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Churches, 1908

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Churchill's Big Fight Suffragettes Work Against Him London, Monday, 2.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 1

The women agitators for the suffrage are straining every nerve to bring about the defeat of Mr. Winston Churchill at Manchester…

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Mr. Churchill and the Irish Vote

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 6

The electors of the North-western Division of Manchester are being asked whether they will re-elect the sitting member, Mr. Winston Churchill, Who has to…

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New Church Organ Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 11

The new organ, presented to St. Joseph's Church, Balmain West, by Mr. M. Raleigh, a parishioner, was opened on Sunday by Very Rev. Fr. J. P. Moynagh, before the Missa Cantata at 11 o'clock. There was a large…

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The Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. Sloan's mission, opposite "The Argus" office, is going very well, notwithstanding adverse weather. Bible lectures are to be held every afternoon, at 3.30,…

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The Old and the New. Parramatta Methodist Ministers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

It would be difficult indeed to find harder men to follow-as the phrase runs-than the two Methodist clergymen who have just completed their period of duty…

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Irish Leader Hesitates. Party Favours Mr. Churchill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 8

Mr. J. E. Redmond, the leader of the Irish Nationalists, is considering the Home Rule statement of Mr. Churchill before finally advising the electors of North-west…

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Mr. Churchill's Fight. Home Rule Pronouncement. Issue at General Election. London, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 8

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, in the course of an election address at North-west Manchester, said he was convinced that a national…

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Foolish Wager Labourer Attempts to Climb Church Spire and Falls So Feet

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

During the recent severe gale in England the weathercock was blown off the top of the Holbeck Church spire. This is now being repaired, together with the upper part of the…

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A Church Warden's Crime. Murdered His Paramour

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 11

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--As the result of jealousy, William Buchholitz, a lace merchant, and church warden at St. Paul's, has committed suicide after murdering a…

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Air Churchill's Struggle. He Declares for Home Rule. with the Concurrence of Mr. Asquith. a Free Hand for Future Liberals

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 11

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The suffragettes are particularly busy in connection with the Manchester, N.W., by-election, and are straining every nerve to secure the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · 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 stock…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 57

A Young Churchmen's Institute has been formed at Penrith, in connection with St. Stephen's Anglican Church. The wardens of St. Alban's Anglican Church,"…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 5

There was a large gathering at the Centenary-ball last night, when an enthusiastic, meeting was held for the purpose of welcoming Revs. P. J. Stephen and A. Morris, who are to be associated with Rev. W. G. Taylor in…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 10

Interviewed by the representative of an Italian paper with reference to the excommunication of the Abbe Loisy, a Roman prolate is stated to have said that excommunications…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 24

The winning numbers of the Art-union drawn in connection with the Blue Mountain parish appear in our advertising columns. A two weeks' mission closed at Branxton…

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Catholic Events. Acknowledgments

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 28

The Good Samaritan Industrial School, Manly; St. Brigid's Orphanage, Ryde; St. Michael's Orphanage, Baulkham Hills, and the Westmead Boys' Home, request us to…

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Lacordaire on the Infallibility of the Catholic Church. A Simple, Not a Strange, Privilege

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 6

Do not regard the infallibility of the Church as a strange and incomprehensible privilege. It is, on the contrary, that which is most simple and most necessary for men,…

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Manchester Election Catholic Priests Angry Irish League's Support of Churchill Resented London, Wednesday, 10.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 1

Catholic priests at Manchester resent the United Irish League's, manifesto recommending the Nationalists to vote for Mr. Winston Churchill…

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The Australasian Holy Catholic Guild Annual Moveable Meeting. Bishop Dwyer on Catholic Benefit Societies. the Work of the Conference

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 22

The sixth grand annual moveable meeting of the Australasian Holy Catholic Guild of St. Mary and St. Joseph was commenced in St. John's Boys' Schoolroom, Maitland, on…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls who Read the "Catholic Press." The Flying Castle

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 32

"You may write your name on the blackboard Cornelia," said Miss Amanda, with a reproving frown. Cornelia turned turkey red. That meant "lose your recess."…

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