagioned by the news of the death of the son of the late Emperor of the French. When the…

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The Death of the Prince Imperial Cape Town, Tuesday, June 3, Noon (Via Plymouth)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 July 1879 · page 6

Late last night a telegram reached this (Reuter's) agency announcing the death of the Prince Imperial. It appears that the Prince with his accustomed gilantry had gone out with a patrol from General Wood's…

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The Death of the Prince Imperial. Cape Town, Tuesday, June 3, Noon (Via Plymouth)

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 July 1879 · page 3

Late last night a telegram reached this (Renter's) agency announcing the death of the Prince Imperial. It appears that the Prince, with his accustomed gallantry, had gone out with a patrol from…

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Death of Mr. James Mort

Evening News · Wednesday 9 July 1879 · page 2

Those of our readers who knew Mr. James Mort, of the firm of Mort, Holland, and Co., Brisbane, and brother of the late Mr. T. S. Mort, of this city, will be sorry to hear of his death, news of which is…

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Funeral of Baron Rothschild

Evening News · Thursday 10 July 1879 · page 3

The funeral of Boron Lionel de Rothschild toot place to-day, at Willesden Cemetery. There was an enormous number of spectators. The weather was flue. 42 mourning coaches followed his…

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The Late Mr. F.m. Bates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 20

THE inquest upon the remains of the late Frank Mathew BAtes, the well-known tragedian, whose dead body was found on the Flemington Road, near Melbourne, under such peculiar and…

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Funeral of Baron Rothschild

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 8

The funeral of Baron [?]onel [?] took place to-day, at Willesden Cemetery. There was an enormous number of spectators. The weather was fine. 42 mourning coaches followed his…

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The Outrage on the Late Mr. Richard Kenna

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 7

[The following letter, enclosing the telegram from Bathurst, epitomising the explanation in the Papal Cathedral there, has been received by Mr. J. Hurley, M.P, Hartley.]…

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The Late Mr. Richard Kenna's Fureral at Bathurst

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 7

At the Roman Catholic Cathedral to-day' Dr. Byrne delivered an address detailing the circumstances regarding the antagonism which had arisen between the late Richard Kenna and the…

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Death of Mr. George Walker

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 29

It is with regret that we announce the death, at the age of 76 years, in London, on the 24th April, of Mr. George Walker, the veteran player and author, whose works delighted English-speaking chess players…

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The Late Mr. Richard Kenna and the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 18

THE circumstances connected with the death and burial of the late Mr. Richard Kenna formed the subject of an address from the REv. Dr. Byrne at the Cathedral of Sts. Moichael and…

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The Late Mr. Kenna and the Roman Catholic Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 71

The following correspondence in connection with the controversy between Bishop Quinn and the late Mr. Kenna, of Bathurst, has appeared in the Bathurst Times. Mr. Kenna's letter to Bishop Quinn:—…

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