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Churches, 1908

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New Church at Wyong

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 8

WYONG, Monday.—Cardinal Moran visited Wyong yesterday for the purpose of opening a new church. He was accompanied by Monsignor O'Haran and several members of the…

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For Defeated Churchill. Another Self-sacrifice

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Monday—Mr. O. C. Phillips, Liberal member for Pembroke and Haverfordwest, offers to resign in favor of Mr. Winston Churchill—who was defeated on…

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The Licensing Bill. Catholic Bishops' Support

Evening News · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The Archbishop of Armagh (Cardinal Logue) and nearly all the Catholic Bishops of Ireland urge the Nationalists to actively support the Licensing Bill…

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The Licensing Bill Support of Catholic Bishops London, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 1

Cardinal Logue and nearly all the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland have urged the Nationalists to actively support the new, Licensing Bill…

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The Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press. Parramatta, April 29, 1908. Current News. the Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Sloan's Parramatta mission is to close next Friday evening. The mission was attended by about five hundred people on Sunday evening, and…

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The Church's Need. Appeal by Dr. Clarke

Evening News · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr. Clarke), preaching at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, made a stirring appeal to the undergraduates of the University…

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Mr. Churchill. to Contest Dundee. London, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 9

Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, will seek election to the House of Commons at Dundee, one of whose seats is vacant owing to the…

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Historical Places. Our Early Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 6

Members of the Australian Historical Society last night listened to a very interesting description of about 200 excellent lantern slides, illustrating some of the famous and…

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Appeal to Undergrads the Church's Need of Men London, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 1

Preaching in Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, Archbishop Clarke, of Melbourne, made a stirring appeal to the undergraduates…

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By-elections. Mr. Churchill Stands for Dundee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade) has accepted the invitation of the Dundee Liberals to stand for the vacancy created in the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 57

The new Anglican church recently dedicated at South Grafton was opened free of debt. A site has recently been secured at Byron Bay, near the post office, on which a Methodist church…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 57

Under this heading sermons by eminent 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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Peculiar Church Movement

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

A correspondent writes to "The Argus" : "The suggestions to initiate a miniature rifle range on part of the churchyard of St. Matthew's, Holroyd, is being received…

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Support From the Churches. Roman Catholic and Anglican

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.—The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (Cardinal Logue), and nearly all the other Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland, are urging…

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Supported by Bishops. Anglican and Roman Catholic. London, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 7

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Randall Davidson, addressing the Church of England Temperance Society at Lambeth Palace, yesterday, said he was convinced…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 10

The obsequies of the late Most Rev. Dr. Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor, were attended by priests from all parts of Ireland. His Eminence Cardinal Logue preached the…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 17

The winning number of the prize given in aid of the funde of St. Paulinus' Church, Burragorang, was 1962. The Pope, on Thursday last, received in…

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Mission at St. Augustine's, Balmain

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 28

A three weeks' mission was commenced in St. Augustine's Church, Balmain East, on Sunday, by the Rev. Fathers O'Farrell and Campbell, of the Redemptorist Order. So…

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The English and Irish Catholic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 21

Sir,—An admirable letter, signed "J.B.," which ought to be re-read by every Catholic, appeared in the "Press" of April 16 In that letter it is stated that the infidels…

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Richard O'neill College. Munificent Gift to the Catholic Church in Victoria

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 18

Some hundreds of ladies and gentlemen assembled on Sunday afternoon in the grounds surrounding the building known as the Richard O'Neill College at Garden Vale,…

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