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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1949

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Branxton R.c. Church Benefi[?]

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 2

BRANXTON: Mesd[?] George Thomas and Pat Shanahan were the promoters of the dance and euchre party held [?]…

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Harvest Thanksgiving at Hall Street Congregational Church

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

This week-end is Harvest Thanks-giving at the Congregational Church, and all are invited to participate in the novel suggestion which has been…

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Torture of Methodist Church Leader in Sofia Bulgarian Authorities Charged By Bishop

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

GENEVA, Feb. 23.—A Methodist Bishop to-day charged the Bulgarian authorities with torturing a Methodist Church leader in Sofia, where 19 pastors are awaiting trial on charges alleging espionage…

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Annual Meeting of All Saints' Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

At the annual meeting of All Saints' Church of England parishioners on Monday evening, the Rector (Canon W. Holmes)…

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Church Film Unit

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

A mobile motion picture unit showed films in the All Saint's parish hall last night. It is the first church mobile film unit…

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Pay Rise For Methodist Ministers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—To meet rising living costs, the Methodist Conference decided to increase the stipends of ministers…

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Church and State. Church of England Assembly Motion. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

A resolution calling for a small committee to draw up resolutions on changes desirable in the relationship between the Church and State was…

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Church of England Assembly London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 2

A resolution calling for a small committee to draw up resolutions on desirable changes in the relationship…

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Relationship Between Church and State Debate In The Commons

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 25.—Opposing a motion for the disestablishment of the Church of England, the Archbishop of York, Dr. Garbett, told the Church of England Assembly that dis-establishment would be regarded as a national…

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Church-State Relationship May Be Changed

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

A resolution calling for a small committee to draw up resolutions on changes desirable in relationship between the Church and…

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News Of The Churches To-Morrow’s Services

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 2

Harvest Festival celebrations will be held in the Salvation Army Hall, George-street, East Maitland to-night at 7.45. A…

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Bishop From U.s. to Foster Church Unity

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 1

Soldier, teacher and missionary, Bishop Odo A. Barry of the American Catholic Church, has come to…

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Stipends for Methodist Ministers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Methodist conference in Sydney fixed maximum stipends for ministers and probationers. They are:…

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Memorial for Church

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Monday.—A memorial hymn board was presented to All Saints’ Church of England by Mrs. C. A. Buchan and was unveiled at…

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Mr. Churchill Heckled at Brussels Opposition By Communists

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

BRUSSELS, Feb. 28—Cheers and boos greeted Britain’s wartime leader, Mr. Winston Churchill, when he told a crowd of about 15,000 yesterday that a European movement was “the sole means of preventing another hideous world…

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Churchill’s Bitter Attack on U.N.O. “Reduced To Brawling Cockpit”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Feb. 28.— Addressing 2500 people at the first international congress of the European Unity Movement, in Brussels (Belgium), Britain’s Mr. Winston Churchill said that without large regional security units UNO would…

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Churchill Calls U.N.O. "A Brawling Cockpit" Russian Armed Might a Threat

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

Mr. Winston Churchill said yesterday that the aggression of Communist ideology, through the armed power of Soviet Russia, had sundered the world and reduced' U.N.O. to a brawling cockpit in which insults might be flung back and…

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Churchmen's Freedom Endangered

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

The Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Byrnes) told his congregation in the Birmingham Cathedral yesterday that the Church…

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Memorial Dedicated in All Saints' Church

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

At the evening service at All Saints' Church last night, which was attended by a large gathering of friends of the late Mr. C…

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Late Global News Bulgarian Church Leaders on Trial London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 1

Five more of fifteen Bulgarian Protestant church leaders on trial in Sofia for alleged treason and espionage yesterday went through the familiar routine denouncing themselves, admitting guilt, pleading…

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