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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1905

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Methodist Church Anniversary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 2

The special services, in connection with the anniversary celebrations, of the Grafton Methodist Church, were held in the church…

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Marie Corelli's "Free Opinions." Attack on Church and Press

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 3

Miss Marie Corelli is nothing if not emphatic in her opinions, and when her subject in the Press, her feelings, and opinions are not to seek. She has…

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Graft [?] Church. and [?] Celebrations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 2

Following[?]ersary services of Sunday last, [?] al tea and public meeting was h{?] The Church on Wednesday last. The [?] fair attendance at the…

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Grand Old Man of the Clergy. the Oldest Presbyterian Minister in Active Service in Australasia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

For over 50years the Rev. Thomas Beecher Swift has been an active worker in the Presbyterian Church in Victoria, and now in his 84th year he is still a marvellously…

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Methodist Church

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 8

The anniversary meeting in connection with Maclean Methodist Church was held on Tuesday evening. Rev. S. Bembrick presided, and there was…

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Catholic Bazaar

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

AT a meeting of ladies in Bellingen last week, presided over by Rev. Father Burke, it was decided to hold a bazaar during Show week, the funds to be added to what is…

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Church Burned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 3

St. Nicholas' Church at Coogee was completely destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at nearly £3000…

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Two Churches Burnt

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 4

Following the outbreak of fire in Christ Church, Sydneys there was a more serious inisfortune of a similar kind in the Church of England building at, Coogee.' In the…

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State. How Settlers are Hampered, Serious "Catholic Press" Statements. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1905 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Ball drew attention to the hardships inflicted by certain sections of the Land Act, which gave settlers already…

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Methodist Debating Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 4

The business for last Wednesday. evening was a mock wedding breakfast. The item was evidently of interest, as there was a good attendance, in which the ladies,…

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A Church as a Lighthouse

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 6

St. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina,U.S.A., is in many ways an interesting edifice. It is one of the oldest churches in the New World, and is known in…

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Methodist Debating Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 4

At Wednesday's meeting Rev. J, Ward Harrison presided, and the business was Manuscript Journal. The following articles were contributed—Treaty of peace between…

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Churches and Taxation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 10

A case in which Cardinal Moran was appellant and the Commissioner of Taxation respondent, has been before Judge Murray in the Court of…

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The Totalisator. Views of Church and Ring

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 11

The effects of the totalisator on the morals of the people, as described by the speakers at the recent Ministers' Association meeting in Auckland, formed the subject of…

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Woman's True Mission

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 September 1905 · page 6

Alike in the natural and the spiritual world, the true vocation of woman is simply motherhood. This I am convinced is her high calling, with which she may well rest…

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Methodist L. and D. Society

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 4

The usual meeting of the Grafton Methodist Debating Society was held in the Church Vestry on Wednesday evening last. Mr. Webb in the chair…

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A.R.C. Mission Attacked. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 5

The rising in German East Africa is spreading. Many whites have been murdered, and a Roman Catholic mission attacked…

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The Tale for To-day a Mission That Failed

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 6

Mrs. Lynn felt her responsibility more than usual that morning. For four years she had been piloting her nephew, a young minister, past nil kinds of matrimonial…

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Methodist Debating Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 2

The business of last Wednesday's meeting was a debate on the "Abolition of the Upper House," which was introduced by Mr. W. Kliendionst. He was supported by…

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Churches in Litigation. Brisbane

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 9

Members of the Primitive Methodist Church of Queensland have issued writs against the Methodist Church claiming the perty they held at the time of the union…

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