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Churches, 1907

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Central Methodist Mission. Anniversary Celebrations Rev. Dr. Fitchett on Preachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 6

The Methodists of the city and suburbs assembled in large numbers at the Centenary-hall last night, to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the Central Mission, and to mark the close…

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Melanesian Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 3

A public meeting in connection with the Melanesian Mission was held in the Y.M.C.A.-hall last night, under the presidency of the State Governor. There was a crowded audience…

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Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 6

A concert, including items by Miss Emilie Morrow, Mr. W. H. Lynch, the Austral Orchestral Society, the Hatton Quartette, and others will be given at the annual meeting of the…

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Melanesian Mission Tea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 40

A pleasant little social gathering took place in the rooms of the Melanesian Mission in Pitt-street on May 24, when the president (Mrs. W. Hey Sharpe) and the members of the…

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Melanesia Mission Work

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 4

The Bishop of Melanesia delivered an interesting lecture In. the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Pitt-street, city, on Tuesday night, on the work of the Melanesian Mission. Sir Harry…

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Sydney City Mission Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 12

The Sydney City Mission will hold their forty-fifth annual meeting and demonstration at the Town Hall on Friday evening. The State Governor will preside, and there will be speeches, supplemented by a concert, at…

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Methodist Church. Australasian Conference a Notable Gathering. Conference Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 10

The second general conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, which was united in 1902, will open at the Centenary Hall in York-street, to-morrow evening. The…

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Methodist Anniversary Last Night's Celebration

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

The 23rd anniversary day of the Central Methodist Mission was celebrated last evening at the Centenary Hall, York-street, by a monster old-fashioned at 6…

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Melanesian Mission Life in the Islands

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 3

Sir Harry Rawson presided last night over a crowded meeting, held at the Y.M.C.A. Hall, in connection with the Melanesian…

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Rising in China. Officials Massacked. Mission Station Destroyed. London, May 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 9

Bandits destroyed the German mission station at Lien-chau, in the south of the province of Kwang-tung. Local authorities aided the missionaries…

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Rising Tn China. Mission Station Destroyed. Chinese Officials Killed. German and British Gunboats

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--There has been a serious rising at Wong Kong, 45 miles south-east of Canton, which, has caused an uneasy feeling throughout China…

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A Piece of Vandalism. Great Bell of the Savoyard Church Damaged

Evening News · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The great Savoyard bell, subscribed for by the people of Savoy for the Church of the Sacred Heart, at Montmartre, in Paris, has been…

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Equity Court. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity.) Church and School Lands. Attorney-General v Williams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 6

Dr. Cullen, K.C., Mr. Knox, K.C., Mr. Pike, and Mr. Loxton, instructed by Messrs. Gould and Shaw, appeared for the relator; and Mr. Gordon, K.C., Mr. Langer Owen, K.C., and…

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The Churches. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 6

Dr. Dunne, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, held a confirmation service yesterday, and confirmed 23 candidates DUNGOG, Tuesday…

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Church and State Equity Suit Over Land Grants the Primate's Claim

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 6

In the Equity Court yesterday Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson hoard argument in a matter which involves the claim of the Church of England to certain lands which were granted…

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Law. Tuesday, May. 28. the State Courts. Equity. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge In Equity.) Church and School Lands

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 13

Argument was further heard in the suit instituted by the Attorney-General of New South Wales, as informant (on the relation of William Saumarez Smith, Archbishop of Sydney), against…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 57

His Holiness the Pope has approved the contemplated establishment of a Catholic Women's College at Oxford. The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, organising…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · 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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At the Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 1

At the Parramatta Methodist Church (Macquarie-street), on Sunday, at each service, morning mid evening, the proceedings partook more or less of a…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 9

The "Archdiocese of Cologne, Germany is the largest in the world, with a Catholic pu[?]ation of more than 2,000,000. The Paris correspondent of the "Times"…

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