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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1988

17 stories in Sydney's papers

Obituary Vale Arthur Greig

Tribune · Thursday 25 February 1988 · page 11

Arthur Greig, federal secretary of the Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees died last month. Arthur was an honest, non-sectarian and…

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Computer monthly Obituary Death of Our Greatest Customer

Tharunka · Tuesday 15 March 1988 · page 66

Computer devotee, accountancy whiz and champion pidgeon breeder Julian Kettle is no…

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Obituary Vale John Healy

Tribune · Wednesday 16 March 1988 · page 11

About 500 people last Friday attended an overflow memorial service for the late John Healy, who had died two days before after a long illness…

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Sid’s Morning Herald Time for an Obituary

Tharunka · Tuesday 22 March 1988 · page 13

Sid was sad to hear of the demise of the Times on Sunday, nee National Times on Sunday nee The National Times. All that revamping just let Dracula get to the jugular and bleed the little…

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Obituary Vale Maurie Crow

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1988 · page 11

With the death of Maurie Crow, the Communist Party has lost one of its finest members with a range of deep commitments in the urban environmental and union…

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OBITUARY Vale Tom Payne

Tribune · Wednesday 11 May 1988 · page 11

The socialist movement lost one of its oldest and most colorful figures when Tom Payne died recently in Clunes (Vic) well into his nineties. A founding member of the…

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Death of Rabbi Astor at 88

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 July 1988 · page 4

RABBI Alexander Astor, emeritus minister of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation, died recently in New Zealand…

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Who shot Film ? Has Video got an alibi ? Are we looking at the death of film? Corinne & Arthur Cantrill fear we are. David Perry agrees but argues that video has an alibi. Back page

Filmnews · Monday 1 August 1988 · page 1

Video art rests somewhere between television and the fine art world of painting and performance. Over the last few months a steady stream of videotapes…

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OBITUARY Vale Harry Hatfield

Tribune · Wednesday 10 August 1988 · page 11

Harry Hatfield, an outstanding communist of many years, passed away at the age of 77 on the morning of August 5. Harry arrived in Australia as an…

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Appeal lodged in call for mercy-death of Tay-Sachs infant Court rejects mother’s euthanasia plea

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 August 1988 · page 7

The Tel Aviv District Court has dismissed out of hand a mother’s application for an injuction barring the Rebecca Sieff Hospital in Safad…

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OBITUARY Vale George Seelaf

Tribune · Wednesday 24 August 1988 · page 11

Like a number of depression victims, George became interested in the labor movement and went on to join the Communist Party early in the war…

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OBITUARY Vale Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988)

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1988 · page 11

Stephen Murray-Smith, who died last month after just seven months of retirement, was one of Australia's great radical intellectuals…

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OBITUARY Local UIA

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 October 1988 · page 32

DONNY LAMBERT was more than a communal personality who dedicated his life to…

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REVIEWS The death of Phillip Robertson

Tribune · Wednesday 9 November 1988 · page 9

The Death of Phillip Robertson, by John Tomlinson, playing at the New Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown, Sydney until December 3. Fri Sat 8.15 pm, Sun 5.30 pm. Reviewed…

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OBITUARY Vale John Rennick

Tribune · Wednesday 14 December 1988 · page 11

John Rennick who lived in Para St. Fairymeadow died on October 15 at the age of 63. He was a seaman who had been battling a long illness and died after being invalided home…

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Death of Australia’s insurance magnate

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 16 December 1988 · page 37

LARRY (LASZLO) Adler, founder of one of Australia’s major insurance groups, FAI, died in Sydney on Tuesday…

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Death of Hebrew University’s Bernard Cherriek

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 December 1988 · page 4

Hebrew University vice president Bernard Cherrick has died in Jerusalem at the age of 74. Cherrick immigrated from Britain…

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