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Churches, 1916

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REV. S. G. FIELDING St. Matthias' (Church of England) Paddington, Sydney

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

"Legislation may do something—it certainly ought to be tried—but, after all, politics can only touch the fringe of life, and can do little or nothing to influence a man or woman in its…

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REV. N. J. COCKS, M.A., Of the Pitt-street, Sydney, Congregational Church

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

"I believe in the principle of notification, but in practice it would fail, because the individual affected would hide himself. "As to the prevalence of the disease, one…

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Ordination Charge. Delivered at the Ordination Service in Bourke Street Church, Sydney, on Tuesday, 14th March, 1916. Ex-President

The Methodist · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 1

I congratulate you, my brethren, on attaining the position of ordained ministers of the Methodist Church of Australasia. You have been tested and trained through years of probation. The church has…

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The Churches. Missionary Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 8

Educational methods have undergone radical changes in so many directions in recent years that it is no matter of astonlshmont to find a movement for misslonary education arising…

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Church Social

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 8

A social in connection with, St. Philip 's, Eastwood, was held in the local School of Arts on Monday, for the purpose of welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Bennett…

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Thornleign. Church Dedication

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 8

The dedication ceremony in connection with the additions to St. Luke's Church, Thornleigh-Pennant Hills, was performed by Archdeacon D'Arcy Irvine in the…

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Rev. Henry E. ANDREWS Of Strathfield Methodist Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 March 1916 · page 9

"The community should feel indebted to the 'Sunday Times' for its outspoken article of March 12 on the Red Plague. Its fearful menace to efficiency, endangering our position as a…

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REV.s C. H. TALEOT, Of the Randwick Presbyterian Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 March 1916 · page 9

"Please allow me to express my high appreciation of the noble efforts the 'Sunday Times' is putting forth to throw light upon one of the blackest plague spots in our modern…

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Our Metals Mr. Hughes's London Mission Mr. W. S. Robinson to Assist

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1916 · page 8

Great disappointment has been felt in Sydney mining circles at the seeming lack of response in London to Mr. Hughes's proposals that the treatment of crude metals won…

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REV. W. L. LANGLEY Of All Saints' (Church of England). Woollahra

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 March 1916 · page 9

"To make a pronouncement upon the physical effects of the Red Plague is more in the domain of the physician than the clergyman. The latter, in relation to medicine, is a…

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REV. T. MORGAN. Ex-Moderator, of the McNeill Memorial Church, Waverley

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 March 1916 · page 9

"There is no doubt the Red Plague is a menace. One preventive would be if parents took more interest in their children, and instructed them on this question, showing them…

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Six O'clock Closing. Churches' Demonstration

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 5

Last night, after the evening church services, a gathering of about 200 assembled in the grounds of the Congregational Church, Illawarra Road. Marrickville, in favor of the 6…

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Presbyterian Men's League

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 9

A monster meeting of the above league is to be held this evening in St. Stephen's Church. Mr. John Kirkland, president, will preside, and addresses are to be delivered by…

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British Empire. Political Relations. Mr. Hugiies's Mission. London, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 7

Mr. Hughes's attention was directed to the Melbourne. "Argus" leader stating:— "He (Mr. Hughes) adopted the idea that the Empire can be strengthened by the…

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Presbyterian Men's League

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 12

The Presbyterian Men's League held a meeting in St. Stephen's Church, Phillipstreet last night. The following motion was carried,—"That this meeting of men, held…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 48

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 22 March 1916 · page 49

The Rev. R. Steel, of Campbelltown, has moved to Burwood. The Rev. F. V. Dowling, M.A., has received a call to the Katoomba Congregational…

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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 45

Mass is celebrated in St. Joseph's Church, Bulli, on the first and third Sundays of the month at 8.30, and on the second and fourth Sundays at 11…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 4

Bishop Hedley, O.S.B., Ordinary of Newport (Eng.), left estate of the gross value of £712, of which £506 is net personalty. A German main headquarters' report of a…

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Catholic Inter-club Debate

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 3

A [?] of inter-club de[?] promoted by the N.S.W. Catholic [?] Union. [?] on the programme of fixtures such subjects as—"That the State Government [?] in entering into the…

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