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Obituaries & funerals, 1881

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Death of a French Statesman

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1881 · page 12

LONDON, March 2— M. Edouard Drouyn-de-Lhuys, a prominent French statesman, who has on more than one Occasion occupied the position of Minister…

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Obituary

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1881 · page 2

LONDON, March 9 His Honor Mr. Justice Thomas W. Jackson, one of the judges of the Gold Coast Colony, is dead…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 15
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THE LATE REV. P. J. O'FLINN, S.J.-It is with sorrow of no ordinary kind that we record the death of the Rev. P. J. O'Flinn, S. J. He had been suffering for many years from consumption,…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Evening News · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 5

Information has been given to the City Coroner that a female child, 11 days old, had died suddenly at the residence of its parent, Mrs. M'Callum, in Botany. The child had been suffering for some days…

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Sudden Death of an Australian Journalist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 7

Nothing could have been more sudden than the death of Mr. Charles James Poole, for many years connected with the Australian press, the Melbourne Argus. On January 19 he arrived at the London office in apparently good health,…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1881 · page 7

CAPTAIN BIRNIE.—All who have known Captain Alexander Birnie afloat or ashore will regret to hear that he died suddenly at Cook's River on March 10. As commander of the popular passenger ships Jason, Ann Duthie, and…

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Funeral Absurdities

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 10

Can anything be more hideous, un-Christian, or extravagant than the conventional funeral with its hired lugubriousness and sable mummery ? Possibly nothing, and yet with true…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 15

MR. JAMES FERRIS.-On Monday Mr. James Ferris, an old resident of Parramatta, died some-what suddenly in that town. The deceased, who was a genial and companionable gentleman, an…

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The Late Czar's Funeral

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 4

LONDON, March 18.-His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will represent Her Majesty Queen Victoria at the funeral of the late Czar of Russia…

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Death of a Noted Character

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 6

The TIMES Dublin correspondent telegraphs as follows:-"Mr. T.M. Ray, the once famous Secretary of the Repeal Association, the "My dear Ray," whom O'Connell so often addressed, and…

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Death of Sir Henry Watson Parker

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 3

The Landon EVENING STANDARD of February 4 contains the following announcement of the death of Sir H. W. Parker:—"Sir Henry Watson Parker, K.C.M.G., late First Minister of New South Wales,…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 7

Rev. O. RHODES.— The Rev. Otley Rhodes, who was engaged in missionary work for 15 years in Ceylon in connection with the Westonia Church, died at Bathurst on Saturday, Match 12. The rev. gentleman bad only recently…

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The Late Mr. W. W, Capper. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

The late Mr. Walter W. Capper, solicitor, who died at Milthorp's Hotel, yesterday, was widely respected, and was a member of a well-known resident in West Maitland; his father being the…

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The Funeral of the Late Czar. London, March 22

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 3

The Prince and Princess of Wales left London to-day for St. Petersburg, for the purpose of attending the obsequies of the late Emperor Alexander II…

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The Funeral of the Late Czar. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 5

The Prince and Princess of Wales left London to-day, for St. Petersburg, for the purpose of attending the obsequies of the late Emperor Alexander [?]…

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Latest Telegrams Death of Mr. W. W. Capper. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

Mr. Waiter W. Capper, the well-known solicitor, of Maitland and Newcastle, died here to-day somewhat suddenly at Mithorp's Terminus Hotel, shortly before 2 o'clock. He had been ailing for…

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The Late Czar's Funeral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 10

LONDON, March l8.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will represent Her Majesty Queen Victoria at the funeral of the late Czar of Russia…

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Obituary. Sir Henry Watson Parker

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 12

The London EVENING STANDARD of February 4 contains the following announcement of the death of Sir H. W. Parker:—"Sir Henry Wataon Parker, K.C.M.G., late First Minister of New South Wales,…

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Cable Messages. Death of Sir Charles Reed, M.P.

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 2

LONDON, March 25.-Sir Charles Reed. M.P. forest. Ives, and Chairman of the London School Board, died to-day, aged 62 years. He was the author of…

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