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Churches, 1912

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Election Riots. Serious Outrages in Belgium. Two Churches Fired. Brussels

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

The election riots in Belgium still continue. The noters at Liebe fired two churches and were dispersed by gendarmes, who extinguished the…

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Methodist Improvement Society

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

The weekly meeting of the Wagga Mutual Improvement Society was held in the Methodist school hall on Thursday night, and there was a very fair…

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Lockhart Presbyterian Charge

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

Rev A. Simms preached eloquent sermons in St, John's Presbyterian Church on Sunday, and again on Monday evening. On Monday…

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Roman Catholic Bazaar

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

A grand Bazaar, in aid of the building fund of the new Catholic presbytery, will be held in the School of Arts, Lockhart, during the…

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[?] in Church

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

It was little Wheels fired appearance at church and she was rather [?] First she wanted one th[?] then another. Finally she decided that she must have…

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Welsh Churchmen Monster Meeting in London. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

Upwards of 15,000 Welsh churchmen arrived in London by special trains and marched in procession to Hyde Park, where a monster meeting…

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[?]ew Rents. Motion for Abolition. Defeated by One Vote. St. John's Church Decision

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 2

In accordance with a resolution agreed to at the annual vestry meeting in May last, a meeting of the parishioners of St. John's Anglican Church…

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Holy Week in Jerusalem. the Church of the Sepulchre

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 6

My first impression in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was that I had suddenly come into a barbaric castle of magic connected with…

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Methodist Sunday School

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 2

The annual distribution of prizes for school work, in connection with the Wagga Methodist Sunday School took place last evening in the…

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Methodist Sunday School Presentation of Prizes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 5

The annual meeting and distribution of prizes in connection with the Methodist Sunday school was held last night in the school hall. There…

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A Great Request. £200,000 to Church of England. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

Mr. White, a wealthy Wiltshire cheesemaker, has left the Bishop of London [?] for the benefit of the Church of England…

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Mr Geo. Stevenson. a Church Tribute

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 3

At the regular monthly meeting the committee of management of St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church recorded a special minute in reference to…

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Sunday Burglaries During Hours Op Service. Churches and Rectory Raided. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 5

A large quantity or Jewellery was stolen last night from Christchurch Rectory. South Yarra. [?]The thieves entered by an unfastened window and…

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Mr. Geo. Stevenson Presentations From Church Friends. a Special Minute

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the committee of management of the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wagga, held in the Church last night, a special minute…

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Ganmain Methodist Church. Opening Ceremony. (By our Special.)

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 2

Although unfavorable weather conditions prevailed on Wednesday last, the occasion of opening the new Methodist Church at…

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The Chapmanalexander Mission

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2

In response 10 inquiries by some Wagga folk who are intested, we have ascertained that the fixtures in New South Wales of the Chapman Alexander…

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Home Rule. a Church Protest. "Romanising Every Institution." London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 4

The Irish Reformed Presbyterian Synod has issued a protest against Home Rule, It declares that the Bill aims at Romanising every institution…

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Church Social

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2

The Church of Christ, Wagga, held an anniversary social in the Masonic hall last night. The minister in charge Mr. W. Brown presided over a large…

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Seventy Assassins. Mission to Pekin. Cabinet Minister's Peril. Tientsin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 2

Seventy assassins have left Shanghai and are proceeding to Pekin. Their avowed intention is to assassinate prominent members of the…

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Presbyterian Concert at Boree Creek

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 2

A most successful concert was held in Lawrence's Hall on Wednesday night last, June 25th, by the Presbyterian Committee of Boree…

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