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Churches, 1911

19 stories in Central Coast's papers

Legal Option About Church Lands

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 16

A BLOCK of vacant land is owned by the Church Trustees, on which it is intended to build for Church purposes. The land is not at present used in…

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Methodist Church Social

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 11

A VERY enjoyable social evening was spent in the local Methodist Church on Monday night. A good programme and excellent refreshments…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Church Work, and Mission Work Among the Blacks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

Taking my two ponies I started for Tumberumba, from the town of Adelong, where my mother then resided. My father had, a…

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Left Her at the Church

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 19

SELINA FEENING, who asked for a divorce at Sydney last week, told the Judge that a few minutes after the wedding ceremony was performed at…

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The Presbyterian Church Concert

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 18

ON Saturday evening last, a concert, organised by Mr. R. J. Campbell (who acted as Hon. Secretary) and a band of willing helpers, to raise…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Church Work, ana Mission Work Among the Blacks. (Continued from last issue.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 4

MAKING my way down the river I reached the "Hazelhurst," and we returned to Yarrabah in a despondent State owing to our non-success. The…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Church Work, and Mission Work Among the Blacks. (Concluded from last issue.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 4

THE natives attached to the Mission for the first two years numbered about eighty. They camped near us on the beach, but very frequently they…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Early Days of Mission Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 4

WHEN in 1891 my father first visited North Queensland, to find a suitable locality for the Mission, he visited Cairns and its neighborhood, and…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Early Days of Mission Work. (Concluded from last issue.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 2

IN April, 1895, my marriage took place, and a few months afterwards Mr. Elwin returned, from New Guinea to my assistance in the work at…

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Life and Experiences Oe an Australian. Early Days of Mission Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 4

DURING the early years of the Mission a great deal of interesting work was done among the blacks along the coast and also inland. This…

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Wyong News. R.C. Church Bazaar

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 12

OVER £100 was netted by the promoters of the Bazaar, held last week, and inaugurated to lift the remaining debt on St. Cecelia's Church. Misses…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Early Days of Mission Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

IN my last I promised to tell a few stories regarding the manner in which the blacks were treated in the early days. Richard Yimbungui,…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Early Days of Mission Work. (Continued from last week.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

THE old devil doctor, "Billy," was for many years a regular attendant at Church daily, and died a baptised Christian, loved and respected by all…

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Methodist Sunday School Anniversary

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 13

THE anniversary of the local Methodist Sunday School was celebrated by special services on 22nd October. Mr. Davies Hyde, of Rockdale, was…

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Life and Experiences Op an Australian. Early Bats of Mission Work. (Concluded from last week)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 6

As the years went by the villages were formed at different spots about the Reserve, and we also acquired an island, called Fitzroy Island by…

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Methodist Foreign Missions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 15

On Sunday Rev. Karl Schmidt, for four years a missionary iu the New Britain District of the Methodist Missionary Society, and the first…

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Christ Church Concert. An Excellent Programme

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 20

THE entertainment given in aid of Christ Church Rectory on Thursday evening last at the Gosford School of Arts, was a pronounced success from…

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Methodist Concert

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 11

The grand Concert organised by Mr. Fred Robson, in aid of Methodist Church funds, was well attended and most successful. The…

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Life and Experiences of an Australian. Mission Stories.—"matubu."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 6

Who was "Matubu"? A little Papuan boy, and here is the story of his sad death. Early in the year 1908 "Matubu" and his older brother…

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