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Churches, 1912

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Mission Native Drowned. Norfolk Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 10

A mission boy, native of Mala, aged 12, was washed off the rocks while fishing, at Duncombe Bay and drowned. The body has not been recovered…

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The Archbishop's Bet. a Question of Morals. Bookmaker and Methodist Disagree

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 8

What are the morals of betting? Archbishop O'Reilly, of Adelaide, put them in a new light yesterday in an address in opening a new school for the Sisters of St. Joseph…

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Britain and Germany. Limitation of Armaments. Mr. Winston Churchill's Speech. Berlin, March 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 9

The "Borsen Courier" states that Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, and Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter, Minister of Foreign Affairs, believe that the recent speech…

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The Churches. Burrowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 10

The Catholic church, which has lately been re-roofed, repaired, and decorated, was yesterday reopened by Bishop Gallagher, of Goulburn, who was afterwards entertained at a…

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A Starting Point. Anglo-german Understanding. the Churchill Speech. Two Interpretations

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 9

BERLIN, Sunday Evening.--The "Borsen-Courier" (Berlin) states that De von Behmann Hollweg (Gorman Chacellor), and Herr von Kiderlen Waechter (Minister for Foreign…

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Professor Gilruth's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 8

Professor Gilruth in undertaking his great work of making smooth the rough way of settlement in the Northern Territory' is filled with that undaunted optimism…

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Theology's Feres. Presbyterian Defends Hell Wesleyan "White-washers" Attacked. Fear a Salvation Agent

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 17

AUCKLAND, March 21. -- "The doctrine of everlasting punishment," said a leading Presbyterian minister of Wellington in his sermon last Sunday night, "is not incompatible with…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 57

Rev. W. Lamb has accepted a call to the permanent pastorate of the Baptist Tabernacle, Burton-street, Sydney. Archdeacon Boyce, or St. Paul's, Redfern,…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 March 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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Wandered, Smoking, Up Church Aisle Stranger Shook Hands with Clergyman, Then Departed

Globe · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 7

In the course of a service at the Baptist Chapel a Sutton St. James, near Wisbeen (Eng.), a man walked in the other day smoking a pipe, and calmly walked up the aisle, halting…

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Anglican Disestablishment in Wales. the English Catholic Attitude

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 35

Several correspondents—and among them some with whom we very unwillingly differ— have (says London "Tablet") recently written to express surprise at the attitude of this…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 21

The Irish Envoys, Messrs. Hazleton, M.P., Redmond, M.P., and Donovan, LL.B., will visit St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, on Sunday, April 14…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 34

The Catholic women of Winnipeg, U.S.A., have formed themselves into an association to be known as the "Ladies' Helpers of the Good Shepherd," to assist the Sisters of the…

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The Catholic Club

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 33

The committee of management of the Catholic Club have arranged to place the rooms at the disposal of the Hiberaian delegates [?] the annual conference, and on…

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Catholic Club. Entertaining Hibernian Delegates

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 24

The committee of management of the Catholic Club arranged to place their rooms at the disposal of the Hibernian delegates attending the annual Conference on Friday…

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Interstate Notes Victoria. Australian Catholic Federation

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 26

A meeting of the provisional committee of the Australian Catholic Federation was herd in the Cathedral Hall, Melbourne, on Saturday evening. The organising…

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The Sick and Suffering. Work of Medical Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 7

Mrs. Hugh Dixson, who presided at the annual meeting yesterday afternoon of the Sydney Medical Mission, said that those who were interested in the work of the institution had been…

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South Australia. a Catholic Representative on the University Council

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 26

It has been a source of comment for some years that, although the Catholic schools send up so many students to the Adelaide university, no Catholic has ever occupied…

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State Aid to Roman Catholic Schools. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 8

Sir,—I have read with much concern the correspondence which has been going on for some time on the above subject. It should command the attention of every…

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The Sick Poor. Medical Mission Work. Nationalisation Condemned. Effect on Public Charity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 4

Sydney can boast of a Medical Mission that is doing a large amount of work amongst the poor of the city and suburbs. The mission has been in existence for 12 years, and…

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