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Churches, 1955

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Churchill’s Retirement Is Expected Next Month Early U.K. Election Possible

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 March 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Sir Winston Churchill’s expected retirement was a big story in today’s morning newspapers in London. The “Daily Express” political correspondent said that Conservative leaders had agreed to Sir Winston handing over…

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Paterson Mission

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 1

To-morrow night Brother Charles (Reverend Charles Preston), of the society of St. Francis, continues his…

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Retirement Faced By Churchill With Greatest Reluctance

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Sir Winston Churchill will resign from the Premiership early in April, but only with the greatest reluctance, according to parliamentary quarters quoted by Router…

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Churchill Rebukes U.S. State Department

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1955 · page 3

LONDON: Sir Winston Churchill yesterday officially rebuked the United States’ Department of State for its action last week in publishing American records of the 1945 Big Three talks at Yam…

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Churchill Silent On Rumours

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Sir Winston Churchill is believed to have discussed the present wave of speculation on his retirement,…

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NEWS of the CHURCHES

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 3

Divine service will be held at the usual times in Maitland Methodist Church on Sunday…

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Church will Follow Population

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 1

The church must follow the population if residents in flood areas move their homes to higher ground, Rev…

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Caution Given Clive Churchill

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 7

SYDNEY: A severe caution was given Clive Churchill by the N.S.W. Rugby League last night…

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Methodist Congregation Farewell Their Minister

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 3

The Methodist congregation of the Raymond Terrace Circuit farewelled the Rev. D. Pickering…

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Furniture in Church Hall

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 2

The Rev. C. Haxton has appealed to persons with furniture stored in the Rutherford Presbyterian Church Hall, to…

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NEWS of the CHURCHES

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 2

All departments of the Maitland Baptist Church will be functioning as usual benceforth. The final period of…

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Churchill May Tell Plans To-night

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 April 1955 · page 4

LONDON: Sir Winstom, Churchill is expected to tell the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to-night his plans…

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Christxari Science Churches

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 4

Unreality -wit the subject In all Churches of Christ, Scientist. on Sunday. The golden text was:…

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Churchill Retires From Leadership Queen Expresses Regret That Briton of Century Has Relinquished His High Office Eden Takes Over as Prime Minister

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Sir Winston Churchill, statesman, orator and writer, yesterday bowed to the years, and resigned as Britain’s Prime Minister. He will be succeeded by Sir Anthony Eden, 57-years-old,…

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Work On Church Creek Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 2

Kearsley Shire Council has [?] its engineer to begin work immediately on the [?] of Church…

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NEWS of the CHURCHES

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 2

Special Easter services will he held in the Maitland Methodist Church communion with a preparatory…

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Tansfer Of Church President

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 2

Pastor David Sibley, president of the North New South Wales Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, has been…

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Churchill Turns His Back on No. 10

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Sir Winston Churchill yesterday “turned his back” on No. 10 Downing Street, historic residence of Britain's Prime Ministers. Many women wept as they stood beside silent, men in a big crowd to watch Sir Winston leave “No. 10” for the last time as its occupant…

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“Pravda” Attack on Churchill

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 3

MOSCOW: “Pravda,” official organ of the Soviet Communist Party, to-day attacked Sir Winston Churchill as a…

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Redemptorist Mission

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 April 1955 · page 3

Redemptorist Fathers will conduct two missions in Maitland in the next month. The first will be at the…

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