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Churches, 1917

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Newcastle Central Mission. Quarterly Meeting

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

Prior to the Quarterly Meeting, the brethren, accompanied by several of the ladies of the church, sat down to tea at the close of which a very hearty welcome…

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Japan's Mission in China Japan's Ambitions not yet Relised

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

Japan, whose great inspiration ia to be the dominant power in the economic and financial life of the Asian continent, has only a little over…

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Special Mission to Waifs and Strays. Appeal for £1500

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 10

The following special contributions are to hand since the last acknowledgement of gifts towards the appeal for the sum of £1500 to enable the committee of the Society for…

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Tom Barker. a Striking Personality. His Mission to Queensland

Direct Action · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 3

Probably there has been no more prominent figure in the public eye of Australia during the past 12 months than Mr., or as he is more generally known, "Tom Barker, I.W.W…

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Church Triumphant Mrs. Leithead

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

Agnes Leithead was born in Roxburgh, Scotland, on the 12th of August, 1867. In early life she was attached to the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland,…

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Sunday Afternoon. It's Never Your Church—it's You

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 1

If you want to belong to the kind of a church That's the kind of a church you like, Don't go and pack your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike…

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The Churches. Show on Good

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6

The Archbishop of Sydney has addressed the following letter to the president and members of the council of the Royal AgriculCiiial Society:—"Will you permit me again to…

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The Churches Plea for United Services on Beaches

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1917 · page 16

Is there any efficient way of carrying the Gospel to the thousands who throng the various beaches every Sunday ? This is a matter in which all the Churches are interested. There…

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Uniform Church Starting Time

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1917 · page 16

The daylight-saving scheme is going to prove very confusing to churchgoers, unless the various denominations come to some understanding about the time of starting. For instance, the…

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Catholic Federation and Politics. Presidents Review. Mr. Cleasy at Wagga. Wagga

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 4

Mr P S Cleary presides of the Co[?] Federation, addressed a meeting here in our decision with the left campaign of that lady. After dwelling certain dwelling as under…

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£1,400,000 by the Church

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 8

The Church of Ireland has subscribed £1,400,000 to the British War Loan. Hurray for Ireland!…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 48

At the annual meeting of the Aborigines' Mission it was stated that there are 6442 aborigines in New South Wales and 80,000 in Australia…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 48

Under this heading sermons by eminent preachers are published ain this widely-circulated paper in [?]rder that in the remote interior, where there are no [?]hurches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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Mrs. Lawson's Death. Driver of Car Absolutely Blameless. The Sad Fatality in Church-street

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. H. Richardson, Clark, Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest on Friday morning at the Court-house, Parramatta, on the body of Mrs. Mary Ann…

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The Anglican Mission. Imitating "Rome." What Happened at Canterbury

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 43

In a joint letter which they have addressed to "the clergy and laity of the Church of England, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York state that there is already evidence…

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Parish Priest of Newtown

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 34

Very Rev. Father V. Cassidy, P.P., of Moruya, has been appointed parish priest at Newtown in succession to the late Archdeacon Murphy, and has been elevated to the…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

The strides which the Faith is making in Switzerland are again emphasised by the restoration of the beautiful fete of the soldier martyrs at the Abbey of St. Maurice in the…

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Tasmanian Catholic Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 35

The results of the Junior Public Examination of the Tasmanian University shows that the Catholic schools are doing well in the little State. Out of 260 candidates passed…

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Another Anglican. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 7

Sir,—I read with surprise the letter in your paper by "Anglican," and I think that it would have been better for him to have examined the Bishop's facts which he…

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Catholic Recruits' Assistance Committee

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 13

The drawing of the raffle for the pony, in connection with the "Catholic Soldiers' Memorial," at Liverpool Military Camp, which was fixed for January 24, has, owing…

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