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Churches, 1908

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The Catholic Press. "Anti-irish."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 5

Last week a young man in our office wrote a paragraph about the Home Rule debate in the English House of Commons, and the blundered by making…

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General Cable News. China and the Church. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

The Chinese Imperial Rescript of 1899, giving Roman Catholic Bishops the rank of Viceroy or Governor, and priests the rank of Prefect, has been rescinded…

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Buoyant Finances. Money for Social Reforms. Mr. Churchill's Optimism. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, addressing his constituents at Manchester, said he was convinced that free trade would enable the…

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Womanhood Suffrage. Mr. Winston Churchill a Supporter. London, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

Mr. Winston[?] Churchill, in reply to a question from advocates of the extension of the franchise to women, said he favoured womanhood suffrage…

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Church Services

The Australian Star · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 1

Good Friday was marked by the usual church services. At St. Andrew's Cathedral the Vicar- General was the morning preacher, and the choir sang Elgar's anthem,…

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Churchill's Seat Great Electoral Contest London, Thursday, 6.15 a. m

The Australian Star · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 1

The election fight in North- west Manchester is being conducted with terrific energy on both sides. Mr. Hicks, the Unionist candidate, has…

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The Manchester Struggle. Mr. Churchill and the Ladies. Money for Social Reforms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. Winston Churchill, who vacated his seat for North-west Manchester on accepting the Presidency of the Board of Trade, and is…

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The Church Militant. Rev. George Gladstone. Case Before Mr. Justice A'beckett

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The action of Rev. T. H. Armstrong, D.D., Bishop of Wangaratta, in depriving Rev. George Gladstone of his post as vicar of Nathalia, was before Mr…

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Anglican Church News

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 3

Archdeacon Gunther, Vicar-General, on Saturday last laid the foundation-stone of a new church at Blakehurst, and on Sunday afternoon opened and dedicated the new…

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Newcastle Central Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 1

The recent Conference, in compliance with the wish of the Committee of the Newcastle Central Mission, removed the second minister in order to enable the Mission to employ an Organising Secretary, a position similar to…

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Sustentation and Home Mission Society

The Methodist · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 8

Rev.JAMES WOOLNOUGH, General Secretary. Rev. JOSEPH WOODHOUSE, Home Mission Secretary. The General Secretary paid an official visit to Glen Innes and Emmaville last week in the interests of…

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Religious. the Coming Anglican Meetings in England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 14

All the Bishops of the Anglican Church are invited to attend the Lambeth conference, and they number about 250. They include those from the United States, where there are 68…

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Methodist "Good-bye." The Ministers Depart. A Combined Farewelling

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday evening, the combined congregations of the Parramatta Methodist church, Macquarie-street, and the Centenary Methodist Church, Parramatta…

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An Old Church

Evening News · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

COROWA, Saturday.—A contract has just been let to demolish the western nave of St. John's Church of England, which was the original church erected 50 years, ago by the widow (since…

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Eight Ladies. Who Live in a Church

The World's News · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 15

There is only one place in England, according to the "Sunday Strand," where women…

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Churches of Christ. Annual Conference. President's Address

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 15

The annual conference of Churches of Christ was continued yesterday in the Metropolitan-road Tabernacle, Enmore. The president (Mr. T. nagger) took the chair, and delivered his annual address. He spoke…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

Services of a subdued and Penitential cahracter were held yesterday in the principal city and suburban churches. In many of the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches the…

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The Blakehurst Church. Laying the Foundation Stone

The St George Call · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 3

In the presence of a representative gathering the laying of the foundation stone of the new Anglican Church at the corner of Park-road and Henry-street…

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Church Improvements

The St George Call · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 6

For some weeks past the carpenters, painters and other workmen have been hard at work at the Methodist Church, Rockdale, with the result that the…

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Lord Randolph Churchill a Recollection

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 8

I saw a good deal, and was a close observer, of that vivacious politician, Lord Randolph Churchill. He sat always with the "Fourth Party," exactly below me, end astonished me by his eagerness and excitement…

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