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Broken Hill & the Far West · Churches

Churches, 1909

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Burclar Epidemic in Adelaide. a Church Robbed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

Burglars broke into the vestry at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, last night, and removed the iron safe to the centre of the building, where the…

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Attack in a Train. Youth's Strange Story of a Secret Mission. Friend of Anarchists

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

An extraordinary story of an attack in a train is (says the "Daily Chronicle" of December 4) told by a youth named William Ewart Brett, of…

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Church Roof Collapses. Forty Villagers Killed and Sixty Injured. [Renter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

The roof of an old church collapsed at Nax, Switzerland, during a service, killing 40 and injuring 60 villagers. Some attribute the accident to an…

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British Politics. Mr Winston Churchill's Speech. Attack on House of Lords. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 6

Mr. Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade), speaking at Birmingham last night, said that he regretted that the great home of militant…

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Mr. Barnett in Adelaide. En Route to Broken Hill. His Mission in Melbourne. Explained in an Interview. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Mr. W. D. Barnett (secretary of the Combined Unions) returned to Adelaide by the express this morning on his way back to Broken Hill from Melbourne…

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British Trade. Its Recovery Predicted. Mr. Winston Churchill's Address. (Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade), addressing the Leicester Chamber of Commerce yesterday, said that there was a general…

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British Politics. Mr. Churchill's Bermingham Speech. a Severe Comment. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 6

Commenting upon Mr. Winston Churchill's speech at Birmingham, the "Spectator," says that for brazen politica impudence flagrant paradoxes, and…

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American Methodist Church. the Diamond Jubilee. President Roosevelt's Speech. [Reuter's Message.]

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 1

President Roosevelt, in a speech delivered yesterday in connection with the Diamond Jubilee of the American Methodist Episcopal Church, eulogised…

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Woman Pastor for a Church

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 7

Mrs. L. R. C. Smith, sister of the Rev. J. H. C. Smith, curate of All Saints' Southport, has received a "call" to an important Congregational…

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The Industrial Situation. Sydney Labor Council. Delegates Dispatched to Broken Hill. Their Real Mission a Secret. Rumored Versions. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 5

The executive of the Sydney Labor Council persist in maintaining a stolid silence as the real mission of two council delegates who have been…

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Church of England

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

The annual vestry meeting in connection with this church was held on Tuesday evening last, and was fairly well attended, After a short evening…

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Temperance Service at Lane-street Presbyterian Church

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 1

There was a very large congregation at the Lane-street Presbyterian Church last night, the occasion being a temperance service. There was a large…

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Under the American Flag Roman Catholic Census. Over 22 MILLIONS. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 1

Including persons affiliated by family ties to members, whether they belong to the organisation or not, the census gives the membership of the Roman…

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The Sicilian Earthquake. Money Raised in Catholic Churches. Cardinal Moran's Letter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 6

Cardinal Moran has by a letter to the Lord Mayor (Alderman Taylor) declined to merge the money collected in the Roman Catholic churches for…

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Opening of a New Church

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

The first services in the building of the Church of Christ at the corner of Wolfram and Chloride streets will be held on Sunday, when the Rev. E. J…

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The Church of Christ. Opening of New Church. a Description of the Building

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 1

The Church of Christ, which, for the past 18 years or so has held, its services in various halls of this city, has at last found a permanent abode…

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Irish Outraces. Wedding Party Shot at by Ambushed Men. Strange Church Scene

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 7

Several fierce affrays in Ireland were reported on Sunday (says "Lloyds'" of December 6), a wedding party being shot at by miscreants in ambush…

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History of a Church Bell

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 2

The parish church of Deeping St. Nicholas, near Spalding, at present has only one bell (says "Lloyd's" of December 6), which was found many…

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Religion and Bridge. Aid Por Church Refused As It Came From Card Playing. Snub for Admiral

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 7

Funds being badly wanted in order to build an extra aisle to St. Paul's Church, Winchester, Admiral Rainier, of Wynton Croft, in the cathedral…

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The Church Army. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

King Edward has donated 100 guineas to the Church Army (a social, religious and philanthropic institution)…

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