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Churches, 1908

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Victoria. Anglican Grammar School Celebrations. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 8

The jubilee celebrations of the Church of England Grammar School were inaugurated on Saturday by a lawn party at the school. It was attended by the Governor of Victoria, Sir…

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A Mission's History. "When Grass Grew in George-street."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 9

The Central Methodist Mission held its farewell Sunday services in the Centenary-hall yesterday, as though its weekly meetings will continue there as usual, the mission will, for the…

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The Churches. Adaminaby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 5

A bazaar was held at West's Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, in aid of the Roman Catholic Church building funds. The proceeds are expected to approach £200,…

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Electric Lighting in Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1908 · page 9

The Hyde Park Unitarian Church is the latest of our city churches to adopt the electric light, which was used last evening for the first time, the installation having been made by Messrs…

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Cabinet Reconstruction. Winston Churchill's Seat

Evening News · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—In anticipation of Mr. Winston Churchill. under-Secretary for the Colonies, being promoted to Cabinet rank in the reconstructed Ministry, the Manchester…

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Mr. Winston Churchill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 1

The brilliant young English politician who as a result of the reconstruction of the Ministry necessitated by the resignation of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, may be…

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Winston Churchill. His African Journey

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 1

Everyone opening the "Strand Magazine" for March will turn to a really charming article, in which the 'Right Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M. P., describes the present…

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To Fight Churchill. Conservatives Preparing for a Bye-election. London, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 1

In anticipation of Mr. Winston Churchill's promotion to the Cabinet the Manchester Conservative are strenuously preparing for the bye-election that will be rendered…

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Union of the Churches. a Parti-colobed Movement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At the half-yearly meeting of the Congregational Union this afternoon Dr. Bevan said the half-yearly report contained no reference to church union. The…

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An Historic Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 20

St.Anne's Church, Ryde, is situated in 1 the heart of. the village, and is one of the oldest and prettiest of suburban churches. Its location in the early days was described…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 57

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

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 57

The Rev. A. H. Tolhurst will be inducted to the Presbyterian charge of Bega, by the Presbytery of Monaro, at an early date. The Rev. John Boardman, of Berry, has…

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Melanesian Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 8

NORFOLK ISLAND, Wednesday.--The Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross arrived here from Auckland at noon yesterday. She sails tomorrow at midday for the islands…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 10

Father Mellitus, O.S.B., of Buekfast Abbey, is a candidate for a vacancy on the Totnes Board of Guardians, rendered vacant by the death of the Vicar of Buckfastleigh…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 25

The Rev. J. A. Bucas, late of Mount Morgan, has been transferred to Charters Towers. The result of the drawing of the Art Union…

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A Visitor with a Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 6

That we should have now among us a representative of the English Manufacturers' Association on a mission of investigation into the openings existing in the…

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Catholic Events. St. Mary's Cathedral

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 25

His Eminence the Cardinal will officiate at the blessing and precession of the palms before the High Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday…

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An Old Garden and the Catholic Church. The Names of the Flowers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 5

I have just been visiting an old Sydney garden, where the rose trees spread their branches where they will, and masses of violets encroach upon ancient paths. The…

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The Bookworms Corner Henry VIII. as Catholic Defender

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 18

So far as we know humanity, has never yielded a paradox quite as strange as Henry VIII., by the grace of God King of England, by the letters patent of Pope Leo X…

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Catholic Missions in Papua. Australian Sisters As Horse Women

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 26

Miss Beatrice Grimshaw, the clever writer on life in the Pacific Islands, writes in the "U. S. M. Herald" of the Catholic Mission at Yule Island Papua:—Yule Island, some 70…

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