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Obituaries & funerals, 1912

2,043 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 103

Railway Laborers' Conference. Death of a Member

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 8

Owing to the death of an old member of the union, Robert Kennedy, the Railway Workers' and General Laborers' Association conference at the Trades Hall adjourned this…

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OBITUARY Mrs. John Kanrahan, Cerringong

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 17

Mrs. John Hanrahan, one of the pioneers of the Gerringong district, died recently at, Blackwood, Gerringong, the residence of one of her daughters. The cause of death was…

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Death of a Lecturer. Son of Famous Novelist

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 8

NEW YORK, Wednesday Evening.—Mr. Alfred Tennyson Dickens son of the last Charles Dickens the famous novelist, and a well-known lecturer on the famous novelist, and a well-known lecturer on his father's books, has died here…

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Civil Engineer's Will. Sworn at £27,000. the Late Mr. J. P. Josephson

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 1

Probate has been granted in respect of that will of Mr. Joshua Percy Josephson, civil engineer, of Killara, who died on October 3, last. He bequeathed £100 to his widow, Eliza…

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Death of a Dentist. Supposed Case of Suicide. Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 7

A sensation was caused in dental circles this morning by the discovery of the body of Harold King, a well-known dentist, of 110 Collins-street. There was a gaping wound…

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Death of Mr. Lewis Kiddle. Commissioner of Melbourne Savings Bank

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Mr. Lewis Kiddle, Commissioner of the Savings Bank, Melbourne, since 1904, died to-day. Mr. Kiddle was born in England 67 years ago, and came…

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Famous French Painter. Death of Felix Ziem. Queen Victoria His Pupil

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 10

Of the French painter Felix Z[?]m, who died in November, in his [?] year, it used to be said that he had become a kind of legendary figure in the world of artists. He was still…

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The Week in Brishbane News and Gossip. Death of Mr. John Mahon

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 28

The late Mr. John Mahon widely known as the principal of the Gatton Agricultural College, was a man who rendered Queensland good service. Under his capable…

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The Late Mr. John Mahon

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 7

John Mahon, Principal of Gatton College. Queensland, died on xmas Day. The Australian world of dairy, and farmers generally, will hear the…

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Death of Captain Finlay

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

During the last voyage of the steamer Frankdale from Newcastle to Valparaiso Captain Finlay, the master, expired. It is understood that the…

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The Late Mr. G. H. Greene a Romantic Family History

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

The coming of the late Mr. Greene's family to Australia was most romantic and patriarchal, writes a correspondent of the Sydney "Daily…

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"Fighting Bob." Death of Admiral Evans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--The death is announced of Rear-Admiral Robley D. Eyans. The cause of death was acute indigestion. Rear-Admiral Evans is well known as the…

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Railway Workers' Conference. Death of a Delegate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 9

Owing to the death of Mr. Robert Kennedy, delegate from the Glenbrook section of the Railway Workers' and General laborers', Association, the conference of that body adjourned…

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Death of Admiral Evans. Washington, Jan. 4. Admiral Evans has died of acute indigestion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 9

Admiral D. R. Evans, or, as he was popularly known in the U.S. Navy, "Fighting Bob," had a distinguished and adventurous career. He left the U.S. Naval Academy in 1863, and in…

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Death of Mr. S. Bray

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

On Wednesday evening Mr. Thos. Bray (14), a well known Parramatta master painter and decorator, passed away, after a long and painful illness, the final stages…

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Death of Time. a Professional Lecture

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

Leaving, my friends the world of mere conjecture and turning to the abstract world of fact, I purpose in the course of this my lecture…

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Obituary. Tokio, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 15

The death is announced of Vice-Admiral Ijichi, who was flag-captain to Admiral Togo…

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Death of Mr. R. T. B. Gaden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 16

Our Wellington correspondent says:—The death has occurred of Mr. R. T. B. Gaden, who has been a resident of the Wellington district for half a century, and was one of…

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Charged with 600 Murders. Death of Famous Brigand

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

Telegrams from Smyrna announce thy death of the famous brigand chief Tchakirdjiali, who has been killed near the village of Erzabazaar, in the vilayet of Aidin, in an…

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Togo's Flag-captain. Death of Vice-admiral Ijichi

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 13

TOKIO, Thursday Evening.--The death is announced of Vice-Admiral Ijichi, flag-captain to Admiral Togo during the Russo-Japanese war…

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