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Churches, 1914

3,155 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 158

Pacific Policy. Desertion by England. Climb Down to Japan. Mr. Churchill's Strange Disclosure. Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 6

Anxiety concerning the Australian navy's immediate future has been greatly deepened in semi official circles by Mr. Winston Churchill's condemnation of Australian…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1914 · page 12

PENRITH, Wednesday.--A bazaar in aid of the local Roman Catholic Church was opened this afternoon by the Mayor. FORBES, Wednesday.--The annual market…

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Campsie Methodist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

On Saturday the fundation stones of the new parsonage at [?] were [?] The Rev. J. A. Penman, minister of the [?] stated that the [?] Church had acquired a large block of land at…

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Church Services. a Revolutionary Scheme. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 12

When the vicar of Otalka Church proceeded to conduct service he found a lunatic In possession of the building. The lunatic claimed to be patron of the…

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Mr. Churchill Explains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 11

Mr. Churchill. First Lord of the Admiralty, in reply to n question by Lord Charles' Beresford, said a squadron had been ordored to Lamlash to deal with possible serioua…

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Lawn Tennis. Western Suburbs Churches' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 12

Owing to the inclement weather on Saturday evening last, the meeting to be held in connection with the formation of the Western Suburbs Churches' Tennis Union was postponed till tomorrow night, when it will…

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St. John's Mission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

Owing to the results of the heavy storm, the attendance was not large at St. John's Church on Monday, evening, the first night of the mission for men. The Rev. S. M…

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Naboth's Vineyard. Mornington Island Mission. a Possible Tragedy. the Mapoon Floggings

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 6

In the long and tragic history of civilisation there are few chapters more sinister than that which tells, the white man's treatment of the Australian aboriginal…

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Empty Churches

The International Socialist · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 4

Dr. Kelly has been orating, and laying foundation stones. If the venerable and reverend gentleman would try to lay the ghosts of superstition and…

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The Churches. Truth of Bible Stories

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 4

At the Convocation of Canterbury, held at Westminster last month, an opportunity to reaffirm the historical truth of the Bible story of the Deluge and the Exodus was accepted…

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Church Overlapping Position at Coff's Harbour

The Methodist · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 11

A protest from the Anglican and Presbyterian ministers of Coff's Harbour against the division of the Methodist Circuit of Ovara and the formation of a new…

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The Conning Tower Church Overlapping

The Methodist · Saturday 28 March 1914 · page 7

ATTENTION has been publicly drawn during the past week to the matter of alleged "overlapping" by the publication of an open letter to the President of the Conference by the Anglican and Presbyterian…

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Church Unity Why Not a Combine Against the Com. Mon Enemy ? Churches Gone Cold on the Subject

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 March 1914 · page 20

Why are not the churches amalgamated ? The "two-and-seventy. jarring sects" of Christendom cannot make for the best work in religious activity. How is it that in these days…

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Catholic School Children. Free Railway Travelling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 9

The Premier (Mr. Holman) made a statement yesterday that greatly pleased New South Wales Roman Catholics. At the annual communion breakfast of the…

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The Mapoon Flogging. Mr. M'gowan in Reply. Mission Work in Queensland

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 12

In reply to the attack on the Presbyterian Mission made by "J. H." in the article which appeared in Saturday's "Sun," the Rev. R. J. H. M'Gowan said this morning:--…

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Lady Organist's Claim. Alleged Breach of Promise Why She Changed Her Church Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 7

Judge Wasley and a jury at four this morning continued the hearing of the action brought by Eleanor Jane Anne Flanaghah, music teacher, for £2000 damages against…

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Church Overlapping. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 11

Sir,—In a recent issue of the "Sydney Morning Herald" you published an open letter to me as president of the New South Wales Methodist Conference regarding Church…

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Stanmore Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 12

The old Presbyterian Church near the Stanmore rail way station has been demolished, and a lot of the material is being used in a now church at the corner of Middleton-road and…

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Catholic Children. Free Railway Travelling to Church Schools

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 4

An announcement that should greatly please the Roman Catholics of New South Wales was made by the Premier (Mr. Holman) on Sunday. Speaking…

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