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Churches, 1914

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Methodist Conference. New South Wales. Ministers Seeking Affiliation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 5

The pastoral sessions of the New South Wales Methodist Conference were continued yesterday in the Lyceum-ball, Pitt-street, under the presidency of Rev. F. Colwell…

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Excitement in Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 11

There was a little excitement at St. Matthias' Church of England, Paddington, on Sunday night, through the fusing of electric wires. Shortly after 8 o'clock, when the rector…

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Church Work. World Getting Better. Signs of the Times

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 10

"The signs of the times are exceedingly encouraging to those engaged in religious work," remarked the Rev. H. Owen, of Birmingham, last evening…

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Suffragist Vandals. Damage in a Church. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 9

Half an hour after Evensong last night a bomb exploded in the gallery of St. John' Church, Westminster, of which the Ven, Archdeacon Wilberforce is the rector…

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Big Naval Increases Many Dirigibles Building. Mr. Churchill's Statement. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 7

Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty introduced the Supplementary Naval Estimates of £2,300,000 in the House of Commons Yesterday…

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Bomb in a Church. Suffragette Outrages

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Evening.--A bomb outrage occurred at St. John's, Westminster, last night. Halt an hour after Evensong a bomb was thrown from the gallery…

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New Methodist President

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 35

The President of the New South Wales Methodist Conference for the next twelve months is the Rev. Frederick Colwell. He succeeds Rev. J. E. Carruthers, who is…

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Methodist Conference. Financial Matters. a New Scheme Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 8

The Methodist Conference was continued yesterday. The Rev. W. Pearson, secretary of the conference, informed the president that, for the…

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Methodist Conference. New South Wales. a Lady Representative

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 12

The unusual sight of a lady in the midst of the ministers and laymen caught the eye of the president, the Rev, F. Colwell, whoa yesterday's session of the New South Wales Methodist…

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Financing Foreign Missions. Limited Company Proposed. Rejected by N.s.w. Methodist Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 11

At the session of the New South Wales Methodist Conference yesterday a discussion took place on the proposal (already brought before the South Australian Conference) to…

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Under-sized. Latest British Battleships Churchill's Confession. London. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 7

The First Lord of the Admiralty was in the House of Commons to-day asked several question by Mr.J. Allen Baker, Liberal member for Finebury East, relative to the British and…

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Lawn Tennis. Western Suburbs Churches' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 16

At the last meeting of the delegates of the Western Suburbs Churches' Cricket Union, it was decided to form a lawn tennis association in connection with the Prostestant Churches in the Western Suburbs. A…

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An Historic Church. Furnished by Gifts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 10

All Saints' (Church of England), Sutton Forest, picturesquely situated on an eminence, has a complete outer ivy-clad wall, behind which little children love to hide and little…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · 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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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 57

Presbyterians at Kendall are looking forward to the occupation of the new church, which is now in process of erection. Very Rev. Dean Carey and Rev. J. Murphy…

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Church Meeting at Harris Park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

A meeting of those interested in St. Paul's Church, Harris Park, was held on Monday in the School Hall attached to the church. The Rector of St. John's…

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Moving Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

Bishop Sadlier, of Nelson (N.Z.) has has initiated a project to enable the ministration of religion to be carried on in the Marlborough Sounds and back-blocks…

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Our American Letter: Snowy Baker and Willie Ritchie: Burns and Pelkey: Chip's Victories W. J. Howe's American Mission. by W. W. Naughton. "The Referee" Special Commissioner in America. Martin Costello's Death. San Francisco, Feb. 9, 1914

Referee · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 16

Since my last, San Francisco was visited by two Australian promoters, to wit, "Snowy" Baker and W. J. Howe. R. L. Baker left for Paso Roble's Hot Springs yesterday…

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Centenary of Methodist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--To-day was mainly devoted by the Victorian and Tasmania conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia to the inauguration of the centenary…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 21

Rev. M. Fitzpatrick, of St. Kieran's, Golden Grove, returned home on Monday after his enjoyable trip abroad, and Rev. M. Kirby, of Rookwood, arrived; in Sydney…

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