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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1926

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The Miners' Strike Churchmen's Plea for Humane Consideration London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

Many Bishops and 11 Free Church clergymen have signed a new statement, pleading with the Government to reconsider the terms for peace in the…

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Wickham. St. James' Church Festival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 7

Services of a special character were the feature of the patronal festival at St. James' Church, Wickham, yesterday. Holy communion was celebrated at 8 a.m.,…

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Spared Church Tornado-Stricken Town MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 4

As only one building suitable for church services was left Mainline at Highton, near Geelong, as a result of last Thursday's tornado, the local…

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Methodist Men Merewether Club Opened

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 3

The official opening of the Merewether Methodist Men's Club took place in the Junction Methodist school hall last night…

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Scene in a Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 5

It is reported from Rome that the Pope's dress regulations regarding skirts and sleeves of women worshippers resulted in strange scenes at the Church…

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Inter-church Clubs New Y.M.C.A. Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 4

The first of a number of interchurch Y.M.C.A. boys' clubs was in a gurated at the Junction Methodist Church last week…

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Marriage Boom Closing of Mexican Churches Last Day's Worship Mexico City

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 7

Interesting scenes of religious fervor were enacted throughout Mexico yesterday by adherents of the Catholic Church under the belief that the last…

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Anglican Boys' Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 6

A proposal to provide a farm for the training of boys from St. Alban's Boys' Home, Morpeth, was the subject of a conference, presided over by the Bishop of…

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Trouble Feared Closing Mexican Churches Public Anger Mexico City

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 1

SENORITA ROSA PADILLA, aged 18, daughter of wealthy parents, has been arrested and charged with destroying Government notices…

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Mission to America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 6

The decision of the Federal Government to send a mission consisting of representatives of employers and employees to the United States to…

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Man and the Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 3

Sir,—Men who have left the Church for many reasons, would go back to her, and help her despite the things they saw that once displaced them, and…

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Pillaging in Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 7

A telegram from Paris reports that thieves pillaged the historic church at Clery, near Orleans, which contains the tomb of King Louis XI…

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Church Run by Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 7

A remarkable church, controlled and administered by children, has been established in Birmingham. The congregation, which averages 140, is made up entirely…

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No Bloodshed Mexican Stories Unfounded Closing Churches Mexico City

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 4

No bloodshed has occurred anywhere in Mexico, despite alarmist reports of religious disturbance and tragedies…

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Methodist Conversazione

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 7

Hamilton Methodist Conversazione, which has become a notable annual event, will commence on August 25, and continue to September 2, in the Methodist Hall,…

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Central Mission Brotherhood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 6

The Central Methodist Mission Brother hood will hold its annual banquet to-night in the Social Hall, the speaker for the occasion being Rev. F. W. Hynes,…

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CHURCH v. STATE Religious Struggle Begins in Mexico Priests Walk Out Catholics Propose Luxury Boycott as Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 1

All churches in Mexico have been dosed, and will be handed over to committees appointed by the mayors of towns. The President says that the Government will not give way, and that the church will not be turned over to all-catholic…

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Methodist Brotherhood Central Mission Banquet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1926 · page 4

There was a big gathering of church people at the Social Hall of the Central Mission on Saturday night on the occasion of the annual banquet of the…

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New Presbyterian School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 August 1926 · page 6

A new Presbyterian School Hall, orected in George-strete, East Maitland, at a cost of £2154, wits officially opened, on Saturday afternoon, by the Rev. N…

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"Personal Service' Presbyterian Brotherhood

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 August 1926 · page 4

"Personal Service" was the keynote sounded at St. Andrew's Brotherhood "banquet and smoke" celebration in St. Andrew's School Hall. Newcastle,…

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