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Churches, 1940

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Central Methodist Mission

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

At the Central Methodist Mission Hall on Sunday the morning service will be conducted by Mr. T. Perrau, B.Sc. In the evening at 7.0 Rev. F…

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Evangelistic Mission

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

At the People's Mission tent, Boolaroo, Evangelist E. R. Gane, of Queensland, will preach on Sunday night, at 7.30 o'clock on "The Problem of Hell…

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Maryville Presbyterian

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

Services will be conducted in the Maryville Presbyterian Church, The Avenue, on Sunday, by Mr. J. D. Penman at 11 a.m. and by Mr. D. Y…

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Mayfield Methodist

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

Communion services will be held in the morning at Mayfield, and in the evening at Mayfield East Methodist Churches…

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Party for Presbyterian Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

Mr. J. D. Penman, minister of Maryville Presbyterian Church was the guest of honour at a social held in the Church hall, when 120 friends attended. A…

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The Churches Newcastle Cathedral

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

Next Sunday is Sexagesima, the second Sunday before Lent. There will be celebrations of Holy Communion at the Cathedral at 7.15 and…

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Church Army Hut at Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 18

The tender of Messrs. J. E. Smith and Sons, Mayfield, has been accepted for the erection of the .Church Army recreation hut at Greta, for the military…

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"Duty to Remain Neutral" Dutch Minister Replies to Mr. Churchill the Hague, January 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 9

The Foreign Minister (M. van Kleffens), during a Chamber debate, in which Mr. Churchill's broadcast was widely criticised, said that the nation…

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"The Time Has Come" Test Strength of Nazi Regime Churchill Calls for United Action (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 7

"We must not indefinitely continue merely to await blows at us; we hope the day will come when we will hand over that job to Hitler…

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Nazi Tyranny Extends Czechs and Poles Oppressed Mr. Churchill's Review (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 8

Speaking at Manchester at the weekend the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) referred to the cruel oppression being practised by the German…

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"1914 Germany Stronger," Says Mr. Churchill LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 6

"One of the things that this war is going to prove is whether, in modern times, the full strength of nations can be realised under totalitarian systems."…

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Catholic Missions' Task Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

Catholics in Europe could do little for missions during the war, but those spared the trials and tragedies were bound to take up the burden others were forced…

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Echoes Aims of France Churchill's Speech Welcomed "Atrocity Campaign," Says Berlin (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 6

Mr. Winston Churchill's speech is regarded in Paris as his most opportune and forceful declaration since he joined the Cabinet…

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Churchill Interrupted by Fascists U.S.A. Attack on Nazi Methods New York

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 7

Striking comment on the freedom of speech in Britain and the. death penalty gagging of speech in Germany is voiced by the New…

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Wholesale Massacre of Poles Catholic Prelate Tells U.S.A. New York

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 1

"Hitler deliberately is carrying out in German occupied Poland his "Mein Kampf" policy of wholesale execution, and it is…

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Fish-Breeding Is Churchill's Hobby

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 8

One of Mr. Winston Churchill's hobbles is fish-breeding. He has 40,000 fish of his own. He keeps them in the seven huge lakes and…

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Australian Arrested in Japan Seamen's Mission Superintendent London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 1

The British Embassy at Tokio reveals that the Rev. F. E. Watts, Superintendent of the Seamen's Mission at Kobe, has been…

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The Churches Central Methodist Mission

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

Services at the Central Methodist Mission on Sunday will be conducted at 11 by Rev. B. Finigan, and at 7 p.m. The preacher in the evening will…

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Belmont Anglican Church Afternoon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

To clear off the "church's old debts," members of All Saints' Church of England Women's Guild, at Belmont, held a home-made afternoon in the Masonic Hall…

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B I S H O P S Silent on Arrest Mission Chief Held in Japan London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 9

It is believed here that the Anglican Bishops in Kobe and Yokohama are maintaining silence regarding the arrest of Rev. F. E…

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