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Obituaries & funerals, 1931

2,013 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 101

Death of Mr. J. Corr

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

Mr James Corr, a highly respected citizen of Penrith died at his residence, High Street, Penrith, on Sunday last at the age of 56 years…

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Death of Colonel J. G. Tedder

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

Colonel James Tedder, V.D., an exresident of Penrith, died at his home at Turramurra on Saturday at the age of 68 years. Deceased was a native…

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The Death of Captain Shand Chapter Viii. --

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 15

He restrained the impulse, but the feeling which gave rise to it caused his voice unconsciously to soften when he next addressed her…

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Death of Mr. James Jessup the Inquest

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 8

A verdict, of death from a bullet wound self inficted was given by the district coroner, Mr Arthur Judges, at an inquest held at Penrith Court House…

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Obituary. Mr. Erskine S. Smith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 17

Mr. Erskine Samuel Smith, who died at Bondi on Thursday after a long illness, was a member of a family dating back to the earliest times in Australia, his grandmother…

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Death of Two Men Following Vaccine Injections. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 14

At the resumed inquest to-day on the [?] of the two men in the Brisbane General Hospital, following injections of vaccine for rheumatoid arthritis, the superintend of…

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Death of Gipsy Woman. Brothers Suspect Foul Play. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 14

Two gipsies, who called on Detective-Inspecfor Purdue to-day, said that they were the brothers of Mrs. Olga Toohey, one of a party of Gipsies, who was found dead in suspicious…

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Death of Capt Shand CHAPTER VIII.--(Continued.)

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 23

"However," said Peter, with mischievous gaiety, "I'm not going to see him. I'm calling on Dolores." He had expected some expression…

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Czar Link Death of Doctor a Romanoff? Cairns

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 2

IF the story told by Dr. Frank Henderson, who was found dead on Cairns Beach to-day, was true, another link with the Czardom of…

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Suicide's Mother and His 14-Year-old Girl Friend Did Not Speak Petty Theft That Led to Dastardly Murder and a Coward's Death Epilogue of Grim Drummoyne Drama

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 17

LAST scenes of a drama in which both the principal actors met death by violence were played at the Coroner's Court last week, when a double inquest on the bodies of a very old woman and a very young and misguided man was held by the City Coroner, Mr. E. A. May…

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The Death of Captain Shand Yesterday's Instalment

Daily Pictorial · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 17

Peter suspects that in some way or other Mario may be embroiled in the Machado mystery. That meant that Dolores was in some way a guilty party, perhaps, to the…

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Obituary. Mr. E. Hornby-spear

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 17

The funeral of Mr. Ernest Hornby-Spear, who died at his home at North Sydney, aged 53, took place at Manly Cemetery on Saturday. Mr. Hornby-Spear, who was a son of…

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MR..W. E. WEARNE. Death of Ex-Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 12

Mr. W. E. Wearne, former M.L.A., and Minister for Lands, in two State Ministries, died in a private hospital at Darlinghurst on Saturday night…

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Young Man Arranged His Own Funeral! Victim of Fate's Queer Twist in Mother's Coffin

Daily Pictorial · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 5

A grey-haired old woman in a lonely suburban cottage is mourning the death of a son who has gone to his last rest in the coffin that…

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Obituary. Mr. W. E. Wearne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 13

The funeral of Mr. W. E. Wearne, a former Minister for Lands took place yesterday the body being cremated at Rookwood, after a service in the Bondi Junction…

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

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 16

"Ah, monsieur," she said, with a seductive, pleading sweep of her, hands, "how could you think, that I would let you leave my house like…

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Obituary. Mr. Philip Reilly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 15

The late Mr. Philip Reilly, whose death occurred recently at Natal River, was born at Brownlow Hill in 1841. His father wa[?] one of the first white settlers of the…

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Death of Mr. Arthur Rogan. Dubbo, Tuesd[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 14

The death has occurred of Mr. Ar[?] Rogan. Deceased, who was 45 years of [?] was a native of Dubbo, and had been [?] active worker in the interests of all se[?]…

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Strange Death of Youth Hurt While Swimming

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

APPARENTLY only slightly injured when he bumped into another youth, while swimming in George's River, at the Vela of Ah on…

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

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 15

Peter was silent. There was no doubting a story told with so much feeling and with such detail. If it had been invented, then Dolores was a…

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