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Churches, 1914

3,155 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 158

How the Wind Blows. Churches in Mourning

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1914 · page 18

After 25 years of the Public Instruction Act, those who favored the measure are reaping what they sowed. Non-Catholic churches are In mourning because people…

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Churchill's Policy. Admiralty's Backing. Gifts of Battleships. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1914 · page 5

The Admiralty is wedded to the naval policy promulgated by the First Lord, Mr. Winston Churchill, and is unaffected by the protests of the overseas dominions…

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Methodist Parsonage for Campsie

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 8

At Campsic on Saturday afternoon the foundation stone of a new Methodist parsonage was laid in the presence of a large number of supporters of the church. The Rev. F. Colwell,…

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Historic Church Burnt. Sacreligious Militants. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 9

The historic parish church at Clevedon, Somerset, built 1000 years ago, was partially destroyed by suffragettes yesterday. The militants left a number of leaflets,…

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Church Fired. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 9

An attempt was made yesterday to burn down a church at Ballyjamesduff. The pulpit was destroyed and the Bible and vestment thrown into the roadway…

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Church Overlapping. Position at Coff's Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1914 · page 11

The protest from the Anglican and Presbyterian ministers of Coff's Harbor against the division of the Methodist circuit of Orara and the formation of a new district, with Coff's…

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New Mission Launch

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 9

An interesting ceremony took place at Johnson's boatsheds, Balmain, on Saturday afternoon, when a new motor launch, intended for the Church of Christ Mission in the New…

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Catholic Schools. Musical Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 12

Archbishop Kelly presided yesterday afternoon at the prize distribution in connection with the Catholic schools musical competitions for 1914. Dr. Kelly…

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Music in Catholic Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 11

The prizes in connection with the Catholic schools' musical competitions, in honor of the festival of St. Patrick, were distributed by Archbishop Kelly yesterday…

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Vanishing Blacks. a Mission Enterprise. Work on the Roper River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 13

The evangelisation of the aborigines on the Roper River, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria, has, according to Miss Tinney, who has been working there for two years,…

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The Rev. W. J. Carr Smith. Grantham Church

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 3

What a lot of people remember the Rev. W. I. Carr Smith, lute rector of St. Janus'. Sydney! He was only thirteen years with us. but in that…

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Protestant Church Fired

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 9

An attempt was made to burn down the Protestant church at Ballyjamesduff, 11 miles south-east of Cavan, yesterday. The pulpit was burned, but no further damage was…

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Mr. Churchill and the Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 8

The outspoken utterance of Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, which was published in our issue of yesterday, must now convince the First Lord of the…

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The Suffragettes. Church Service and a Fire. Gathering at the Abbey

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Members of the East End Suffragettes' organisation yesterday marched to Westminster Abbey. They were informed that the church was full, and then held a service…

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Women Conduct Church Service

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the Ascot Value Methodist Church on Sunday evening a novel service was held. It was conducted entirely by young women connected with the Church…

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St. John's Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2

The mission at St. John's Church, Parramatta, for the spiritual benefit principally of those men of Parramatta not ordinarily seen among the regular attendants at…

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City Railway. Bill to Be Parsed Next Session. Mr. Bradfield's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 18

[?] realises that an underground railway through the city in an absolute necessity, and Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, stated yesterday that it was his…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 56

Under this heading, sermons by eminent preachers tire 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 25 March 1914 · page 57

The Moruya Presbyterian congregation has given a unanimous call to the Rev. David Smith, M.A. The Rev. R. G. M'Carron, Presbyterian…

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Retreats in the Cathedral Parish Churches

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 21

During the week the retreats for tho Sacred Heart Societies in tho outside Cathedral churches have been largely attended, despite tho inclement weather. At St…

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