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Churches, 1941

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Mr. Churchill's Broad-cast Postponed for Few Days London, Saturday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 5

The B.B.C. announces that the broadcast which the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) was to have made tomorrow has been postponed for a few…

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2700 Churches Hit

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 3

More than 700 English churches have been destroyed or seriously damaged by bombs. Two thousand others have been less seriously hit. The…

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Lutheran Church Annual Mission Festival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

AMIDST glorious weather an excellent, representation of the far-flung Lutheran parish met last Sunday in Leeton for the…

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Leeton Presbyterian Sunday School Distribution of Prizes Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 2

Mr. J. G. Youll (manager of the Murrumbigee Irrigation Area) distributed the prizes won by members of the Leeton Presbyterian Sunday School at a pleasant…

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German Attitude to Church Attacked by Vatican Radio London, Sunday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 1

The Vatican radio to-day appealed to Catholic Germans to awake and face the Pagan tendencies which were spreading in German-occupied…

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Church of the Pilgrim Fathers Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

The Church of the Pilgrim Fathers in Southwark (London), of which the original congregation included some Pilgrim Fathers, was destroyed in a…

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Tennis Church of England Club Annual Easter Tournament

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 6

The Church of England Tennis Club will once again conduct its annual tournament on Easter Saturday, Sunday afternoon, and Monday.' The events will be men's doubles…

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Parish Mission at St. John's

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

A palish or parochial mission will be conducted by the Rev. Canon Needham at St. John's Church of England. Wagga beginning next Saturday, April 6, and…

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St. John's Parish Mission From April 6 TO 13

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

The following message has been received by the Rector of Wagga in respect to the Parish Mission, which begins at St. John's Church,…

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New Inspector of Catholic Schools

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Rev. Father W.P. O'Shea, assistant priest at West Wyalong, has received the important appointment of Diocesan Inspector of Schools,…

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Leeton Presbyterian Church Visit of the Modertor-General, the Rt. Rev. Dr. John Flynn, O.B.E., and Mrs. Flynn

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 6

A public reception will be held at the Leeton Presbyterian Church this evening, April 4, at 7.45 o'clock, the accasion being the visit of the…

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Feast of Choral Music Methodist Choir's Concert for Patriotic Funds

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 6

ENCHANTING choral music delighted the large audience at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday night, when a concert in aid of…

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Scots Church Annual Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 2

A large and representative gathering of the communicants and adherents of the Presbyterian church attended the recent annual meeting of…

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Scots Church Ladies Guild

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 2

At the conclusion of the regular monthly meeting of the Presbyterian Ladies Guild, held in Scots hall on Tuesday, 25th March, a social…

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Presbyterian

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 6

The Rev. J. B. Rentoul will conduct the morning and evening services at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church to-morrow, while in the afternoon he will celebrate…

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St. John's Parish Mission APRIL 6 to 13 Canon Needham's Visit

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

St. John's Parish Mission which begins to-morrow morning at St. John's Church will be conducted throughout by the Rev. Canon Needham. Details…

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Church of Christ

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 6

Communion will be celebrated at tomorrow morning's service at the Church of Christ, Tompson-street, when the subject of Mr. F. B. Stow's sermon will be…

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Royal Show on Good Friday Anglican Protest Canon Needham's Views St. John's Mission

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 4

"I appeal to the people to do their utmost to wipe out that which is considered, even by the heathen, to be a scandal," said Canon J. S. Needham…

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Tennis Church of England Club Season Opened Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 4

Fortune favored the Church of England club yesterday when ideal weather prevailed for the opening of the season. Most of the clubs in Wagga were represented…

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Palm Sunday Observed in Churches Yesterday Distribution of Palms

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

Palm Sunday was observed throughout Australia yesterday, and in Anglican and Catholic churches palm leaves were distributed…

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