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Churches, 1903

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Country Churches. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 5

The bazaar in aid of the Roman Catholic Church realised £80. MOLONG, Saturday. The Rev. J. Alldis, of Molong, who has been…

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Methodist Conference. a Clearing-up Day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 3

The Methodist Conference is rapidly drawing to a close. Yesterday was a sort of clearing-up day, and a variety of business of a more or less formal character was dealt with…

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The Methodist Conference. Representative Session. Twelfth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 8

The President took the chair at 9.30 a.m. WORK OF THE PRESIDENT. The notice of motion previously submitted by Mr. R. H. Ducker was proposed by that gentleman. The…

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Education in Prussia. Roman Catholic Threat Withdrawn. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

The Bishop of Treves has withdrawn his threat of excommunication against parents who sent their daughters to the Prussian Government's High school…

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Church Discipline Bill. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

Mr. C. A. Cripps (Conservative, Stretford Division, Lancashire) is introducing into the House of Commons a bill to make the bishops' authority effective in matters of doctrine and…

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Church Collection at Goulburn. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

Yesterday the collections at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in aid of the Drought Relief Fund realised over £10. BALLINA, Monday…

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Church and State. the Situation in Prussia

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The Bishop of Treves has withdrawn his threat to refuse absolution to parents who persisted in sending their children to the Prussian High School…

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English Church Discipline. Two New Bills

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. C. A. Cripps (Conservative, Stretford Division of Lancashire) is about to introduce into the House of Commons a bill making the Bishop's authority…

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Methodist Mission in Fiji. Memorial to the Imperial Government. Proposed Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 8

At the meeting of the Methodist Conference yesterday the Rev. Dr. Brown (general secretary of missions) asked the conference to consider the present state of the Fijian mission. There was a danger of…

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Queensland. Methodist Conference. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 7

At the Methodist Conference yesterday a resolution was carried expressing the conference's deep acase of the grave injustice [?]ted on the Nonconformist Churches in England and Wales by the…

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Methodist Conference. Final Draft of Stations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 5

In connection with the Century Commemoration Fund business, the Rev. G. Lane, in the name of the conference, presented its thanks to the president (the Rev. R. Bavin) as secretary…

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Methodist Conference. Representativ Session. Thirteenth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 8

The president took the chair at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. The daily record was read and adopted. A letter was received from Mrs. Horberry thanking the conference for the kind sympathy with her…

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Religious Outlook in Fiji. "On the Verge of Great Trouble." Imperial Government to Be Memorialised. Embarrassments of a Roman Catholic Governor. a Methodist Commission Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 5

"It is my belief that we are on the verge of great trouble in Fiji. I predicted something of the kind a good while ago," observed the Rev. Dr. Moulton in the Methodist Conference…

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Methodist Conference[?] N.S.W. Sixth Day—March 2

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 11

The Methodist Conference of New South Wales resumed its business on Monday morning, March 2, in the Centenary Hall, York-street, Sydney, under the presidency of the Rev. Rainsford Bavin…

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To-day's Divorce. at Trinity Church

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 4

Mr. Justice Simpson to-day continued the hearing of causes. In the suit brought by Mary Sheehan, formerly Williams, for a divorce from John James Sheehan, desertion was the ground…

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The Churches. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 9

The erection of the new convent (day labour) under the supervision of the Rev. J. J. Hughes is proceeding rapidly. MOSS VALE, Tuesday…

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Burwood Congrfgational Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 8

The collections last Sunday in the Burwood Congregational Church resulted in £18 5s being added to the Burwood fund, in addition to a number of cheques sent direct to the treasurer…

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Great Disaster in Queensland. Cyclone at Townsville. an Unprecedented Calamity. Widespread Destruction. Serious Loss of Life. Collapse of a Hospital Ward. Several Patients Killed Others Injured. Churches, Hotels, and Schools Severely Damaged. Steamer Barratta Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The cyclone which visited Townsville was fearful. One of the wards at the hospital collapsed, killing six patients and injuring several…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 11

The memorial of the late Archbishop Temple [?] Exeter Cathedral will take the form of a new west window and a tablet. The Rev. J. F. Briggs has been appointed by the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 9

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that in the remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the…

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