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Churches, 1908

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Church Parade on Empire Day. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 9

Sir,--I read with much, interest in your issue of today of the preparation now being made for the fitting celebration of Empire Day, but more especially the letter from Orange, by "A Country Rector."…

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New Church at Haberfield

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 9

The new Methodist Church at Haberfield was officially, opened for public worship last week. Mr. Thomas Vincent, hon. treasurer, stated that the total cost of the building was about £1050, which included £300 for the site. Of this amount £350 had been collected…

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Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. W. S. Brown held a drawing-room mooting, to enable some of her friends to meet Miss Marshall, of Foo Chow, Chinese…

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Presbyterian Home Missionaries. Miserable Stipends

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--When a motion was brought before the Presbyterian Assembly today-- That the Home Mission committee bo Instructed to take…

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Hurstville Methodist v Bexley Gladstone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 12

Hurstville Methodist defeated Bexley Gladstone [?] the former's court at Hurstville on Saturday last by 8 games. Results:- Hurstville Methodist. Bexley Gladstone…

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Presbyterian General Assembly of N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 57

The General Assembly was continued during the first four days of last week, in St. Stephen's Church, Sydney, under the Moderatorship of the Rev. John Macaulay, M.A. May 11 was…

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Home Mission Salaries. "On the Verge of Starvation." Presbyterians Order Investigations. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 9

At the Presbyterian assembly to-day the Rev. T. Brown (Collingwood-street St. George's) moved,—"That a committee be appointed to s[?]d an appeal to every minister of…

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Another Old Sydney Church. a Clarence-street Land Mark

Evening News · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

Though by no means the oldest in Mew South Wales, still the Scots' Church, in Clarence-street, Sydney, at the rear of St. Andrew's Cathedral, and bearing the same name, is of…

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Aldermen at Church

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 4

One excellent effect of the Empire Day celebrations will be that they will cause many suburban aldermen to attend church service at least once in the year. Whether…

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Church Missionary Association. Annual Meeting of Ladies' Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 12

The annual meeting of the ladies' committee of the Church Missionary Association was held in the hall of the Y.W.C.A., Castlereagh-street, yesterday afternoon. Miss Rawson, who presided, expressed her sympathy…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 58

The Rev. W. H. Lewis has accepted a call to the Wharf-street Congregational Church, Brisbane. Acting under medical advice Archdeacon…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 May 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…

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Granville Fire. Holy Trinity Church Destroyed. Father Grace Interviewed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 1

A mere shell of bare walls—supporting with a pitiful air of protest, the charred skeleton of roof framework—denuded of doors and windows, and here and there…

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Pan-anglican Congress

Evening News · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 4

The following prelates have been requested to [?] as chairman of the Great Albert Hall meetings, to be held in London. The Archbishop of Canterbury (on the first evening); the Bishop…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 10

The death took place at Wexford in April of the Very Rev. Sylvester Canon Cloney, P.P., Castlebridge, County Wexford, after a protracted illness. Canon Cloney, who was…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 21

Tenders are being called for the building of a new Catholic church at Glen Innes to cost about £4000. The Sacred Heart Nuns, Rose Bay, will on…

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Catholic Recruiting

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 8

From 1903 the number of Irish soldiers in the British Army, from year to year, has been a steadily falling quantity. In 1903 the number of Irish soldiers is given as 35,717…

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The Parish of Young. Story of Catholic Expansion. From the Days of the Diggings

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 33

The parish of Young, one of the brightest centres of relgious enlightenment that adorn the diocese of Goulburn, received an added lustre on Sunday week, when his…

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The Roman Catholic Church and Freemasonry

Watchman · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

In view of the repeated attacks on Freemasons in Australia, the following article, which was cabled a few months ago from London to the daily papers of Chicago,…

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Sydney City Mission Annual Meeting

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Sydney City Mission Mission held at the institution's headquarters, Liverpool-street, yesterday, under the presidency of the Rev. George…

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