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Churches, 1905

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A Church Incident

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 27 April 1905 · page 2

A peculiar incident is reported from Moruya. A lad of about eight years went to the Sunday evening service and went to sleep. The service concluded…

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Church of England. Vestry Meeting

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 4 May 1905 · page 2

The annual vestry meeting of the Church of England was held in All Saints’ school-hall, Nowra, on Monday evening last, the Rec. W. Newby…

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The New Methodist Minister

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 4

The Rev. Joseph Walker, recently appointed minister of the Shoalhaven Methodist Circuit, is to be entertained at a welcome social on Wednesday…

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More Harmony Wanted. the Church Choir

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 8

At the Church of England Vestry meeting in Nowra on Monday night the Rector (Rev. W. Newby-Fraser) pointed out to the necessity for the…

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Methodist Tea-meeting

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 8

The formal welcome to the Circuit to the Rev J. and Mrs Thomas was tendered in the Church on Wednesday last, in the form of a monster Tea-meeting. The…

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"Why Men Go to Church."

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 4

The Rev. J. Walker, the new Methodist minister, preached a stirring sermon at the Nowra Church on Sunday evening on the subject. "Why men go to Church."…

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Methodist Ratines' Church Aid Society

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Ladies' Church Aid Society was held in the Methodist school room last Thursday afternoon. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Joseph…

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The Churches

Southern Star · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

ON Sunday last, at the Methodist Church, Rev. E. W. Briscombe preached in the morning to a large congregation from the 12th chapter…

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Methodist Church Ald [?]

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Church Aid Society in. connection with the Methodist Church was held in the Nowra schoolroom on Thursday…

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Mrs. Edison's Church Nursery

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 6

Mrs. Edison, the wife of the famous inventor, is an earnest church worker and the superintendent of a Sunday-school. Her latest enterprise has been…

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Church Lighting

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 2

The coal-gas lighting of All Saints’ Church, Nowra, is a great improvement on the old system of lighting with kerosene, and a matter of much…

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Presbyterian

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 6

A very successful tea and public meeting in connection with the Presbyterian Church, Nowra, was held in the School Hall, on Wednesday evening last. Both the tea and…

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A New Presbyterian Church

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 4

LAST Saturday afternoon Sir Harry H. [?] the State Governor layed the foundation stone of a new [?] Church at North St. Leonard near the Crows Nest…

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Opposition Leaders. Mr Winston Churchill

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 2

Excellent it would be if public men could be induced to give us their judgment of their own characters that is to say, if they revealed them…

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New Church and Manse at North St, Leouards. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 2

The congregation of North St. Leonards was favoured with ideal weather on Saturday last, when the foundation stones of the new church and manse were laid, in the presence of about a…

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The Church of England Grammar School. FAREWELL

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 1

On Wednesday evening the pupils attending this school, as well as ex-pupils, together with a few friends, met in the School Hall, on the invitation of Mr Leacock, who…

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Her Mission

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 6

She was only a little woman, 'tis true. And bern was a common story; She never had dreamed of a thing to do THat would lead to fame or glory…

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Temperance Mission

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 4

Mr A. Bruntnell, lecturer New South Wales Alliance, is to revisit the South Coast next month, and conduct temperance missions in the different…

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Berry Presbyterian Charge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 4

The Rev. David Smith, late of Albury, has received a call to the Berry Presbyterian Church, of which the Rev. D. McLennan (now of Allora, Queensland) was for several…

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Bear in a Churchyard

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 7

The neighborhood of Icklingham, a picturesque village between Bury St. Edmunds and Mildenhall, was the scene of considerable excitement when it became…

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