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Churches, 1913

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Generous Donors. Proposed Catholic College

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Archbishop-Carr, to-day announced that he would donate £1000 to a fund for the establishment of a Roman Catholic College in connection with the Melbourne…

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Social Unrest. Drift From Church the Plebiscite. View Point of Ministers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 8

Extraordinary interest has been aroused in all classes of the community by the publication of the result of the plebisite taken by the Presbyterian Church on the engrossing…

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Western Suburbs Churches' Union. "A" Grade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 11

Marrickville Congregational beat Stanmore Baptist, 27-8; umpire, Mr. McCory. All Saints' defeated Tempe Methodist, 34-15; umpire, Mr. Morgan. Holy Trinity defeated St. Clement's, 6-2; umpire, Mr. A. Chave. St…

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Sydney Diocese. Dissatisfied Churchman

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 3

Referring to the remarks of an "Anglican Priest of 40 Years' Standing," I would like to ask through your widely read paper if churchmen, high, low, or broad, are…

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The Naval Holiday. Churchill's Plan in Detail What the World Says of It. Can Anything Be More Wasteful?'

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 3

A statement which has received considerable attention throughout the world was made by Mr. Winston Churchill when he introduced his Naval Estimates to the…

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The Suffragettes. the Union's Difficulty. Protest Against the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Evening.--The Women's Social and Political Union is finding difficulty in hiring public rooms. Leaders of the party suggest that all…

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Presbyterian Church in Queensland. the New Moderator

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 10

BRISBANE, Monday.--The annual session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in Queensland was opened in St. Andrew's Church, Creek-street, to-night…

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Foreign Missions. Work of the Presbyterian Church. Its Operations Abroad

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 6

The session of the Presbyterian Assembly last evening resolved itself into a "Foreign Missions Night," which was attended by a very large congregation. The Moderator, Rev…

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British Association. Presbyterian Fellowship Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 12

Saturday's games resulted:—Hurstville defeated Drummoyne 7 to 1; Crow's Nest defeated Chalmer's Church 8 to 1; Rozelle defeated Waverley 5 to 1; Leichhardt defeated Bexley 6 to 1; Balmain received…

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Mission Work. the Call of India. Responsibility of the Churches. Converting the Cannibal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 10

It was foreign missions night at the Presbyterian Assembly last evening, and St. Stephen's Church was crowded. Special missionary addresses were delivered, and the story…

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Presbyterian Assembly and the Liquor Issue. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 7

Sir,--Your leader under the above tiding in to-day's issue calls, I think, for some comment on the part of convinced prohibitionists. You take up much of the familiar ground that has been covered so often before…

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"The Church and the Age."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 8

What a delightful thing it is to come across a highly placed parson who sepaks out, and faces the problem of the age!…

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Drift From the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 10

The Presbyterian Assembly will to-night deal with the important questions of industrial unrest and the drift from the churches, as presented in the report of the morals…

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Esperanto in Church. London, Tuesday, 8.25 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 8

The Drake and Duchess of Connaught have consented to become patrons of the Esperanto Congress. Services in Esperanto were held in some…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 12

WELLINGTON, Monday.--Preaching the annual sermon in celebration of Mothers' Day at the Methodist Church, Rev. H. E. Bellhouse stated that while he recognised the peculiar…

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Presbyterian Church. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 14

The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria was opened at the West Melbourne Presbyterian Church to-day. Tho Rev. W. M. M. Alexander, of Abbotsford, was…

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Australian Inland Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 15

At the recent conference held in St. Stephen's Church, Sydney, in connection with the Women's Missionary Association, Mrs. M'Gowan, wife of Rev. R. J. H. M'Gowan, read…

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The Presbyterian Moderator

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 29

The first time in the annals of Presbyterianism in New South Wales that the election of Moderator has taken place on the floor of the Assembly, occurred at the opening…

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Social Unrest. Church and People Presbyterian Debate. Class Antagonism Deprecated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 12

A discussion took place at the Presbyterian General Assembly last night on social problems, and the drift of the masses from the Church…

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Presbyterian Church. General Assembly of New South Wales. the Immigration Question

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 14

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales resumed its session yesterday. The Moderator, Rev. Alexander Smith, presided…

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