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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1908

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Mr. Churchill at Swansea

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Seansea, strongly deprecated the attempet of some people in Great Bristain to spread the bellef of a war between Britain and…

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The Church as a Banker

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

On May 5 of last year a farmer of Kyneton (Vic), Mr. Pook who was said to have inherited a fortune of £30,000,000, placed a cheque for £500…

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Anglican and Presbyterians

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 10

Rev. Alexander Clark, Presbyterian minister at Bathurst, has handed to press for publication a letter written by the late Rev. R. Eyton, M.A., of Bathurst, to Rev. W. I. Carr-Smith…

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Graften Methodist S.L. and D. Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting was held on Tuesday night in the Oddfellows Hall, when there was an attendance of over 60 ladies and gentlemen. The President, the Rev…

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Roman Catholic Festivities. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 3

This morning nearly a thousand officers and men from the Fleet attended High Mass at St. Mary's R.C. Cathedral and afterwards they marched to…

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The American Fleet in Sydney. the Fireworks Display. Religious Services at the Churches. Fleet Entrance into Sydney Harbour

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 4

Before actually entering the Heads the last traces of what may he termed "the Auckland fog" had disappeared, and the inner shores of the harbour on the north…

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The American Fleet. Sydney Celebrations Continued. the Americans at Church. the Harbor Illuminations

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 5

Saturday was a busy day in connection with fleet matters. A heavy downpour of rain in the afternoon damped matters slightly but did not…

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Rating of Church Lands

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 10

At the Municipal Appeal Court on Tuesday several appeals of importance were dealt with, and the decision of the Bench' was one that will have particular interest to…

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Rating Church Properties. a Knotty Point

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 1

One of the knottiest points discovered in the Local Government Act concerns the question of rates upon church properties, and it has caused the…

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Methodist Social, Literary and Debating Society

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 4

Those who were in the neighbourhood of the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday night would be surprised to see groups of people wending their way…

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Presbyterian Church

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

We are informed that the visit of the Rev. J. Carson, of the Mid-Clarence Presbyterian charge, who was appointed to visit the Bellinger next week, has been…

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Methodist Debating Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday ovening in the Oddfellows' Hall. All the chairs were taken up, and extra seats had to be provided for…

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The Land Question and the Churches

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

As the second of September, the anniversary of the birth of Henry George, drew round, public attention was directed to the question of land reform on the lines of the…

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Rating of Church Property

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Ryde Council a lengthy legal opinion on the subject of rating of church properties by Dr. Cullen, the well-known barrister, was forwarded by…

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Baptist Church at Maclean

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday evening the first anniversary of the Baptist Church at Maclean was celebrated by a tea and after meeting. Both functions were largely attended, especially…

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Why Men Do Not Go to Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 5

The reasons why men do not go to church were considered one day last week at a conference of the clergy of the Church of England, in Sydney. This was the third…

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Methodist Debating Society

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of this society was held on Tuesday evening in the Oddfellows' Hall, which was well filled by a most appreciative and…

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Church Buildings Destroyed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 5

Large Wesleyan schools and a church at Dunstable were destroyed and £30,000 worth of damage done…

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Anglo-presbyterian Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.—Archbishop Clarke, of Melbourne, addressed an influential and representative gathering of clergy and laity at Glasgow University relative to the…

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Methodist Literary Society

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 11

The Oddfellows' Hall was well filled on Tuesday night, the occasion being a lecture on William Shakespeare, by Dr. T. J. Henry. The lecturer was at his best in the handling of his subject…

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