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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Churches

Churches, 1908

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Church of England

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

ON Sunday next, the first Sunday in the new year, there will be two celebrations of Holy Communion, one at 7.30, and the other after morning prayer. At the evening service the…

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Methodist Church. Dubbo-Narromiae Circuit

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

The following article contributed to a recent issue of the THE METHODIST by the superintendent of the circuit will be read with interest:—…

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Church Siege. Bailiff's Forces Held at Bay. Doors Broken Open

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

There was an amusing sequel on 31st October to the dispute in regard to the non-payment of rates, amounting to L16, between the Paddington Borough…

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The Church of Gray's Elegy. Offered for Sale

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

Messrs. Curtis and Henson have offered for sale, at Tokenhouse Yard, by order of Mr Wilberforce Bryant's executors, the freehold property near…

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Catholic Church

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

It is likely that the Rev. Father P. Kiely, who has lately arrived in this State from Ireland, will come to Wellington in about a fortnight's time to…

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Church of England, Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

NEXT Sunday the usual evening service will be at 7, instead of 7.30. At this service there will be no sermon. A special open air service, to which the…

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St. Patrick's Church

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 4

A little while ago we announced that the Rev. Father P. Kiely, who has lately arrived in this State from Ireland, would, in all probability, come to…

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Church of England

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 4

TO-NIGHT (Friday) at 7.30 there will be the usual monthly preparation service. Sunday next will be kept as the day of the Harvest Festival. Special music has been prepared,…

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A West Australia Tragedy. Suicide of an ex-President of the Methodist Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 3

The Rev. Thomas Bird, ex-president of the Methodist Conference, whose name was prominently mentioned in the recent Illingworth inquiry, was found death in King's Park, Porth…

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Harvest Festival Service. Holy Trinity Church

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

IN Holy Trinity Anglican Church on Sunday last was held the annual harvest festival service. The building was fittingly decorated with wheat and maize stalks, fruit, grasses, &c., and a…

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Yeoval Union Church. [To the Editor.]

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 6

Sir,—Alick Dawson, the writer of "Wonderful! Isn't It?" in his mems re the new Union Church, Yeoval, asks to be corrected if he has been…

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The Church Congress. Its President

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 3

Like cod-liver oil and caviare an Anglican bishop is an acquired taste. Sartorial blots upon the face of nature, they start upon their arduous career…

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Presbyterian Church

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

The annual business meeting of the Wellington Presbyterian Church was held in the church last night. Notwithstanding the very unfavorable…

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Yeoval Union Church. (To the Editor of the TIMES.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 3

Sir,—An article appeared in your journal, dated 6th inst., written by a certain gentleman who signs his name A. H. Howard, wherein he accuses me…

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The Methodist Conference

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

The Methodist Conference opens in Sydney on Tuesday next, the 25th inst. We are informed that the Rev. W. Atkinson leaves on Monday night for the purpose of…

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Yeoval Union Church. (To the Editor Wellington TIMES.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 6

(Sir,—A wrong explanation of my letter of the 6th. inst. appeared in your issue of the 13th., signed Geo. E. Job, Teoval, and I ask Mr. Geo. E. Job to…

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Methodist. Dubbo and Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

AT the recent Methodist Conference, in connection with the memorial from the Dubbo-Narromine circuit, urging division of the circuit, the Rev. J. Woodnough moved an amendment…

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Methodist Moyements

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

In the second allotment of stations at the Methodist Conference, the Revs. H. S. Bowdan, and. R. Tod[?], are mentioned for the Dubbo-Narrom[?]ne' Ci[?]it, No…

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Church of England. Ordination at Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

MR. REUBEN COVERDALE, associated with the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd since its establishment, and for the past few years stationed at Nymagee, is to be ordained at St…

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Trouble in a Church

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 8

An episode which created much interest and a[?]nusement among those not directly concerned happened in a local place of worship on Sunday evening (writes the…

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