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Churches, 1906

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"Village Churchyard" Filled

The World's News · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 13

Stoke Poges churchyard, which contains the tomb of the poet Gray, and is the subject of his famous Elegy, is being filled so rapidly that recently the Slough Urban Council received a…

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News of the Churches. Adamstown Circuit Rev. J. Scharkie

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 6

The December Quarterly Meeting was held in the Adamnstown Church on Wednesday, January 10. The membership roll disclosed, the statistical returns…

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News of the Churches Stanmore Circuit: Revs. J. G. Middleton, A. Holliday, LL.B., and Wallace Deane

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 9

The Quarterly Meeting of the Stanmore Circuit was held in the Illawarra-road church, Marrickville, on Tuesday, 16th inst. Present: The Rev. J. G…

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Church and State in France

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 7

On December 6th a large gathering of Free Churchmen listened, in the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-street, London, to an address from M. Yves Guyot, formerly Minister of Public Works in the French…

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Churches. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

The ordination of the Rev. P. Hope, B.A., and his induction to the pastoral charge of Cooma and West Monaro, took place in the Presbyterian Church last night. The Acting…

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Church Book Store. 79 Queen Victoria Markets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 7

For all Church and Sunday School Requirements.—Ad…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 7

Next May the Church Society of the Diocese of Sydney will have been established 50 years. Numerous suggestions have been made concerning the best means of…

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Church of England Competition

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 6

St. James' I. v. St. Aldan's, Annandale.-- Played at Moore Park. Scores: St. James', first innings 48 runs, second innings 86; St. Aldan's, first innings 94, second innings 37…

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The Weather. Sensational Storm at Carcoar. Terrified Church Congregations

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 5

CARCOAR, Monday.—Shortly after 7 o'clock last night a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and an enormous fall of rain, occurred between Carcoar and…

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St. Francis' Church, Haymarket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1906 · page 8

The services attendant on the celebration of the Forty Hours' Adoration were commenced at the above church yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Solemn High Mass was…

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Destruction of a Mission Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 5

News has been received by Dr. Houison that the Church of England mission station at Yarrabah, near Cairns, in Queensland, was completely destroyed by the hurricane which…

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Newcastle. St. Phillip's Church. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 6

At St. Phillip's Presbyterian Church yesterday morning the ceremony of unveiling a baptismal font was performed by Mrs. Crawford, wife of the pastor, the Rev. T. S. Crawford,…

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Unveiling a Church Font

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 6

The interior of the recent [?] St. Philinp's Presbyterian Church in Watt-street has been enriched by a very ornate baptismal font, presented by Mr. and Mrs. A. Lindsay, as a memorial of their son and two…

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Mission Station Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Archdeacon Gunther, as vicar-general, and the executive council of the Australian Board of Missions, have received the following telegram from the Rev. E. P., Gribble,…

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Destruction of the Yarrabah Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Archdeacon Gunther, as Vicar-General, and the executive council of the Australian Board of Missions, have received the following telegram from the Rev. E. R. Gribb[?]e,…

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Pugilism and the Church. Jack Ladbury at St. Paul's Young Men's Club. Archdeacon Wishes Young Men Would Learn to Box

Referee · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 7

The following from Charters Towers (Q.). "Evening Telegraph," of the 18th inst., should supply reading of a more than ordinarily interesting nature for…

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The Churches. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 10

Father Sharkey, curate, has been transferred to Burrowa, and is succeeded by Father O'Dowd, of Wyalong. LITHGOW, Tuesday…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 57

The Rev. E. J. Spencer, of Marulan, has resigned the charge of that parish of the diocese of Goulburn. The Anglican Bishop of Goulbura, Dr. Barlow,…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 56

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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Sensational Storm at Carcoar. Terrified Church Congregations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 9

CARCOAR, Monday.—Shortly after 7 o'clock last night a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and an enormous fall of rain, occurred between Carcoar and Blayney…

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