Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Churches, all years

Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1914

955 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 48

Hungarian Farm Tragedy. Church Steeple Refuge. Budapest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 3

A farm labourer named Tomsie killed a farmer named Krausen and his wife in revenge for their refusal of consent to his engagement to their daughter…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Attack on a Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

Some cyclists, while riding near Chipstetad [?] found one door burning fiercely, and [?] they had extinguished the flames they [?] a pile of fire-lighters, made of hemp,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Raging Suffragists. Bomb Outrage. Attempt to Destroy a Church. London, June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 5

The bomb which was exploded near the C[?] nation Chair in the Chapel of Edward the Contessor was more dangerous than any [?]viously used by suffragists…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

More of the Suffragists. in the Churches. Bomb Explodes in Pew. London, June 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 3

A bomb, consisting of a canister of gunpowder containing metal flings, exploded in a pew near the chancel in St. George's, Hanover Square, two hours after the conclusion…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Beer and Land. Church Choir on Strike. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

The church choir at Gebesce, (Germany) has gone on strike. An ancient custom has always been kept up by the Municipal Council of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Women Ministers. a Methodist Suggestion. Winninpeg. June 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 4

The Methodist Provincial Conference has recommended the General Conference to admit women as ministers, thus following the example of the Salvation Army…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Guarding Churches. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 5

Churches are organising volunteer patriots to guard against the destruction of the buildings by suffragettes…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

-THEMuswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, [?] everent we touch thee! but with honest zeal [?]o rouse the benchman of the public wear Wednesday, June 17, 1914 LOCAL & General News. a Mission

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 2

A week's mission was begun in St. James's Church on Sunday last at the 11 o'clock Mass by father Smith, of the Order of the Sacred Heart, and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Suffragettes Violence in Churches

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 2

London, Monday.—A bomb consisting of a canister of gunpowder containing metal filings, exploded in a pew near the chapel in St. George's,, Hanover…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Presbyterian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Rev. J. Flynn, diector of the inland mission of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, is now in Perth, W.A., and is meeting with encouragement in enrolling the inland…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Methodist

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

Sister Francis has been again employed by the Evangelistic Committee of the New South Wales Conference to undertake missions throughout the State. Already Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 10
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The celebrations in connection with the festival of Corpus Christi took place at St. Patrick's College, Manly, on Sunday. They were of more than ordinary importance, as…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Wedding the Good. Yankee Professor's Mission

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5

Among animals the unmated are practically non-existent. Every individual becomes either a father or a mother and contributes his or her share to the make-up…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Church in Eclipse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 9

On Wednesday the Rev. R. J. Campbell delivered an address of exceptional interest at a meeting at the City Temple of the Congregational Ministers' National…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

News of the Churches. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 10
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

A sign of the thoroughness with which religious instruction in public schools is being conducted by the Church of England in Sydney and suburbs is the annual…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Attempt to Destroy a Church. London, June 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 3

The bomb which was exploded near the Coronation Chair in the Chapel of Edward the Confessor was more dangerous than any previously used by suffragists…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →