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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1940

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Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 4

Services in the Grafton Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted by Rev. E. T. Walker. Mr. A. J. Hollitt will be the soloist at the evening…

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News From the Churches Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 8

Rev. E. T. and Mrs. Walker and family returned to Grafton last Saturday, having spent their annual holidays at Tweed Heads…

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Presentations St. John's Church. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 2

At the close of the midnight service at St. John's Church, Coirs Harbor, on Christmas Eve, a presentation was made by Rev. L. C. Ferris, rector of the…

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"Joybells Shall Ring Again" Churchill Falys Nazis Strong Warning to Small Neutrals Co-operation with Allies Urged in Order to Speedily Win War London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 5

"Joybells shall ring again" was the keynote of a broadcast by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, which nevertheless warned neutrals to unite with Britain and France in order to speedily win the war. Mr. Churchill emphasised, despite Hitler's threats to the Allies, that…

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Press Reactions To Churchill's Speech Caution in Belgium Italian Paper Aggressive. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 5

The "Sunday Times," in an editorial, extols Lord Halifax and Mr. Churchill's speeches. It says the latter was full of vigorous…

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Churchill's Speech Dutch And Swiss Views Berlin Watches Neutrals. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 5

The Berne newspaper. "Ouvelle Gazette," says: "Churchill need not have tried to galvanise neutrals who are always faced with threats…

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Catholic Schools Inspector Appointed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 1

Mr. John Connolly, formerly of the Education Department, having retired from the position of Inspector of Sydney Catholic Schools, which he held for…

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South Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

The quarterly meeting was held in the church, South Grafton, last Wednesday at 8 p.m. The reports of the various activities were encouraging…

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PAGANISM In British Parish Peace Prayer to Stone Image. London, December 30

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 11

When the Rev. Richard Coulthard, rector of St. Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands, arrived at his church at seven o'clock on Christmas morning he…

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Church News Church of England

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

The chief service on Sunday is the Corporate Communion of the Parochial Council at 11. A happy service will be a fitting prelude to the great…

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News From the Churches

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

(This column is conducted by the Grafton and District Ministers' Fraternal)…

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Local and General Grafton Presbyterian Church

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 4

In St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Grafton, to-morrow (Sunday), the morning service at 9 o clock will be conducted by Pastor T. V. Weir, of the…

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"There Can Be No Turning Back" Churchill Sums Up War Position "Million Women Must Help Us to Win" How Germany Has Plundered Her Victims Czecho-Slovakia And Poland Ravished LONDON

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 5

"I know nothing more remarkable in British history than her willingness to encounter and endure the unknown. This is not a war planned and entered by a Government or a class or party." Thus declared the First Lord of the Admiralty, .Mr. Churchill, in a…

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Yamba Church Army

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

During the past week, Capt. K. L. Walker and Bro. K. Street, of the Church Army, have been conducting open air services in Clarence street,…

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Churchill's Speech French Reception Favorable Italy Remains Silent. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

Well--informed circles consider that the speech of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, was his most opportune and forceful…

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Hitler Still Trying to Scare Churchill Fuhrer Sneers at Chamberlain Boasts Of Nazi Furies To Come "Second Phase of Struggle Can Now Start" "Germany Is Greatest Power in World" Says Britain And France Started The War LONDON

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 5

"England and France started the war, and I can only say to them that they will get all the war they want," declared Herr Hitler, amid frantic cheering in a speech at the Sports Palas, which was broadcast throughout Germany…

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South Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7

The South Grafton Y.P. Club held its first meeting for the year on Tuesday evening. In spite of the stormy weather there was a fair attendance. Pastor…

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News From the Churches Grafton Presbyterian Church

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 7

The servces in St. Andrew's on Sunday last were conducted by Pastor T. V. Weir and by one of the Elders. Owing to the hot weather and the…

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Pope's Message To N.Z. Eucharistic Congress Catholic Church Centenary. Rome

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

Speaking in English from Vatican City to the New Zealand Eucharistic Congress, the Pope said: "I rejoice with you in celebrating the first…

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Church News Church of England

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

The excessive heat rather interfered with our recent services, but those at Bostobrick on Thursday and in Dorrigo on Sunday at 11 were…

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