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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1949

498 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 25

Legacy Praised In Churches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 2

The work of Legacy was praised at services in district churches yesterday, when reference was made to Newcastle's Legacy Week of…

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Gifts For Mission Christmas Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 5

Donations previously acknowledged in the Central Methodist Mission social and Christmas relief funds totalled £83/12/…

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Vicar Overpowers Vandal In Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Dec. 13. A.A.P.-Rueter.—A 6ft. high, 14 stone vicar overpowered a man who allegedly had thrown rocks causing damage…

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Church Admits "Hands Not Wholly Clean"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 13. A.A.P.—No moral distinction could be drawn between gambling on horses or dogs and gambling on…

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Whooping Cough At Gulf Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

DARWIN, Thursday.—The Acting Chief Medical Officer of the Northern Territory (Dr. A. H Humphry) will fly to Groote…

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U.S. Envoy Starts Orient Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. A.A.P.—The United States Ambassador at Large (Dr. Philip Jessup) left Washington yesterday for two…

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Churchill in Bronze

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 3

Mr. Churchill in the flesh and in bronze. Top: Mr. Churchill, with Queen Ingrid of Denmark, during an English visit, was 75 recently. The bronze bust is being made by Benno Elkan, 72-year-old German sculptor, who settled in England in 1933…

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Wallsend Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 8

Instead of the evening service at 7 p.m. on Christmas Day, Metcalfe-street Methodist Church. Wallsend, will produce a dramatisation of the…

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Good Response To Mission Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 5

A good response is being made to the Central Methodist Mission's Christmas and Social Relief Fund, and many needy people are…

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Many Nations at U.K. Church Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Visitors from many parts of the world joined regular worshippers at the evening service at St…

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For Women... Pensioners' Party At Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 6

One hundred old age pensioners had a Christmas party as guests of the Central Methodist Mission at the Mission Hall yesterday afternoon. The invitations were issued to…

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Fire Causes £50 Damage To Church Annexe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 4

A fire, believed to have been started by children, caused about £50 worth of damage in an annexe of the Catholic Church, Bryant and…

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Party at Methodist Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 3

Watching the show at the Central Methodist Mission children's party yesterday were (left to right): Ken Corbett, of Wickham, Judith and Jill Reeves, of Stockton…

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Thieves Rob Mission

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Considerable damage was done by thieves who robbed a missionary society last night…

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Church Party At Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 4

Teralba Latter Day Saints Ladies' Guild entertained Sunday school children at a Christmas party and annual prize giving. Mr. S…

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Mission Yacht Total Loss On Tongan Reef

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

SUVA, Dec. 22, A.A.P.-Reuter.—Two Tongan Government officials, Pastor W. G. Ferris and five others, including Pastor Ferris's…

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Catholic Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 2

Sydney: More than 100 inter state and New Zealand visitors will attend the University Catholic Federation Conference…

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Churchill Honoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Dec. 29. A.A.P.—Mr. Winston Churchill has been chosen as the "Man of the Half Century," by "Time" magazine…

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Island Delegates at Church Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 8

An Australian youth conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church is in session at Cooranbong. At the conference, Pastor…

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