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Churches, 1903

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Ambrym Presbyterian Mission Station

Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 7

The Rev. H. A. Robertson writes: May I ask you to contradict a report which appeared quite recently in some of the Sydney papers to the effect that the Presbyterian Mission Station on…

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City Mission Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 5

The annual picnic of the Sunday school connected with the Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission took place yesterday at Clifton Gardens. The attendance numbered onwards of…

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Methodist Home Mission Festival. a Vast Gathering. Stirring Appeals for Aid. Nearly £1700 Collected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8

The animal Home Mission Festival and Demonstration of the Methodist Church held at the Town Hall last night was participated in by a vast audience. Indeed the great hall could not seat all…

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Church and State. Roman Catholic Bishop's Action. Protest From the German Chancellor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Imperial German Chancellor. Count von Bulow, has drawn the attention of the Curia to the manifesto issued by the Bishop of Treves, refusing absolution to…

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Methodist Conference. Eighth Day. Representative Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8

The President took the chair at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. The daily record was read and adopted. Communications and letters were received. The Rev. F. Langham cabled from London to the conference…

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Sectarianism in Fiji. Catholic Governor Objected To

Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Wednesday Afternoon.—The New Zealand Methodist Conference, which is now in session, has resolved to recommend the Board of Missions to communicate to…

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Methodist Conference. a Blackboard Lesson. Sums in Supernumerary Arithmetic

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 3

A stranger to the Methodist Conference yesterday morning might have readily concluded from appearances that the schoolmaster was abroad. On the platform was exhibited a…

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Education in Prussia. Pressure on Roman Catholic Parents. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 7

Count von Bulow, the Imperial German Chancellor, has drawn the attention of the Roman Curis to a manifesto issued by the Bishop of Treves refusing absolution to…

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A Methodist Layman's Experience. the Worst Drought of a Lifetime. Our Flocks Overestimated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 7

Mr. T. P. Wi[?]ls-Allen, who presided at the Methodist Home Mission Festival last night, appealed for funds for the Sustentation Society, and in picturing the trials of the clergy spoke of the state of…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Edited by Playmate. In Little Boy Land

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 30

Oh! green are the meadows in Little Boy Land, And blue are the skies bending over, And golden the butterflies flitting about…

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Archbishop Kelly on Christian Wedlock. Guardianship of the Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 4

At St. Benedict's on Sunday evening his Grace the Coadjutor. Archbishop, Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, delivered a Bermoa on "Christian Wedlook—Guardianship of the Church," to…

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Sudden Death in Church

Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8

As the Presbytery of Illawarra was about to begin business on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. E. Shackle, representative of the Kiama Session, died suddenly in church. Deceased, who was…

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Sudden Death in a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 7

KIAMA, Wednesday.--Ae the Prosbytery of Illa- warra was about to begin business this afternoon Mr. E.' Shackles, representative,of Kiama at the session, died very suddenly in the church. The…

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Death in a Church. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8

A terribly sudden death occurred in the Presbyterian Church this afternoon. The minister and officers were assembling, for a church meeting at 2.30, when Mr. Emanuel Shackie, a very old and respected…

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Churches. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8

Under the [auspices of the Protestant Defence Association the Rev. Henry Gainford lectured last night in the Oddfellows' Hall to an audience of from 250 to 300, including several ladies. The speaker…

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Methodist Supernumerary Fend. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 8

Sir.--In refernece to the presentation of the case as made in your condensed report of the lengthly debate in the Methodist Conference on the Supernmarary Fund, let me say that the…

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Methodist Conference. Ninth Day. Pastoral Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 5

The President took the chair at 9.30 yesterday. The Rev. W. Pearson read the daily record, which was confirmed. The secretary submitted telegrams from Queensland and Western Australia in reference…

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Boxing Contests. Protest by the Methodist Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 5

At the Methodist Conference yesterday the Rev. W. A. Beale asked permission to submit a resolution dealing with recent boxing contests as described in the daily press. He moved,—" That this conference…

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The Biblb-burning in Fiji. Statements by Eye-witnesses. Burning Superintended. by Sisters. at the Roman Catholic Mission Station. Bibles Neither Old Nor Useless. a Denial by Father Rougier. Retort by the Rev. Mr. Burns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The R.M.S. Miowera berthed at Pinkenba from Vancouver at 7 o'clock this morning, after having been granted pratique. Among the passengers are the Rev. W. Vey…

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Bible-burning in Fiji. Great Bitterness at Suva. Incident at First Dented. Afterwards Admitted by Mission Head. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 6

Amongst the passengers by the Miowera, which arrived here to-day, was Mr. Thomas, who is connected with the Colonial Sugar Company's works at Fiji, and who is going to Sydney to enjoy a holiday,…

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