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Churches, 1904

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Tarrabah Aboriginal Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 10

The Rev. E. R. Gribble who has charge of the Anglican Aboriginal Mission at Yarrabah, North Queensland, is at present in Brisbane. He states that the conditions of affairs at the…

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N.s.w. Methodist Church. Third Annual Conference. Retiring Presidents Adoress. Are We a Christian People?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 12

The third annual conference of the New South Wales branch of the Methodist Church of Australasia was opened at the Centenary Hall, York-street, last evening…

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The Methodist Conference. Opening Proceedings. the New President

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 9

Rev. William Halse Rogers, who is at present in charge of the William-street circuit in this city, was born in Devonport, England, on February 21, 1851, Mr. Rogers was educated privately,…

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Friendly Societies. Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society. Conference Opened by Cardinal Moran. Historical Ireland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 7

The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society of New South Wales was opened in the vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall…

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The Churches. Presbytery of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 11

The presbytery of Sydney met last night at the Leichhardt church, Ma[?]ou-street. The Rev. W. Mackenzie, Moderator, occupied the chair. An intimation was received from the presbytery of the…

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The Churches. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 13

On Sunday Monsignor O'Brien, from St. John's College, conducted a charity service in St. Josoph's Roman Catholic Church. The collection amounted to £120, in aid of the…

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Victorian Conference. Union of the Protestant Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The annual conference of the Victorian and Tasmanian branches of the Methodist Church of Australasia opened here to-day. The Rev. E. S. Bickford retiring…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 57

St, James' Anglican Cathedral, Townsville, is to be reopened about the middle of May. Over £500 is in hand towards the restoration fund. The foundaton-stone of the new additions to…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 57

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…

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The Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 4

The Methodist Conference has not yet reached that stage when its proceedings become of wide general interest. So far it is chiefly a matter of dry business detail. Among preliminary…

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The Cardinal at Willoughby. New School-Church. His Eminence on the Spirit and Work of Catholic No Sectarianism in Catholic Life

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 13

"On Sunday afternoon his Eminence Cardinal Moran, who was accompanied by the Right Rev. Monsignor O'Haran, visited Narremburn, and laid the foundation-stone…

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Mission at St. Mary's Cathedral

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 19

A three weeks' general mission for men and women, to be conducted by the Red[?] to Fathers, will be opened in St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday at 11 o'clock High…

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Friendly Societies. Hibernian Catholic Benefit [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 4

The business of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society was resumed at the Trades Hall, Goulburn-strect, yesterday. [?] (district president) presided over a…

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Methodist Conference. Last Night's Proceedings

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The open session commenced at 7 p.m. The Rev. Richard East gave notice of the following motion--"That this conference approves of the action of the Inspector-General…

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Methodist Conference Second Day's Sitting. New Circuit Divisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 5

The third annual conference of the New South Wales Methodist Church was continued at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the Centenary Hall, when the president (Rev. W…

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St. Mary's Cathedral Mission. To Be Opened on Sunday. References by She Cardinal

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 19

Ad the High Mass on Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral his Eminence Cardinal Moran made special reference to the general mission which is to be [?]ed in the…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls who Read the "Catholic Press." The dame They Play in Alaska

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 30

A children's game, popular among the Tlinkits, a tribe of Indians in southern Alaska, is called ha goo. The children range themselves in two parallel lines. In the…

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The Churches. Morpeth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 8

This afternoon the Mayoress opened a bazaar in aid of the Methodist Church. WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday. A sale of gifts in aid of the Methodist…

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Queensland Kanaka Mission. the Solomon Islanders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 7

To bid farewell to a number of missionaries who are leaving next week to establish a branch of the Queensland Kanaka Mission in the Solomon Islands a meeting was held last night at…

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Friendly Societies. Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 9

The delegates attending the annual conference in connection with the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, with their wives and friends, were entertained at a harbour excursion yesterday. The…

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