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Churches, 1919

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The Churches. the Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 9

The Archbishop's pastoral letter for February is written from "the same beautiful spot in Tasmania from which I addressed you a year ago," as he puts it. Under medical orders…

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Melbourne Ships Commonwealth Calls Them Clean State Not Satisfied Transports May Be Held Up No Outdoor Church To-morrow Domain Orators Silenced

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

This morning 170 soldiers from the transport Karoola, who had been ashore in Melbourne were landed without medical examination. the Federal authorities describing the ship as clean. A Federal-State crisis is threatened. The N.S.W. Government…

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New Regulations No Restriction on Travel Churches and Domain Restaurants, Shops, Auctions

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

The State Cabinet decided after a protracted meeting this morning not to restrict railway traffic in New South Wales for the present. Additional…

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Religious. Church Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 9

Rev. James Cheong, of St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, is in Sydney. Chaplain-Major W. N. Gunson has accepted a call to the Congregational Church at…

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The Churches. Form of Prayer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 11

The following form of prayer for use during the present epidemic has been distributed from the Sydney Diocesan Registry among the clergy of the Church of England. It is the same form…

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St. Stephen's Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 1

On Wednesday night, at St. Stephen's Sunday School, a presentation was made on behalf of the Choir and Sunday School teachers to Miss Nellie Newell, who had been secretary of the…

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ANGLICAN The Power Between

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 13

"And he stood between the (dead and the living. and the plague was stayed." --Numbers 16, 40. 1. It was a moment that called for…

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ANGLICAN Hope of the World's Peace

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 13

The closing of church buildings and the prohibition of indoor services are measures which, in view of the danger to which tho city is exposed, have been…

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Mission to Austria Paris

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 1

It is announced that Allied delegates have been sent to Austria and Silesia for the purpose of assuring the peaceful exploitation of industrial districts…

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Messages of the Churches to the People Methodist "The Problem of Failure" "Howbeit he attained not." [?]. Chronicles, xl., 21

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 13

How common to human experience is failure. It links the old world with the new, the past with the present, the rich with the poor. It is the "one touch…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 11

No church to-day. The regular churchgoer will not know how to put in the time. Possibly some will have household services. It is hard to imagine…

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Further Restrictions on Public Gatherings No Crowding in Hotels and Restaurants—Outdoor Church Services and Public Meetings Prohibited. Libraries Shut

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 2

The State Cabinet yesterday submitted a number of questions dealing with the situation created by the influenza plague to the Medical Consultative Council,…

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Enemy Held Here Melbourne's Total, 912 Soldiers Escape Quarantine Action of Federal Authorities Outdoor Church Services Prohibited

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 2

Four new suspects were reported in Sydney last night. The total number of cases reported in Melbourne since influenza was a notifiable disease is 912. There were three deaths in Melbourne yesterday…

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Masks at Church. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 7

It was stated to-night that in several churches the regulation requiring persons attending service to wear masks had not been strictly observed. The Premier (Mr…

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Restriction of Church Services. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 8

Sir,—At the meeting of representatives of churches held on Thursday last, at which I presided, a general desire was expressed to co-operate with the Government in any action…

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The Churches. No Services Held by Protestants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 6

Consequent upon the order of the Government prohibiting the use of churches for Divine service, arrangements were made by the various denominations for holding outdoor…

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Church Services. Yesterday's Restrictions. Fair Treatment Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 4

"At the meeting of representatives of churches, held on Thursday last, at which I presided, a general desire was expressed to co-operate with the Government in any action…

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More Restrictions. Restaurants, Auctions, Shops. Outdoor Church Services Barred

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 6

Cabinet on Saturday submitted a number of important questions dealing with the situation created by the pneumonic influenza epidemic to the Consultative Council, which consists of…

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Church Services. Restrictions Under Consideration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 7

The decision of the Government to prohibit outdoor church services as well as those held indoor is apparently going to be reviewed, for when the attention of the Minister for…

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