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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1949

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U.k. Churchmen Go to Unions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 2

Some of the chief men in the British trade-union movement and the Church had met to discuss problems and were getting to know and cooperate with each other, the Bishop of Chichester, England (Dr…

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Hamilton Wesley Church Service

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 4

The President of the Methodist Conference (Rev. R. B. Lew) preached to a packed church at Wesley Church, Hamilton,…

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Churchmen's Wives, Mayoress Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1949 · page 4

The wife of the Dean of Newcastle (Mrs. N. J. Blow), wife of the Bishop of Chichester, England (Mrs. Bell) and the Lady…

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Redhead Presbyterian School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 6

At the anniversary of Redhead Presbyterian Sunday School, the Minister (Rev. Penman) was assisted by Mr. L. Thompson…

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Church Doors Were Locked At Stewart Dawson Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Behind the locked doors of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Mauquarie-st., at noon today, David Stewart Dawson married Miss Beverley Atkinson. Plans for the wedding were…

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Churchill AsKs Attlee To Name Election Date

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Mr. Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons yesterday that it was the duty of the Prime Minister to curtail the uncertainty about when the election would come…

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Sailors' Home Suggested For Mission Hostel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 2

The transfer of the Central Methodist Mission Hostel at Wickham to the Sailors' Home in Scott-street, to permit the Police Boys'…

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Britain's Life In Balance, Says Churchill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 16. A.A.P.—Mr. Churchill, in an election speech last night, said that on next year's general election depended the "life…

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Churchill Retracts Statement On "Unconditional Surrender"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Mr. Churchill retracted in the Commons his statement made last July that President Roose-velt had issued his call for the "unconditional surrender" of Germany, Italy and Japan without consulting him…

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Church Centre Opened At Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 3

A community centre, second of its kind in Newcastle Methodist District, was officially opened at Merewether Central Methodist…

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Churches

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 7

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: Tomorrow, the Sunday next before Advent, services will be 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., Holy Communion 9.30 a.m.,…

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Anglican Fair At Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 4

Beverley Brogden, of Deepwater, was a star artist at the Wentworth-street Church of England annual fair at Wallsend on Saturday…

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"Messiah" Sung At Church College

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 4

Two renditions of Handel's "Messiah" were given at the Australasian Missionary College at Cooranbong on Saturday. The…

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In Brief Reds Won't Stand Church Opposition Martial Law Will Continue In Egypt

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 November 1949 · page 6

The Czech Government would not tolerate opposition by the Roman Catholic Church to comunisation of Czechoslovakia, declared the Minister for the Interior (M. Vaclav Nosek)…

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City Mission As Santa Claus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 2

Newcastle City Mission would have to "play Father Christmas" to more children this year than in previous years, the…

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"Not A Christian But Methodist"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Eyebrows were raised in Central Court today when a Chinese witness, before being sworn, appeared…

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Catholic-moslem "Front" Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 3

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 22. A.A.P.—A Roman Catholic-Moslem "common front for God" to fight communism in the Middle East was…

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Communists Drive Priest From His Own Church

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 5

ROME, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Enraged Communists at San Marino (Central Italy) drove a parish priest out of his own church yesterday when he refused to baptise a child because the godfather was a Communist…

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Bishops The Bar To Church Unity

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 11

LONDON: Is there any longer real hope that the age-old quest for one united Protestant Church in this country can one day succeed? Or are the barriers insuperable?…

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Methodist Fete for Church Funds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1949 · page 4

Mayfield Methodist Ladies' Church Aid held a fete at the home of Mrs. O. M. Frith, Mayfield, yesterday, Among those…

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