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Churches, 1912

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Adelong Methodist-Cireuif

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 5

On Sunday next (Easter Day) the Sunday School Anniversary will be held at Adelong. The morning preacher will be Rev. S. K. Taylor,…

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The Church's Icicles

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 3

To illustrate the stand-offishness of some churches this story is told of a man who sat through the service one Sunday morning wearing his hat. When…

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Good Friday. Quietly Spent in Wagga. the Churches

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 4

Good Friday was quietly spent in Wagga yesterday, many people observing it as a Sunday, attending church services and remaining at…

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Easter[?] Church Services

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 2

Special services were held at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and yesterday. The altar repose was tastefully decorated by the…

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Catholic Garden Fete

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

Yesterday, the first day of the annual Easter Garden Fete held in the Mount Erin Presentation Convent Grounds, large crowds attended,…

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Coreinbob New Church

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

The new church, which the Methodist community of Coreinbob have had built, was opened on Sunday afternoon. The church adjoins the public…

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Wagga Methodist Church

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 2

The members of the quarterly meeting of the Wagga Methodist Circuit met in the School Hall yesterday afternoon. The attendance was smaller…

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Coreinbob Methodist Church

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 4

For a good many years past worshippers in the vicinity of Coreinbob have had ambitions to possess a sanctuary. Mrs. Chapman, senr., and her children…

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Methodist Sunday School Picnic

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 3

The annual picnic of the Wagga Methodist Sunday School was held on Gobbagumbalin reserve on Easter Monday. The day was cold and windy, but…

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Church of England. New Parish Hall

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

We have much pleasure in notifying that the building of the christ church parish hall is hearing completion, and that it is intended to…

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British Coal Crisis Soldiers Go to Church. No General Strike Proposed. Lindon, Sunday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The miners of Leigh, in Lancashire have been entertaining the soldiers who were sent to maintain order. The soldiers today marched to the…

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Catholic Chaplains. at Naval and Military College. Senator Pearce Replies. to Archbishop Kelly. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 3

The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, in reply ro Archbishop Kelly's address at Stanmore, said to-day."—"The Archbishop is under a…

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Church Chatter

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

At All Saints' Church. Tumut, on Sunday night, next, Miss Edith Wilkie, one of the leading soloists of the Goulburn Cathedral choir, will…

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A Tree in a Church

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

The church of Kempsey, in the diocese of Worcester, is remarkable for the chestnut tree growing out of the tomb of Sir Edmund Wylde in the chancel (says the…

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Back to the Stage Miss Ada Ward's Mission. "I Can Bear It No Longer." Astonishing Announcement

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 2

"I have led a lonely life; I can bear it no longer."? These were the words which Miss Ada Ward, the "actress-evangelist" used at the Scots' Church,…

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Church Chatter

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

Vestry meeting at St. John's on Tuesday next. Rev. P. J. Donovan is again on the "I'm well" list, at…

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Methodist Social

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

A placement little social was held in the Methodist school room last night. Mr. C. Condon senior circuit steward presided and their was a good…

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Church of England

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

THE annual Easter Vestry Meeting of All Saints' Church, Tumut, was held on Tuesday night, the Rector, Rev. R. J. Ross-Edwards, M.A.)…

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Special Services at Christ Church

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 3

On Sunday last the Rev. G. Snowdon, M.A., preached at all the services at the Anglican Church, Hillston, and also at an afternoon…

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