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Northern Rivers · Churches

Churches, 1923

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Convent Burnt. Campaign in Canada. Threats Against Catholic Orphanage

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 3

MONTREAL, Tuesday.-- Following on the destruction of the convent of the Notre Dame Bon Consei at Lake St." John, by a fire supposedly set by…

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No Intention to Annex. France and the Ruhr Area. Hostility Towards French Mission

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 5

PARTS, Tuesday.—A general railway strike has commenced onthe left bank of the Rhine. General Degoutte has substituted French railwaymen at certain selected…

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Panic at Churches. Plague in Greece. Praying for Deliverance

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Worhippers suffering from smallpox complicated with meningitis dropped dead in two churches at Piraens on Monday. The congregations fled…

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Churchmen Imprisoned. Religious Ceremony Echo

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Thursday--A message from Nogales, Arizona, states that two Catholic archbishops and eleven bishops were imprisoned tor participating in…

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News of the Churches

Northern Star · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 12

Referring to the recent meeting of the Australian Board of Missions, the "A.B.M. Review" writes: "For the first time the A.B.M. has been compelled to retreat…

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Prominent Churchman Dead

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Whilst playing a game of bowls at Mosman green on Saturday afternoon Mr. W.R. Beaver died suddenly He was formerly Clerk…

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Billinudgel Methodist Bazaar Opening Ceremony by Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A.

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

For some time past the ladies connected with the Billinudgel Methodist church have been hard at work preparing for a bazaar with the object of augmenting…

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Nimbin Methodist Fair. Stalls and Competitions. Successful Function

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 6

The summer fair under the auspices of the Methodist Church, Nimbin, was successfully carried out in the School of Arts on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The…

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Church of Christ. Children's Concert and Tea

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

The annual reunion of Church of Christ. Sunday School children look place at the Temperance Hall, North Lismore, on Saturday last. Scholars from North, South and…

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Dunoon Methodist Church Bazaar

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 4

The bazaar and sale of work held in the Dunoon Hall on Wednesday, January 31st last, in aid of the funds of the Dunoon Methodist Church was a decided success, the…

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Panic in Church. Corpse That Woke Up

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 3

TRAGEDY and farce mingled to a degree surpassing the wildest dreams of Grand Guignol were "recently reported from a town in the South of…

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New Church of England

Northern Star · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 4

The new Church of England at Brunswick Heads, which has been in course of construction, is now complete and makes a very handsome and imposing addition to the fast…

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Found Dead. President of Church Union

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Rev. Frederick Warner, president of the New Zealand Union, and vice-president of the Australian Congregational Union was…

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Freak Wedding. Wedded While Church Burned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 3

Would you have a freak wedding? The majority of people prefer to be married in the orthodox fashion, and to have the wedding "March" and the…

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Mullumbimby Church of England

Northern Star · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the parochial council of the Church of England at Mullumbimby was held on Tuesday night, the Vicar. (Rev. A. G. Moore) presiding. There were also…

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Spiritual Healing Mission

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. James Moore Hickson is beginning his spiritual healing mission in Tasmania on February 20, after which he will visit the different dioceses in…

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Once a Cannibal, now a Methodist Missionary

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 3

Tweleve years ago, Natu, chief of Maravo, Solomon Islands, was a renowed head-hunter. On Saturday he came to Sydney by the Melusia,…

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Baptist Church Opening Ceremony

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 4

Rev. C. O. Lundberg, of Casino, performed the ceremony of opening the newly erected Baptist Church in Murwillumbah on Thursday night. The new…

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Clergyman Found Dead in Church

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 5

AUCKLAND Friday.—The Rev. Frederick Warner, president of the New Zealand Union, and vice-president of the Australasian Congregational Union, has…

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Congregational Minister. Body Found in Room of Church

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—An Auckland message says that the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Rev. Frederick Warner, a well-known Congregational minister, formerly of…

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