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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1931

2,013 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 101

Late Mr. D. Sands

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 6

Mr. David Sands, 77, who died at his residence at Coogee yesterday, was a newsagent in Sydney for more than 30 years. He retired from…

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Death of Mr. H. V. Ford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 5

The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. Harry V. Ford, at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mr. Ford had been actively associated with baseball for more than 20 years, both as an umpire and keen…

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Obituary. Rev. A. H. Austin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

The funeral of the Rev. A. H. Austin, formerly minister of the Hunters Hill Congregations Church and clerical secretary of the Congregational Union of New South Wales,…

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OBITUARY. Sister Mary Joseph Carey

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 17

In the early morning of Friday, 19th ult., Sister Mary Joseph Carey passed peacefully away at the Convent of Mercy, Emmaville, after a very brief illness. On…

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Death of Father Bonnar. Corowa's Popular Parish Priest

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 22

The Catholic community of the Wagga diocese in general, and of the Corowa parish in particular, was greatly shocked when it heard of the death of the…

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The Death of Captain Shand CHAPTER II.--(Continued.)

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 12

He eyed the envelope curiously. It was yellow with age, and stained as though it had been subjected to water. The stamp was a Portuguese…

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Death of Mr. P. McGarry. Ex-M.L.A

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 22

A sterling Catholic and fervent Irishman, the death on the 23rd ult. of Mr. Patrick McGarry, former member for the Murrumbidgee, removes a picturesque…

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Death of Rev. Father Bonnar, P.P. Loss to Wagga Diocese

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 26

The news of the death of the Rev. Father John Bonnar, parish priest of Corowa, was received with much regret by Catholics throughout the Wagga diocese on the 22nd…

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British Jewry's Great Loss “Field Marshal of Industry” Death of Lord Melchett

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 1

One of the greatest calamities that has befallen British Jewry,in particular, and world…

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Obituary. Mr. D. Hendren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 11

Mr. David Hendren, aged 70 years, a wellknown railway worker, died recently at Penrith. Mr. Hendren was bom at Manly, and at an…

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The Death of Captain Shand What Has Gone Before

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 15

When the "Morning Star" berths at the Newfoundland port of Saltern, after eight months' absence, the gossip of the little port is brought aboard by Jan Isaacs, the…

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St. Marys. OBITUARY

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

The death occurred on the 99th ult., at Rooty Hill, of Allen Leslie Halkett, adopted son of Mr and Mrs Bradley, at the age of 19 years, from pncumonia,…

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Obituary. Mr. F. S. Lyster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 13

News has been received in Sydney of the death of Mr. Frank Sanderson Lyster, an engineer in England, who carried out important work during the war. In 1915 he was…

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The Death of Captain Shand What Has Gone Before

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 17

When the "Morning Star" berths at the Newfoundland port of Saltern, after eight months' absence, the gossip of the little port is brought aboard by Jan Isaacs, the…

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Swagmans Death. Lack of Nourishment. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

Robert Breilisford, 50, a swagman, died at the district hospital. Following a report from a touring motorist, he was found by the police lying under a bridge on the…

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The Death of Captain Shand Chapter Iii.-- (Continued.)

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 23

Captain Johns handed him a letter. "That's for young da Costa," he told Peter. "Tell him as much as you. think fit. He'll do what he can for…

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Bolted From Wife's Funeral Startling Sequel to Gruesome Triple Tragedy on W.A. Farm Solace Sought in Stick of Gelignite Perth

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 10

FOLLOWING hard on the heels of one of Westralia's most horrible and amazing crimes, in which Eva Trena McCaskell, aged 28, and her infant child were battered with an axe, and an 18-year-old farm hand named William Halbert was strung up to a rafter at a farm house near Bruce Rock on Tuesday, there came on Wednesday a ghastly development which throws a more awful light on the gruesome affair…

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Funeral of Heroic Constables

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 8

Hundreds of police marched at the joint funeral of Constables Andrews and Allen, Bondi murder victims, through the city streets this afternoon…

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Obituary. Captain Morrisby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 10

The death occurred on Saturday, at his residence, Oberon, Nelson-road, Lindfield, of Captain H. A. Morrisby, late of the Union Company of New Zealand, Ltd. Captain…

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Death of Captain Morrisby Well-known Skipper

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The sudden death of Captain H. A. Morrisby on Saturday morning removes a well-known figure in Sydney shipping circles Since 1891 he had…

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