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Churches, 1914

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Gospel Mission

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 3

Mr. Hare's discourse on Sunday was based on Daniel 12: 4: "Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." It is a remarkable…

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Churchwarden Stories

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 6

A warden when he goes to church must bo prepared tar anything. One never knows what to expect, bat I certainly never could have "imagined"…

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Votes for Churches

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 7

Sir N. Helme, moving the second reading of this bill, said it was a bill upon which agreement had been arrived at in the House of Lords. Its object was to give the…

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Church News. Services for June 14th. Church of England

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 4

Sunday, June 14 (first Sunday after Trinity),—8 a.m., Holy Communion, Coolamon; 11 a.m., Matins and Sermon, Berry Jerry; 3 p.m., Evensong and…

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Church Fired

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 2

Suffragettes set fire to a church in Surrey, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done…

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Christ Church. Induction of the Rector

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

Sunday last was a day of interest and importance to the church in Cootamundra, in that it saw the induction of the Rev. H. E. Lewin into…

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The Suffragettes Bomb in Church. St. George's, Hanover-square, Damaged. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

A bomb, placed there by suffragettes, exploded in the aisle of St. George's Church, Hanover-square. A number of windows were broken…

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Church Desecrated. Italian Flag Burned. "Long Live Anarchy."

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

Rioters entered a church and destroyed all the sacred objects. They removed the confessionals' benches, and pulpit, besides forming a…

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Catholic Mission

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 2

At the Auditorium at Tootool, to-night, a mission will be opened under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church, by the Rev. Father Reginald,…

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Church Struck by Lightning. Four Persons Killed. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 2

During the height of the Paris storm, a church was struck by lightning and four persons killed and three injured…

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Wedding the Good. Yankee Professor's Mission

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 7

Among animals the unmated are practically non-existent. Every Individual become either a father or a mother and contributes his or her share to the make-up…

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Jobless Raid Churches. Chilly Reception. Experience in New York

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

The recent assault on several churches and synagogues of Now York by homeless and Jobless men is characterised by the Socialist New York "Call" as "a warning to…

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Roman Catholic Federation

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

The attention of our Catholic readers is drawn to the advertisement appearing elsewhere in connection with the starting of a branch of the R.C…

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A Local Incident. How a Parish was Christened "Patrick."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

IT was a policeman who added to the gaiety of a continent and immortalised himself by introducing the word "Larrikin," as an…

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Mission Station Tragedy Attack on Station Anticipated. Police Attack the Natives. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

A story of frustation of an attempted massacre of missionaries in Papua is told in a dispatch received from the administration by Mr. Glyun. It…

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The Suffragettes. Bomb in a Church. Threat Carried Out. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

Following on a threat by the suffragettes to destroy St. Mary's Church, a bomb with a lighted fuse was discovered in the porch of the…

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Bomb in Church

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

A bomb has been discovered in the porch of St. Mary's Church at Reading, with a note attached bearing the threat, "Fuse has been lighted."…

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Confirmation at Coolamon Catholic Church

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 2

On Sunday last at St. Michael’s R.C. Church, Coolamon, the Right Reverend Dr. Gallagher, Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, burn, performed the sacred rite of…

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A Go-to-church Campaign

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 8

The American religious papers give particulars of the Go-to-Church dampaign, and the "British Weekly" summarises what is being done. It is a…

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Church and the Liqnor Trade. Several Reforms Sought. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 1

The Social Questions Committee of the Anglican Church and Council of Churches to-day asked the West Australian Attorney-General to amend the…

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