LATE MR. JOHN BROWN
FUNERAL AT NEWCASTLE
SYDNEY, 7th March.
The funeral of tho late- Mr. John Brown at Newcastle to-day, was the largest over seen. Thousands lined the ■ route and all olases of men and women gathered. Six largo cars wore loaded with flowers. One wreath was from Mr. Brown's oldest friend, Sir Adrian, Knox, Chief Justice of the High Court. The Miners' Federation was represented by Mr. D. Davios, secretary, and tho Northern Colliers' Association by Mr. C. M. M' Donald.
It is not generally known that Mr. Brown made repeated gifts of large sums of money during his lifetime to charities and even to distressed miners' families, always anonymously.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 57, 8 March 1930, Page 9
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