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Churches, 1902

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Church and School Lands

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 March 1902 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

When the C. and S. Lands Act, 30 Vic. 1897, was passed it gave the right to holders of C. and S. land leases to convert their holdings into settlement leases, improvement…

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The Methodist Conference. Representative Session. the Liquor Traffic. Large Vote Against Public Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 4

The conference met at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The Rev.W.Pearson read the daily record, which was adopted. Correspondence and notices of motion were received…

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Battle of the Rocks. "An Unholy Alliance." State Control of Public Houses. "Blazing Rhetoric" in the Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 3

The Methodist Conference found itself in battle array yesterday. The fighting forces were at issue on the subject of the proposed State control of public- houses within the Rocks resumption…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 7

At Chalmers Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening the Rev. A. S. C. James will speak on "Face to Face with the Facts."…

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Methodist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 7

Interest, in Methodist circles during the week has been absorbed in the proceedings connected with the first conference of the recently united churches. The arrangements in connection with to-morrow's…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 7

At the 11 o'clock mass in St Joseph's Church, Newtown, to-morrow, the Coadjutor Archbishop will bless and unveil a statue of St. Patrick. The Rev. Father Gregory, Provincial of the…

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Methodist Conference

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 8

At the sitting of the Methodist Conference yesterday, the Rev. W. Woolls- Rutledge presiding, a pastoral, session was held, when candidates for the ministry were dealt with…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 7

The second annual tea and concert in connection with the East Waterloo, Redfern, and Strawberry Hills branch of the City Mission is announced to take place at St. David's school, Surry Hills, on…

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Opening of the Aberdeen Methodist Church

The Methodist · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 12

On Saturday, 22nd February, a very neat and comfortable Methodist Church wag officially opened at Aberdeen by W. M. Fleming, Esq., M.P., member…

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Roman Catholic Education

Watchman · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 8

In view of the frequent laudatory speeches by B.C. dignitories on R.C. education, which are reported in the press of the State, and the increasing demands for State aid to R.C…

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Notice. Methodist Union

The Methodist · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 8

As the Primitive Methodist has now been discontinued, and as the Methodist will in future represent the United Church, the Rev. J. Penman has…

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The Methodist Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The Methodist conference has agreed to transfer Dr. Morley to Victoria. The conference passed a resolution appreciating Dr. Morley's long and varied service. In replying Dr. Morley spoke of the urgent…

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The Methodist Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 7

The Methodist Conference resumed its sittings yesterday. The ministerial conference met at 9.30, when the president took the chair. The Rev. W. Pearson read the daily record, which was confirmed…

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Catholic Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 21

On Sunday next at the 11 o'clock Mass in St. Joseph's Church, Newtown, his Grace the Archbishop will bless and unveil a statue of St. Patrick. The statue, which was lately…

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St. Mary's Concord. the Parish Debt to Be Obliterated

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 23

A very large representative , and enthusiastic meeting of the parishioners was held in the girl's school at Concord after 11 o'clock Mass on Sunday last. Residents of every…

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The Methodist Conference, N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 11

The first Methodist Conference, composed of the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Unitec Free Methodist Churches of the State, commenced in Sydney on the evening of Tuesday,…

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N.S.W. Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia Third Day, Thursday, Feb. 27

The Methodist · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 3

The Conference was opened at 10 o'clock with devotional exercises, and the Rev. J. Woodhouse read the record of the opening session. The record was…

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First Annual Conference of the New South Wales Branch of Methodist Church of Australasia. February, 1902. Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 603

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