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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1932

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Methodist Church Sale of Harvest Festival Gifts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 5

The local Methodist Church annual sale of harvest festival gifts and social took place in the Memorial Hall last night and proved to be a very…

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General Higgins S, Army Chief at Auckland Union of Churches Undesirable Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 5

General Higgins, head of the Salvation Army, and Mrs. Higgins have arrived at Auckland. They were enthusiastically welcomed. They will spend four weeks in…

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Harvest Thanksgiving Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 1

Special Harvest Thanksgiving services were held on Sunday last in the Grafton Methodist Church. There were large congregations at both services. The…

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£6000 FIRE Church And Store Destruction at Broadwater Men Save Altar From Burning Church. Ballina

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 2

The Church of England and Nicholas' general store at Broadwater were destroyed by a fire which broke out at 4 o'clock yesterday…

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Catholic Social Club Dance

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 4

The Ladies' Catholic Social Club will continue their weekly dances .to-night, at the new school hall. The floor will -be specially prepared and patrons are…

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Grave Charges Rector In Trouble Hitting the High Spots Habitually Neglecting Parish. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 5

The Rev. Harold Davidson, Rector of Stiffkey, is charged at the Norwich Consistory Court, at the instance of the Bishop of Norwich, with a…

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Baptist Church Northern Rivers Association Annual Meeting and Con[?]erence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 3

The annual meeting and conference of the Northern Rivera District Baptist Association took place last Friday (Good Friday) at the Lismore Baptist Church…

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Catholic Mission

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

A Catholic Mission throughout the parish of Coffs Harbour, which is being conducted by Rev. Father Herring, S.M., commenced at Bonville on…

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Catholic Tennis Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

The annual meeting of Coffs Harbour Catholic. Tennis Club was held at the convent schoolroom last week, when it was decided to re-form for…

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Cathedral Parish Lent Holy Week and Easter

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Lent, Holy Week and Easter have been duly observed in the Cathedral Parish of Grafton. The Sub-Dean gave helpful talks on…

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Methodist Outing Day at Park Beach

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

The annual outing of Orara-Coffs Harbour Methodist. Circuit, held at. Park Beach on Easier Monday, was very successful from every aspect…

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Joining the Ministry Major Boyden for Clunes Send-off at Parish Hall

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

Major Stewart Boyden, who has taken a very keen interest in church work at Coffs Harbour and has been a great help to local churches, has…

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Church Almost Empty Parishioners Protest Against Appointment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 5

Church officials and a large portion of the congregation absented themselves from St. Barnabas' Church, Chatswood, yesterday, as a protest against the…

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Cross Stolen Church of England Desecrated Toowoomba Incident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 8

The discovery was made early on Sunday morning that an historic cross was stolen from St. Luke's Church of England, Toowoomba. Apparently, the theif…

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Maclean Council Church Tennis Courts Question of Ratability Building Ordinances to Be Enforced

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 2

In the absence of the Mayor, who is away in Sydney, Ald. C. R. Kempnich, Deputy Mayor, occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of the Maclean…

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Harvest Festival Church of England Celebration

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 2

The annual harvest festival in connection with the Church of England was celebrated at St. Stephen's on Sunday evening last. There was a…

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BOX At Church Door

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

An offertory box placed at the church door, dispensing with the passing round of the plate during service, proved a remarkable success at West…

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Sanctity of Marriage Challenge to Church May Have to Be Taken Up. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 5

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Mothers' Union to-day, the Bishop of Newcastle, Right Rev. Battey, declared the principle, of the, sanctity of marriage…

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Rating of Church Tennis Courts a Successful Appeal Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 4

Some time ago, the Presbyterian Church, Maclean, protested against the rating of a tennis court enclosed in the church grounds, and the Maclean Municipal…

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Catholic Tennis Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 2

The official opening of the Catholictennis courts for the season took place on Sunday afternoon. Despite the uncertainty of the weather, there…

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