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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1947

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Open Finding Over Death of Infant

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 9

THE City Coroner (Mr. Stewart) recorded today an open finding at the inquest on a male infant whose body was found in a parcel at the…

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Open Finding Over Death of Infant

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

THE City Coroner (Mr. Stewart) recorded today an open finding at the inquest on a male infant whose body was found in a parcel at the…

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Death of Well-known Caterer and Owner

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 20

WELL -KNOWN caterer and partowner of Derby winner Prince Standard, Mr. W. Morrison, died at noon, today, aged 56…

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Death of Well-known Caterer and Owner

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 20

WELL-KNOWN caterer and part owner of Derby winner Prince standard, Mr. W. Morrison, died at noon today, aged 56…

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Death of Well-known Caterer and Owner

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 20

WELL-KNOWN caterer and part owner of Derby winner Prince Standard, Mr. W. Morrison, died at noon today, aged 56…

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Death of Well-known Caterer and Owner

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 20

WELL-KNOWN caterer and partowner of Derby winner Prince Standard, Mr. W. Morrison, died at Loon today, aged 56.,…

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Death of Noted Mining Expert

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday. -- Dr. Bertie Harcourt Moore (66), former director of the School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, died yesterday…

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Death of Noted Mining Expert

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday. -- Dr. Bertie Harcourt Moore (66), former director of the School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, died yesterday…

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Death of Noted Mining Expert

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday. -- Dr. Bertie Harcourt Moore (66), former director of the School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, died yesterday…

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Death of Baby Boy a Mystery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 12

Police had not been able to trace the mother of a newly-born baby boy, whose dead body was found in Central Railway cloakroom on November 26, said Detective-Sergeant A. E…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 10

MRS. LILY MAY FINE (66), of Thomas Street, Parramatta, died at her residence on Thursday. Her husband predeceased her…

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Funeral Of Plane Crash Victims

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 5

Schoolgirls Wept as the body of Marjorie Bush 9, of Claremont-road. Enfield, was carried from St. Anne's Church,…

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Death Of B.W. Gwilliam

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 10

Well-known Parramatta businessman, Mr. B. W. Gwilliam, died suddenly after a heart attack early on Monday morning at his home in…

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Obituary Mrs. Ettie Wearne

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

A well-known and highly-respected resident of Guildford for over forty years. Mrs. Ettie Wearne, wife of Mr. Horace Wearne. of Rosebery Road. Guildford…

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Obituary Mrs. Jenette Campbell

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 5

There passed away on November 30. at the home of her young daughter, (Mrs. Paul proment. The E-planade. Guildford).Mrs. Jean[?]c Camp[?]ll wife…

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Ellerman Lines Chairman. Death of Mr. Holden

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

The death is announced from London of Mr. Hubert Stanley Holden, Chairman and Managing Director of Ellerman Lines Ltd…

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OBITUARY Paddy Tighe, Popular A.W.U. Shearer

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 16

"The Worker" regrets to learn of-the death of a very staunch Unionist and a member of the A.W.U. in the…

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OBITUARY Adelaide Branch. Rep. Ted McRostie Passes

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 15

By the death of Mr. Ted McRostie, of Inneston, this. Branch has lost one of its finest Reps., writes Adelaide Branch secretary…

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America, The Surviving Stronghold of Capitalism Republican Victory and Death of the Deal Will Create Industrial Turmoil

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 12

The sharp fall in share values which followed the American Republican victory symbolised mood of the American people, said "The Statesman and Nation" in a recent issue,…

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Ex-n.s.w. Minister Ley on Murder Charge Nothing to Say at This Stage Mysterious Death of "Desert Rat"

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 9

Scotland Yard detectives last Saturday charged Thomas John Ley, 67, former Tory New South Wales Minister for Justice, with murder. A West London Police Magistrate remanded Ley in custody…

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