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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1912

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Church Union. The Church of Scotland's Scheme

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 5

The Union Committee of the Church of Scotland have addressed to the Union Committee of the United Free Church a memorandum setting forth the draft of…

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Chapman-Alexander Mission

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Chap[?]an-Alexander Mission, services yesterday for men in the Lyce[?], and in the Y.M.C.A. Hall for women, and in the Congregational…

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Mr. Churchill's Explanation Keeping Ahead of Germany. LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) explains that the Supplementary Naval Estimates are rendered necessary by the increased…

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The New Bishopric Fund. Letter From Bishop Druitt. To the Members of the Church of England in the Parish of Bellingen

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 4

My Dear Friends,— It is evident that the Church people of this parish have quickly grasped the urgency of the appeal which I have been privileged to make in your…

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Roman Catholic Mission

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

THE Roman Catholic mission, which is being conducted by the Rev. Father Whelan, was opened in the local Church on Thursday…

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Chapman-Alexander Mission

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—"I question whether we ever had a better first week in any city in any mission than we have had here," remarked Dr. Chapman. He said,…

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The Church as a Home

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—"To abolish pew rents and banish the collecting plate," was the keynote of a sermon by Bishop Crossley at the consecration of the new…

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Latest Cables. The Transport Strike. "Foredoomed a Failure." Strike Leader's Mission. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. Havelock Wilson, with Mr. Hopkins' support, induced the Sailors and Firemens' Union, 3700 of whose members were involved in the…

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Roman Catholic Mission

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

THE religious mission, which commenced in the Dorrigo Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday of last week, was brought to a…

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Ulmarra Methodist Plower Show

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

Preparations are well in hand for this popular annual fixture, and everything points to a successful function in October. In this issue…

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Death in Church. Passed Away While Praying. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 3

During prayers at the Presbyterian Hornsby yesterday. George Black (65) dropped dead…

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Roman Catholic Social

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 2

THE Apron and Tie Dance, held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening last, under the auspices of the local Roman Catholic Church…

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Anglican Synod. Primate's Address. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 3

The Anglican Provincial Synod assembled yesterday. Archbishop Wright, in his address, spoke of the relationship between the…

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Latest Wires. Anglican Synod. Diocesan Boundaries. Grafton Diocese Figures? Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 5

At. the Anglican Synod yesterday, Mr. Charles Hardy moved--"That this Synod is of the opinion that the present ecclesiastical divisions…

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Chapman-Alexander Mission

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, Mr. C. M. Alexander, and the other members of the mission party, with some friends who are touring with them, left Sydney last…

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Irish Home Rule. Churchill's Reply to Bonar Law

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Winston Churchill has written a rejoinder to the reply by Mr. Bonar Law to his Dundee letter…

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Why Churches are Losing their Grip

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 3

The man who wonders why the Church is losing its hold gives evidence of a lack of obsenvation. The greatest Christian who lived relied not upon scrmons alone…

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Band Music in Church

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

"An Old Graftonite" writes from Sydney: —The Waverley Brass Band of some 30 performers attended last Sunday morning's service at the Waverley Anglican Church,…

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An European Tour (Continued from Friday's issue.) 8.--Church Disestablishment

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1912 · page 4

The disestablishment of the Church in Wales has given cause for a big protest from thousands in the United Kingdom and on 12th…

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Anglican Synod

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1912 · page 2

Speaking at the A[?] Synod on the subject of religious, instruction in public schools, Archdeacon Regg, of Morpeth, said that the charge had been levelled at the…

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