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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1923

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Few Disobey. Church's Marriage Law. Mudgee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 5

Dr. O'Farrell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, said a small percentage of Catholics are disposed to fly in the face of the Church's marriage law. I am glad…

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Pollyanna Day. Presbyterian Function

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 1

A bright scene was presented in the Presbyterian School Hall yesterday, when the Children's Pollyanna Day eventuated in aid of the Sunday School…

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Telegrams. "Catholic Ideals," the Anglican Church. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 5

Dr. Stephen, Anglican Bishop of New castle in the course of a lecture, remarked that the Church of England right through the Reformation had retained its…

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Prime Minister. Entertained by Pressmen. Success in His Mission. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 5

Mr. Bruce was to-day the guest of about fifty pressmen employed in gathering Commonwealth information. Lunch was served at the Oriental Hotel…

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Presbyterian Girls' Guild

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 2

The above-named society, which is the newly-formed auxiliary of the local Presbyterian Church, held a most successful social at the residence of…

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Sacred Heart Mission

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

The Rev. Fathers Goodman and Maloney, from the Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington, Sydney, will conduct a mission in the parish of Grafton during the…

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Grafton Methodist Circuit

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

The Inspirational Service will be conducted by Rev. A. E. Walker in the Methodist Church to-morrow at 7 .p.m. Mission hymns will be used and…

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Humble Tasks. Pulpits to Sewers. Anglican Bishop's Views. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

The Anglican Bishop of Gippsland, Dr. Cranswick, in addressing the men's meet Ballarat, said, "In all seriousness, I ask, why should not I and other clergy…

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Married in Two Churches

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

Not often is a wedding celebrated in two parish churches in England on the same day. For the marriage of Miss Rose Buxton, youngest daughter of a Norfolk…

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Chinese Bandits Again. Italian Mission Church Burnt. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1923 · page 3

Reuter's Peking correspondent says the Italian Legation states that according to news from Laohokow bandits have burned the Italian Catholic Church…

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Local and General. Presbyterian Concert

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 2

The Coffs Harbor Presbyterian Church Concert and Drama to be held in the School of Arts on September 18th, bids fair to be a great…

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No Business. Trade Mission Leaves Russia. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

The Warsaw correspondent of the "Daily Mail'' says six days after their arrival in Moscow the British Commercial Mission has returned, despairing of…

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Three Brothers for the Church

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 4

At the meeting of the Presbytery of New England, held at Armidale, application was made to be taken on trial for license by Mr. E. D. Pearson, divinity…

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"Get Busy." Churchmen Exhorted. a Bishop's Appeal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

Addressing a gathering of members of the Church of England Men's Society the Bishop of Bathurst, Dr. Long, issued a note of warning…

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Drums in Church

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 4

European dress and customs as far as they might be harmful to the islander are discouraged by the missionaries in the Torres Straits settlements. Rev…

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Chinese Bandits. Murder Church Missionaries. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 5

The North China "Daily News'' learns that Reverends R. A. Whiteside and F. J. Watt belonging to the Church Missionary Society, were murdered on August 14, by…

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Rainbow Chautauqua. South Grafton Methodist Function

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 6

A Rainbow Chautauqua was held in the South Grafton School of Arts yesterday afternoon and evening. The function was arranged by helpers and…

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Uliarra Catholic Bazaar

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 4

Although the storm late on Tuesday afternoon marred the attendance some what the Catholic bazaar, which commenced on Tuesday evening, the…

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Goats and a Church

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 4

A letter was received by the Copmanhurst Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday morning, from Rappville, in which attention was called to the large number…

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Methodist Foreign Missions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 4

The Rev. Wesley Stocks and a native teacher will conduct the annual Foreign Mission services in Grafton Methodist Church to-morrow at 11 a.m. and 2.36…

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