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Churches, 1912

3,751 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 188

The Churches and the Spoils

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 3

"Your straight-out leader, The Churches and the Spoils made refreshing reading. The churches seem to have been able hitherto to hypnotise the press of this city…

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Church and Stage

The Sun · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 3

The audiences for "Everywoman" at the Theatre Royal are liberally sprinkled at each performance with clergymen of all denominations. Indeed the modern morality play, in…

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Church Struck by Lightning. Roof Catches Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 February 1912 · page 7

During the storm the roof of St. Matthias Anglican Church, Oxford-street, Paddington, was struck by lightning and the building set on fire…

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Alaskan Seal Fisheries. a Warship's Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday Evening.—The United States Government will send a [?] to escort the herds of seals as they migrate northwards through Al[?] waters in the…

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Against Mixed Marriages. Anglican Bishop Joins the Fight. Breaking of Social Ties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 11

AUCKLAND, February 16.--At least one Anglican Bishop sympathises with the Roman Catholic Church's aim to stop mixed marriages--sympathises with the object, if not with the…

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Rev. W. G. Taylor. His Return From England. Suffragettes and Lloydgeorge. Poreign Mission's Movements

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

Among the arrivals at Sydney from London by the R.M.S. Orvieto this moraine was Rev. W. G. Taylor, of the Central Methodist Mission. Sydney, who has been away for 12…

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St. Matthias' Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 12

The damage done by the lightning to St. Matthias' Church, Paddington, during Sunday's storm is more extensive than was at first anticipated. An examination showed that the…

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Churches and the Spoils

The Sun · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

"Churches are not Christian bodies, and to attack them is not to attack Christianity. "Although, in the [?]nrst place, most Churches were founded by honest Christians…

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The Storm. Damage to St. Matthias' Church. Big Hole Burnt in Roof. the Aetermatel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 14

The damage done to the roofing of St. Matthias' Church of England, Oxford-street, Paddington, is more extensive than was revealed by the search made on Sunday night…

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New President of Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 11

Rev. B. J. Meek, who was last night elected president of the Methodist Conference of New South Wales, is the superintendent of the Bathurst circuit, and chairman of the Bathurst…

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Social Unrest. Is It an Evil? Attitude of the Methodist Church. the Solution of the Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 9

Rev. Dr. Bromllow, in his retiring address to the N.S.W. Methodist Conference last night, defined the Church's attitude to the social unrest of the day. He said:--…

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Methodist Conference. Retiring President's Address. Rev. B. J. Meek Elected President. First Reading of Stations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 17

The annual conference of the New South Wales Methodist Church commenced last night at the Lyceum Hall, Pitt-street, the headquarters of Methodism in this State…

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The Church at Home. Return of Dr. Bevan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 18

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.--Dr. Bevan, who is returning to Adelaide by the Grosser Kurfurst, interviewed regarding Church matters at Home, said that there is a good, healthy feeling among…

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Methodists in Conference. the Call to the Church. Education and Evangelism

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 19

The annual conference of the Methodist church of New South Wales opened in the [?]-hall last night. Ministers and laymen from all over the State…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 57

The Rev. J. F. M'Allister, M.A., has been inducted into the charge at Berry. In future the North Botany Presbyterian church will be called Knox Church, Mascot…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 56

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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A Church Struck

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

The excitement had barely died down when St. Matthias Church of England, which had so far been unnoticed, drew the attention of a passer-by, who saw thick…

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School Statistics. Decrease in Anglican and Wesleyan Schools. Catholic Increase

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 32

In a memorandum just issued by the British Board of Education is given a table showing the number, accommodation, and average attendance of the public…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 25

The Pope has sent a donation of £1000 for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Andalusia. The members of St. Patrick's College,…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 10

The Bishop Coadjutor of the diocese of Combra, Portugal, is to suffer the same punishment as the Patriarch of Lisbon— namely, expulsion from the diocese—in consequence of the publication of a circular…

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