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Churches, 1914

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Too Many Churches. Rector's Opinion

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 2

Rev. S. M. Johnstone, rector of St. John's, Farramatta, and St. Peter's, Sherwood, says that there are too many consecrated Anglican churches. He has the unique…

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Sunday Trams. Official Reply to Protest. 40,000 People Carried in Church-hour Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 4

The Rev. Thos. Davies, secretary of the Lord's Day observance committee of the Evangelical Council, which protested recently against the running of trams during church hours on…

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Church and People

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 12

"I believe the great need of tile Church is to get into closer touch with the great mass of the people," said the Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael), speaking at a Presbyterian…

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Church-hour Trams 40,000 Passengers. Official Reply to Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 9

The number of passengers who avail themselves of the opportunity recently afforded by the Railway Department to travel by trams during the church-hour on Sunday evenings…

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Church Union. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 10

The principal question dealt with by the Methodist Conference to-day was the union of the Protestant Churches, and a deputation on the subject was received from the…

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Methodist Conference. Theological Institution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

The Methodist Conference met yesterday morning in the Lyceum Hall, the Rev. F. Colwell presiding. The Rev. R. J. Murray requested the…

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Methodist Conferences. New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

The Rev. F. Colwell presided over the Methodist Conference at the Lyceum-hall, yesterday morning. THE STATIONING OF MISSIONS…

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Methodist Home Missions. a Large Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 10

The annual demonstration of the Methodist Church Sustentation and Home Mission Society was held in the Lyceum Hall last night. About 3000 people were present…

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Home Mission Society. Appeal to Young Men

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

The 5[?]th annual demonstration of the Methodist Church Sustentation and Home Mission Society wag held in the Lyceum-hall, Pitt-street, last evening, when Mr. Eric K. Bowden…

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Fight in Church. I.W.W. in America. New York

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 8

A number of members of the socialist organisation knows as the Industrial Workers of the World invaded the Roman Catholic Church of St. Alphonsus on Sunday, and interrupted the…

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Safer Than Water. Churchill on Air Flights. London

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 8

Speaking at the Aero Club, Mr. Winstone Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, who has recently had a good deal of experience as an aeroplane pilot, stated that the public…

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Church Controversies

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 3

A sensation has been caused in Anglican Church circles in England by the Rev. W. E. Barnes, who accuses the upper House of the…

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Free Rights in Church. Invasion of Socialists. Violent Disorder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 9

NEW YORK, Thursday.--The Industrial Workers of the World invaded St. Alphonsus' Roman embolic Church, and interrupted the service…

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Aeronautics. No Excessive Risk. Mr. Winston Churchill's Views London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 9

Speaking at the Aero Club last night, Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, who has recently had a good deal of experience as an aeroplane pilot, stated that…

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Disgraceful Scenes. Socialists Invade Church. New York, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 9

A number of members of the socialist organisation known as the Industrial Workers of the World invaded the Roman Catholic Church of St. Alphonsus on Sunday, and…

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Methodist Veterans

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 19

In answer to the question. "What ministers now become supernumeraries" at N.S.W. Methodist Conference, it was announced that the Revs. Joseph Hopkins, J. E. Carruthers,…

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Methodist Hinisters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 27

The enlarged stationing committee of the Methodist Church met last night and suggested a number of alterations in the location of ministers. Those alterations will…

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Methodist Conference

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 3

At the Methodist Conference, the Rev. J. Tarn (Penrith) drew the attention of the conference to certain parts of the suburbs that were growing…

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Mission Study Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 11

Seventy pepole attended the Council's Mission Study School at Springwood last year. They came with various expectations—some earnest, some in holiday…

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Methodist Conferences. New South Wales. Evangelism in the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 14

The New South Wales Methodist Conference yesterday agree to the proposal that the work at Port Darwin should be undertaken by the Quensland conference, New South Wales…

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