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Churches, 1940

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Floral Arch in Church Helyar-morrow Wedding

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 7

Kyogle Methodist Church was beautifully decorated in a colour scheme of pink and white by members of the church on Wednesday…

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Fences Completed at Church ALSTONVILLE

Northern Star · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 10

Members of the Trust at the Alstonville Methodist Church have completed the erection of a new line of fencing on the church property fronting the…

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District Church Activities Church of England CORAKI

Northern Star · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 4

Preparations are in hand for the observance of Mothering Sunday on March 3. At meetings of the Woman's Guild and the G.F.S. enthusiasm was…

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Churches Study Problems of Peace

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

The World Council of Churches, whose headquarters are in Geneva, is stated to have its plans ready not only to maintain contact among the…

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Tribute to Mullumbimby Church Worker

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 4

In order to fittingly show the appreciation of her work for the Brunswick Methodist Circuit over a number of years Miss J. Mortimer, of…

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Work for Methodist Church

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4

MISS DORIS POPE, formerly of Sydney, who for the past six years has been State Recorder of the Methodist…

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Anglican Draft Constitution N.S.W. Acceptance

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 6

SYDNEY: The new draft constitution of the Church of England in Australia, which was before the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney last October,…

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Italy Warms to U.S. Peace Mission Rome

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 1

Italian opinion of America's peace mission changed abruptly from comparative indifference to lively interest after Mr. Sumner…

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Book Afternoon For Church BALLINA

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 9

A book afternoon in aid of the funds for St. Mary's Church of England will be held in the Parish Hall at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow. A number of free compctitioiis…

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Special British Craft to Cope with U-boats Mr. Churchill On War At Sea

Tweed Daily · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday:— Declaring that Germany would build more and more U-boats as the summer progressed, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill), introducing the naval…

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Battleship Was Damaged by Mine Revealed by Churchill

Tweed Daily · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday:— The disclosure that the battleship H.M.S. Nelson (33,950 tons) had been…

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'Story Of Magnetic Mines Reads Like Detective Fiction' :— Churchill's Review of War at Sea:—british Navy "On Top" Damage To Flagship Revealed LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 7

The success of the British Navy in coping with German submarines and mines was emphasised in the House of Commons to-day by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Churehill) in introducing the Navy Estimates…

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Mothering Sunday Coraki Parish

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 4

Mothering Sunday will be solemnised in the Coraki parish at the week-end with all the ancient ceremonial associated with the day. At 7.30 a.m…

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Methodist Church President Has Relatives at Murwillumbah

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 4

Three brothers and a sister of the newly-appointed President of the Methodist Church in New South Wales, the Rev. Percy L…

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Argentine Trade Mission to Japan

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 7

TOKIO, Thursday:—Members of the Argentine mission told the Associated Press that they are very satisfied with the conferences…

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Methodist President Rev. P. L. Black Chosen

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Rev. Percy L. Black, of Croydon, was elected President of the Methodist Church in N.S.W. at the N.S.W. Methodist…

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Rev.p.l.black New Methodist President Rev. H. Woodhouse Secretary SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

The Rev. Percy L. Black, of Croydon, was elected president of the Methodist Church in New South Wales for the ensuing 12…

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Methodist State President

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 10

The Rev. Percy L. Black, the newly appointed president of the Methodist Church in New South Wales is well known to many throughout the…

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District Church Activities Church of England LISMORE

Northern Star · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 4

Mothering Sunday will be observed at the services at St. Andrews and All Saints to-morrow. The sacred drama entitled "The Great Betrayal." in five…

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Presbyterian Easter Camp Ballina

Northern Star · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 12

Arrangements have been made for the seventh annual Easter camp of Richmond River Presbyterian Fellowship to be held at Hodgson Court, East…

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