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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Churches

Churches, 1947

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Church News Rector's Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 5

The good congregation on Sunday night was most encouraging and I appreciated the attendance of so many friends and the kind words spoken…

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Sea Festival Church Services At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.—The blessing of the sea by the Rector (Rev. H. E. Hunt) was performed at sea festival services conducted…

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Catholic Rural Movement

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 3

BATHURST, Mon.—More than 300 delegates from all parts of of Australia to-day attended the eighth National Catholic Rural…

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Freedom And Discipline In The Church To-Day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 3

An eloquent appeal to the clergy and laity for renewed efforts to draw the Anglican community closer together into greater unity and efficiency was made by the Bishop of Grafton (Rt. Rev. C. E. Storrs) last night at a service at Christ Church…

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Annual Methodist Flower Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 4

THE forty-first annual Methodist flower show was officially opened by Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., in the Methodist Hall, Grafton, yesterday afternoon. Organisers expressed pleasure at the good attendance…

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'Nth. Coast Churchman'

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 3

Rev. G. F. D. Smith presented the North Coast "Churchman" report. The paper, it was stated, continued to increase in…

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Minister's Address On Church Missionary Work

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 3

The missionary work of the Church of England began about 150 years ago, said: Rev. R. J. Hewett, of the Church…

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Methodist Flower Show Outstanding Success

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 7

ORGANISERS reported at yesterday's session of the Grafton Methodist flower show that this year's show had been an outstanding success. Although not surpassing pre-war shows, it had equalled them…

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Church News. Rector's Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 5

The Sea Festival at St. Aidan's was well attended, especially at night and our thanks are due to the many people who brought or lent articles…

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Shouted "Heil Hitler" At Parish Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—When the Anglican Bishop, Dr. Arnold Lomas Wylde, at a parish meeting at Canowindra in July, 1944…

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Randolph Churchill Says "Atom Bomb for Peace"

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 4

Mr. Randolph Churchill, 38-year-old son of the British wartime Prime Minister, said that the United States monopoly of…

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Diocesan Synod at Christ Church Cathedral

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1947 · page 2

Clerical and lay representatives or parishes from Wauchope and Port Macquarie in the south to Tweed Heads in the north met last week as the Synod of the Diocese of Grafton. In this group before Christ Church Cathedral the Bishop (Rt. Rev. C. E. Storrs) is…

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Church News Rector's Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 3

Messrs. R. C. Bray and J. P. Grimmond accompanied me to Synod, which was brief and uneventful. Diocesan finances are to be…

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Lord Mayor In London On Food Mission

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).—The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Bartley), who is president of the N.S.W. Food for Britain…

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Attlee Says but Churchill Exploits Govt's Difficulties

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).—The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee), in a Speech at a Labour rally at Leicester, accused "a very different Winston Churchill from the wartime Churchill" of exploiting the Government's difficulties and exhorting the…

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Churchill Says Great Britain's Fall Staggers World

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).—All the world was staggered by the sudden fall of Great Britain from the high position won in the finest hour of her history, declared the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Churchill) when addressing a big Conservative rally in…

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Methodist Church Sunday School Anniversary

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 5

Coffs Methodist Sunday School Anniversary, distribution of prizes and picnic were again very successful this year. The services were…

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Successful Methodist Flower Show At Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 4

ULMARRA: The Ulmarra Methodist Grand Flower Show was successful. The vegetable and flower exhibits were exceptionally good and reflected the productivity of the district. The function was held in the…

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Buying Mission in Japan

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs. — The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) assured Mr. Duthie (Lab., Tas.) in the House of Representatives…

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Church News Rector's Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 3

We are most grateful to those, who so generously provided articles for the case of Christmas gifts for CMS, which will be blessed in St. John's…

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