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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1940

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Church News Church of England

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 3

On Sunday the quarterly services at Megan and Leigh will be held. As this is the only Communion service possible for Megan I hope the…

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Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 4

Services to-morrow at Grafton Methodist Church will be conducted by Rev. E. T. Walker. Miss Heather Wilson will be the soloist at the morning…

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Methodist Fair at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 4

The South Grafton Methodist Annual Fair will be held on Tuesday, October 1, at the School of Arts, South Grafton. There will be competitions for…

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Church of Christ

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 4

Sunday evening next marks the final service in the special campaign conducted by Mr. Greenhalgh over the past fortnight. Attendances have…

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The Cameroons Loyal to Britain Message To Churchill Men of Vichy Traitors London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 5

"Frenchmen in the Cameroons who have learned of the recent events at Dakar take this opportunity to affirm to the British Prime Minister their…

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P.S.A. Grafton Methodist Church Programme by Choral Society

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Grafton Methodist Church yesterday afternoon when a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon was held. The programme…

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Genuine Friendship Japan And Australia Sir John Latham's Mission. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 5

Speaking at a luncheon given in his honor, by the State Governor to-day, the Minister Designate to Japan Sir John Latham, said matters in the East…

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Methodist Church

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 2

The Silver Jubilee services in connection. with the opening of the Coffs Harbour Methodist Church are being held on Sunday and Thursday next…

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News From the Churches St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 3

The Presbytery of the Clarence met last week at Bellingen for the transaction of business. Mr. W. Harrison and Rev. J. W. Miller attended from…

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Church News Church of England

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 6

Probably an account of Synod will interest the readers of these weekly notes. After a conference of clergy on the Monday afternoon, a fairly large…

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Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1940 · page 4

Services at the Grafton Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted by Rev. E. T. Walker. The morning address will bring lessons from some Old…

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War Cabinet London Press Critics Churchill's Big Task Questions of Strategy London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1940 · page 5

The newspapers are critical of the new War Cabinet, on the grounds that it may be too unwieldy, particularly for the direction of strategy…

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Churchill Reviews War in Commons Nazi Air Raids 8500 Killed--13,000 Injured in Month Britain's Air Strength More Bombers, Fighters and Phots Dakar and the Burma Road London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1940 · page 5

Many important phases of the war and international affairs were covered by the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, in a speech to the House of Commons this afternoon. He announced that the Burma Road to China would be reopened…

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Silver Jubilee Coffs Methodist Church This Week's Celebrations

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 2

This week Coffs Harbour Methodist Church celebrated the Silver Jubilee of the opening of the church here. Tvyenty-five years of…

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News From the Churches Presbyterian Church. Rev Alexander Fraser, He Fought the Good Fight

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 7

Another of our veterans heard the Master's Homecall on Sunday, September 22, 1940, having passed the allotted span, and reached the four…

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Goodwill Mission Guests From Thailand Military Experts Included. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 2

Federal Ministers made it clear to-day that they had no misgivings about the wisdom of allowing a goodwill mission from Thailand to visit Australia…

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Church News Church of England

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1940 · page 6

Before the war it was the custom to send Christmas gifts to the mission field. The missionaries, those patient apostles of to-day, are not…

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Grafton Methodist Church

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1940 · page 4

Services in the Grafton Methodist Church on Sunday next will be as follows:--The morning service at 11 o'clock will be conducted by Rev. E…

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Churchill, Leader Conservative Party "Warning to Tories." London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1940 · page 5

The "Daily Mail," in a leader, on Mr. Churchill's election to the Conservative party leadership, says it is a revolution and a warning to the Tories…

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Church Challenged By Nazism And Fascism Europe's Irreligious Malady. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 2

Speaking to-day at the launching of an appeal for more churches for Greater Sydney by the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll, the Premier, Mr…

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