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Obituaries & funerals, 1950

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Death of Well-known Ex-senator, News Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Mr. R. C. D. Elliott, former senator and newspaper magnate, died at his home in Toorak yesterday aged 63. The funeral will leave this afternoon for the Springvale Crematorium…

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Death of Well-known Ex-senator, News Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Mr. R. C. D. Elliott, former senator and newspaper magnate, died at his home in Toorak yesterdy aged 63. The funeral will leave this afternoon for the Springvale Crematorium…

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Death of Well-known Ex-senator, News Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Mr. R. C. D. Elliott, former senator and newspaper magnate, died at his home in Toorak yesterdy aged 63. The funeral will leave this afternoon for the Springvale Crematorium…

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Death of Well-known Ex-senator, News Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Mr. R. C. D. Elliott, former senator and newspaper magnate, died at his home in Toorak yesterday aged 63. The funeral will leave this afternoon for the Springvale Crematorium…

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Death of Well-known Ex-senator, News Man

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Mr. R. C. D. Elliott, former senator and newspaper magnate, died at his home in Toorak yesterday aged 63. The funeral will leave this afternoon for the Springvale Crematorium…

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Obituary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

ALEXANDER FOLEY (83), for many years a well-respected resident of Parramatta, died at the home of his daughters in…

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Death of Comedian

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

Newsreel comedian Lew Lehr, who died yesterday. His exaggerated German accent, and the remark,…

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Obituary. a London “Australasian Engineer” Representative

Construction · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

Many of our readers and advertisers, with connections in England, will regret to hear of the passing of Mr. Lionel D. Falk. The late Mr. Falk, who was in his 73rd year,…

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Late Mr. W. Cumberland

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 6

The death occurred at his home, High Street, Penrith, on March 1, of Mr. William Arthur Cumberland, at the age of 61 years. Deceased, who…

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The Late Mr. C. Thew

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 6

Penrith loses a good citizen and the Railway Department a highly efficient officer by the death of Mr. Clarence Thew, Penrith's stationmaster, which…

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Death of Mrs. R. Gow

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 6

Mrs. Ethel Jane Gow, wife of Mr. Roland Gow, died at her residence, 77 Union Road, Penrith, yesterday, at the age of 80 years. Interment took…

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Death of Mr. F. H. Wooddriff

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

Mr. Francis Henry Woodriff, of Combewood, Castlereagh Road, Penrith. died at his residence on Tuesday at the age of 91 years. Cremation…

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Obituary Gladys N. Cohen

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 10

The death occurred on February 17, 1950, at her home, Kalatti, Bellevue Hill, of Mrs. Gladys N. Cohen, widow of the late William L. Cohen…

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Obituary. Mrs. Mary Watson

The Biz · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 6

Mrs. Mary Watson passed away in Parramatta Hospital on Sunday night last. The deceased had been living at the Victoria Hotel, Smithfield, for the…

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OBITUARY Mr. William Joseph Cunningham

The Biz · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 8

At the comparatively young age of 52 years, Mr. William Joseph Cunningham passed away at his residence, 356 Cabramatta Road, Cabramatta, on Saturday…

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Funeral tribute to dead fliers

The Sun · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 8

BRISBANE, Friday. -- More than 200 Air Force men marched at the funeral today of four airmen killed in the…

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Inquiry on Death of Woman!

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

A woman who died in Western Suburbs Hospital on February 7 did not die from the…

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Inquiry on Death of Woman

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

A woman who died in Western Suburbs Hospital on February 7 did not die from the…

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Death of Walter James Roper

The Land · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

The death occurred in Sydney on Monday of Mr. Walter James Roper, a former Under-Secretary for Lands, He was aged 85…

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Death of President of U.s. Zionist Organisation

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Weds.—Mr. Daniel Frisch, President of the Zionist Organisation of America, died in New York early yesterday after a…

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