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I Fatal Fall from Balcony ! 1-} T RAGIC DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH HALLETT- I —| VVMH.K INMATE OK HOSPITALi Mr. Joseph Halletl. a resident ol Dor- j ' rlgo of long standing and well ani ;1 favorably known in this community. j* 11101 his death in a shocking manner |* on AlOn«lay night between six hii-I* o'clock when he fell from a’ balcony of ihe Sydney Eye Hospital 1I io the footpath below. The occur-' i re nee was witnessed by several peo-II j pie who were in adjoining premises I ‘ and when IH«* hurried to lender as-' sistance they found Mr. Hall*4!! ' dead. The deceased left Dorrlgo :( I in September last for Sydney to con suit a specialist about his eyes and had been an inmate ol the hospital ever since. It was reported to his ‘ people that he was making splendid pi ogress and Mr. Mallei i himself w as in ho, es* ihai he would soon be well enough io return to Dorrigo. (in Mon day night In* was seen walking from , the dining-room of the hospital o i the balcony, but no one in the institution witnessed his fallThe remains wen* brought i.» Do -rijro h train on Wednesday for Interment in the local Cemetery. and the funeral, which was largely attended, took place yesterday afternoon. £lt;’ vices were conducted both ul the I Metliodisi Church tof which decease I i was a highly restecied member I and the graveside by the Rev. C\ **. : Cashin. The Manchester Pniiy I.O.O.K burial service was also read at the gravesid** by the Dejuly DD Hilt (JraiidniPster. Bro. Aulezark. Amongst the mourners present we*r all tin4 ehildrven of deceased and on*4 j brother (Mr. Charles Halb-ti, ol • IMiinga).The late Mr. Halletl. who was 71 I years of age. was bom at Braidwool I and was the third son of the !:*.ie .Mr. anlt;i Mrs George Halletl. who re I | siiled in the Bra id wood district for | many years. When Mr. Hallett was | in his early teens the family left for | Glen limes. Kroni that centre de ceased went to Narrabri and after i«-I siding there for abotu 20 years, dm-i ing Ihe whole of which lime In- was in the employ of a sloiekeepet*. ii*4 look U{ land at Glencoe, near Glen Innes, and followed farming pursuits.! Disposing of his interests in that district he came to Dorrlgo with hi* wif«* anil family about IS years ago ; and purchasing Mr. G. Clancy's farm I on the tipper Beilsdown engaged -n dairy farming. Twelve years ago he ‘ retired and leasing his farm eaine 1 o town to reside ami remained here uo to the time of ids departure for Sydney a few months ago. Deceased w.is .** prominent Oddfellow, havimr gone through all the offices to tlie it Past Grands Lodge. He was also .i keen member of ihe local Orange Lodge for some years and for a period a trustee of the Methodist | Church His w ife died in Dorrigo 14 years ago. Mr. Hallett is survived bv a family of three sons and two daughters, namely. Messrs. John Leslie (Hornsby), hid ward Stanley lt;AI stonvillei and Ernest Alfred I Dorrigo). and Mesdanies W. Lean 4 (Thorn) and W. H. Whittaker (Do»* rigo). Several brothers and sisters reside in this Stale and Queensland.
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Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate
Dorrigo, New South Wales, AU
Fri, May 24, 1935
Page 5
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AU 19 Jul 2022
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