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Churches, 1903

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The Heat in Queansland. Severe Storm at Taroom. a Church Blown Down

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 5

A HEAVY cyclone occurred at Oiio, near Winton, on Friday. The railway station goods shed was partly unroofed. On Monday the maximum temperature in…

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R.C. Church Friction. Dismissal of Rev. Father Fagan

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 4

THE friction which was previously alluded to in this paper as having arisen between a number of adherents of the Roman Catholic Church on the Lower Richmond and the head of the…

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R.C. Church Friction

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 4

THE friction which was previously alluded to in this paper as having arisen between a number of adherents of the Roman Catholic Church on the…

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Mission Tents

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

THERE are five travelling mission tents, in one organisation going the rounds of the State of New South Wales at the present time. These evangelical marquees, each…

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Mission Tents

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 8

There are five travelling Mission Tents, in one organisation going the round of the State of New South Wales at the present time. These evangelical marquees, each…

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Curiosities of Church Attendance

Northern Star · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

THE result of a census of Church attendance in Liverpool on Nov. 2, a fine Sunday, has been published. In 1891 the population of Liverpool was 5 17,980. It is…

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Methodist Church

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

THE quarterly meeting of the officials of the Casino Circuit was held in the Casino church on Wednesday afternoon last…

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The Liquor Bill. Views of the Presbyterian Church

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 6

THE following report on the Liquor Bill has been adopted by the temperance com mittee of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales:—…

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Methodist Tea Meeting

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 4

THE tea meeting, sale of goods and produce, took place as advertised on Wednesday last, in the grounds of the Methodist Church, Casino, and proved…

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Great Cyclone at Townsville (Q.) Collapse of Churches. Hotels, and Other Buildings. Ten Lives Lost. Damage £200,000

Northern Star · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

ON Monday morning a stiff breeze was blowing from the north-west, but nothing exceptional was noticed till 10, when the wind increased [?] force. The barometer fell rapidly. At 11 o'clock…

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State Aid to Churches

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 8

A CONTEMPORARY says:—The Methodist Conference has taken a rigid stand on the subject, of State aid to churches. To one of the charities in…

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St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Establishment of a Catholic Association

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 8

A MEETING of the St. Patrick's Day celebration committee was held on Monday evening at St. Mary's Presbytery. There was a full attendance of the members of the committee…

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Departure of Mr. F. Carmont. Church Farewell

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

THE departure of Mr. Carmont (late malinger for Mr. F. G. Crouch, of the Trade Palace), with his family, from Casino, was marked by a gathering of…

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National Church of New Zealand

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 6

PRESBYTERIANISM in New Zealand is taking definite steps to bring about organic union between the Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian Churches…

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Union of the Churches

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1903 · page 4

SIR FREDERICK HOLDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives, speaking at Gawler South Australia, on the subject of Christian Union, said that…

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Church of England Concert

Northern Star · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 4

A PLEASANT evening waa spent at the School of Arts, Lismore, last Wednesday, when the above concert, in aid of the prize and library fund of St. Andrew's Sunday school, took place. The…

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Methodist Church. Quarterly Report

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 4

THE quarterly meeting was held at the Methodist Church on wednesday, 22nd instant. previous to the meeting the Local Preachers' meeting was held…

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Church of England. Easter Retort

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 7

To the congregations assembling in St. Mark's Church, Casino; st. Columba. Greenridge; st. Alban, Wyan; All Saints, Tomki; in the houses of Mr. E…

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Sunday Serman by the Rev. B E Lorenz Presbyterian Church, New York. a 'Hard Luck' Discourse. All these things are against me.—Genesis xllii, 30

Northern Star · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 6

THERE is something pathetic al[?]bout the patriarchal figure of Jacob, with his disheveled hair and voluble grief. The imprisonment of Simeon and this haugbty…

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Why People goto Church

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 2

SOME go to church because, forsooth, It was a habit formed in youth. Some go because they like to hear The preacher rake their neighbors dear…

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