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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1939

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Captain Wallis Address at Central Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 14

Captain Wallis, a visiting evangelist, continued his "new" life campaign at the Central Methodist Mission last night. The larger congregation indicated…

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Air Mission's Aim 'Plane Production Increase First Member Arrives Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 7

The primary aim of the British Air Mission was to ascertain how the aircraft production of Australia could be increased, interviewers…

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Churches Go to the Beach Last Night's Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 8

More than 1000 persons in the immediate vicinity heard, through the loud speaker equipment, the first of a series of services organised by the Beach…

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'Brighter Note' Church Music Appeals to Young Worshippers Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

The "brighter note" music, produced by modern equipment, and in a manner novel to religious worship in Australia, Was sounded at Manly Congregational Church yesterday. It came as a surprise to the congregation…

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London Mission Identity Dead London, January 16

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

Rev. Charles Ensor Walters, general secretary of the London Methodist Mission for 25 years, and an ex-president of the Methodist…

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Flying Woman Doctor Reaches Mission Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 8

After an arduous trek through dense Jungle, and sodden muddy country, the stranded flier Dr. Jean White and Pilot D. Tennent were brought back…

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Long Service for Church Clergyman's 100th Birthday LONDON, Jan. 16

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 5

The Venerable Henry Dison Bus-well, of England, who celebrated his hundredth birthday the other day, was born at Cambridge and ordained…

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Air Mission Advisors in Melbourne Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 13

Technical advisers to the British Air Mission, which will investigate the possibility of the large-scale manufacture of airplanes in Australia, reached Melbourne…

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British Mission's Successful Work in Portugal London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 11

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Butler), when questioned in the Commons on the results of the British Military Mission to Portugal,…

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Back at Mission Stranded Fliers Well Only Slight Damage to 'Plane Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 10

After walking through dense jungle and sodden country, the stranded fliers, Captain D. Tennant and Dr. Jean White, were…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

Sunday will be observed as the special day for the Home Mission Society. At 11 a.m. Rev. R. Finigan will preach, and at 7 p.m. the preacher will be…

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Mayfield Presbyterian

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

Rev. W. G. Reekie, who has been on annual leave, will resume his ministry in the Waratah-Mayfield Presbyterian Church next Sunday. He will…

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Maryville Presbyterian

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

At Maryville Presbyterian Church. The Avenue, services on Sunday will be held at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Mr. J. D. Penman will preach at both…

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Tighe's Hill Methodist

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

The service at Tighe's Hill Methodist Church at 11 a.m. on Sunday will be conducted by Mr. W. S. Gentle. At night Rev. N. W. Lickiss will be…

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Mr. Wells and the Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 20

Sir,—I feel that Mr. H. G. Wells is very nearer the truth of things than Rev. W. H. Butler is, in that he is dealing with the facts of the past, and by his…

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"All to the Good" Hitler's Expectation of Peace Mr. Churchill's View London, February 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 7

"It is all to the good that Herr Hitler should say he expects a long period of peace, and he certainly is able to bestow that inestimable blessing upon mankind,"…

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News From The CHURCHES Belmont Anglicans

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

On Septuagesima Sunday in the Belmont Church of England Provisional District, of which the prlest-in-charge is the Rev. W. Griffith Cochrane,…

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Cruise of the Guinevere Sailing Memories of the 'Nineties Captain Slocum And The Mission Steamer

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 5

Where do the old yachts go to? That has always been a subject of reflection for me—and I can look back on quite a large fleet of such craft that no longer cleave the waters of Port Jackson…

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Church and State Vatican Paper Attacks Hitler ROME, February 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 11

"The utmost is being done by persecution to empty the churches and to make priests superfluous," declares the Vatican newspaper, "Osservatore…

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Finance for Migration Anglican Work May Be Suspended

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 5

Because of inadequate finance, the Church of England Migration Council may have no discontinue shortly its work of bringing British migrants…

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