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Churches, 1911

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Vicar Interrupts. Remarkable Scene at a Church Meeting

Northern Star · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 6

There was a remarkable scene at the demonstration in Blackpool Winter Gardens at the opening of the spring conference of the Church Association. One of…

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Presbyterian Church. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 5

The annual session of the Presbyterian, Assembly of N.S. Wales has been opened. The Moderatorjs address dealt with the opportunity and responsibility and need of…

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Ballina Church of England

Northern Star · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 4

A well-attended meeting of parishioners, including parochial councillors, was held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of arranging n welcome to…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 5

At the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day, it was decided that the funds available are totally inadequate to meet the requirements in connection with the…

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St. Andrews Church of England

Northern Star · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 4

It will be remembered that towards the closed of last year a meeting was held in the local Parish Hall, at which it was decided to make a big effort to liquidate the…

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Catholic Leader Missing. Paris

Northern Star · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 9

M. Fe[?]mand Darrast, a well-known [?]tant Catholic leader, has mysteriously disappeared. His clothes were found on the banks of the Seine. The theory of suicide…

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The Church of England. a New Rubric. London. 5

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 9

By a majority ol two to one the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury yesterday agreed that celebrants of the Communion, with the consent of the…

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Stopped Wedding. Sequel to the Scene at a Church

Northern Star · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

The story of a dramatic Interruption at a wedding was told at Leeds Assizes when Albt. Butcher, 24, a Sheffield stoker, was charged with having committed bigamy by…

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The Anglican View

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

SOME interesting observations on the subject of mixed marriages were made by Bishop Stretch in the course of his address to the Newcastle Synod. He said:—"I see…

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Federation of Churches

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

AT Friday morning's session of the Presbyterian General Assembly in Sydney, Professor Clouston, D.D., submitted the report of the committee on the federation of…

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Methodist Church

Northern Star · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 8

The second anniversary of the new building was celebrated in the Lismore Church laat evening. The Rev. T. Parker presided, and opened the proceedings with…

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Arbitration Treaty. Presbyterian Assembly Resolution. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 5

The Presbyterian Assembly carried a resolution rejoicing in President Taft's suggestion that an arbitration treaty should be arranged between Great Britain and the…

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Methodist May Fair

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 9

As briefly stated in last issue the Great May Fair in aid of the building fund of the new Methodist Church was opened on Thursday evening (11th inst.) in the…

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Foreign Mission. Illegal Recruiting. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 9

The report on foreign missions has been discussed at the Presbyterian Assembly, Melbourne. It was stated that the now convention had not fulfilled the hope of…

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Lismore General Cemetery. Church of England Section

Northern Star · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 4

A meeting of the trustees of the Church of England portion (Venerable Archdeacon Whyte, Messrs. Verrinder, Carroll, and Lewis) was held at the cemetery on…

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Australian Methodist Centenary Celebrations

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 6

On the 10th of August, 1815, the Rev. Samuel Leigh landed in Sydney, being the first Methodist Minister in Australia. The centenary of this event falls due in 1915,…

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Catholic Leaders Wanted

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 3

We have nothing to gain by keeping things quiet, which means keeping things as tuey are, and perpetuating the wrongs under which we suffer. But to keep things…

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Fifteenth Century Church Burned Down

Northern Star · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 6

The old Church of St. Michael, Honiton. Devon, which dated from the fifteenth century and was one of the finest pieces of architecture in the country has been…

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Church and State. Lisbon

Northern Star · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 5

Ministers and the bishops are in active conflict in connection with the separation of Church and State. Ministers are prosecuting the bishops for issuing protests,…

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Christ Church Vacancy. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 9

The nomination of Rev. C.W. Coles to fill the vacancy as rector of Christ Church has been yetoed by Archbishop Wright…

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