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Churches, 1920

2,378 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 119

Holt Place Tragedy. Free Love Mission. Ligores' Statement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 8

The Holt Place tragedy and the death of Gertrade Grace Ligores formed the subject of an inquiry by the G.I.D., conducted…

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Prohibition. Opposed by Anglican Synod. Might Lead to Pharisaism. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 7

A motion submitted to the Anglican Synod of Adelaida last night urging members of all Churches to give all possible moral and material support to the prohibition movement, was…

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Catholic Federation Modern Secular Journalism. Sir Philip Gibbs on Its Decadence

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 11

Fair-minded journalists must feel humiliated at the degradation of the daily press exemplified by the use to which it is put for political and sectarian propaganda. To such…

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An Anti-catholic Editor's Confession. Regrets Writing Lies About Rome. and Repudiates the Bigots

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 13

The following statement, which is of special interest to Australians to-day, owing to the activities of the anti-Catholic press and the Orange…

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An Orphan Girl In a Tempe Convent Is She a Roman Catholic? Case of Lydia Thomas

The Sun · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 7

An application was made to-day to Mr. Justice Wade, in Chambers, on behalf of Helen Duval, married woman, of Kensington, to make absolute a…

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Typhoon at Manilla. Redemptorist Church Unroofed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 27

A cable message from Manilla, dated Monday, was received by the "Catholic Press" from the Very Rev. Father P. M. Lynch, C.SS.R., who is in charge of the…

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Lambton's New Church. in Memory of the Late Father J. J. Flynn. Foundations Blessed by the Bishop of Maitland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 33

On Sunday last the ceremonies of laying and blessing the corner stone, and blessing the foundations of the new church at Lambton, were performed by the Right Rev. Dr…

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New Use for Church Yard PARKES

Evening News · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 8

St. Stephen's Church of England, [?] was broke into used as a campaign place a few nights ago.The enclosure surrounding the church had…

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Union of Churches Big Favorable Majority

Evening News · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 10

A big majority of the Congregational Churches in New South Wales are in favor of the union of the Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches…

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Church Union. the Congregational Vote. Strongly Affirmative

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 7

According to figures obtained officially yesterday, a strongly affirmative vote has been registered by members of the Congregational Church in New South Wales on the question…

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Church As Doss House Casual Drovers PARKES

The Sun · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 7

When the rector of Parkes (the Rev. R. Seymour Smith) visited St. Stephen's Church, at Bindogundra, this week, he found that the enclosure…

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Church Union. Congregational Vote. Majority in Favor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 4

Returns have been received from 68 Congregational churches in New South Wales, and of these 59 have voted for union and 9 against it, on the basis proposed…

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State Child. in Roman Catholic Retreat Habeas Corpus Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 10

The application by Helen Duval, of Kensington, for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to the Mother Superior of the Magdalene Retreat, at Tempe, to deliver up the…

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The Church Should Advertise

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 8

Lecturing at the Ad-Men's Congress. Mr. W. Brooks, M.L.C., said that advertising very largely directed and controlled the daily through of nations and…

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West Ryde Methodist Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 10

This little church is the centre of a busy, go ahead people, who are determined to clear off the remaining debt on their church. Now they are endeavoring to buy the adjacent allotment of land…

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Raymond Preston Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 3

The Rev. Raymond Preston conducted a mission in the Maclean Circuit from August 21st to 30th. The Rev. John Thomas, superintendent of the circuit, reports as follows:—"The mission has been most helpful to us,…

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New Mission Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 7

The laying of the foundation-stones this afternoon of the new Mission Hall of the Methodist South Sydney Mission, which is to cost about £10,000, will be the first official ceremony in…

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Methodist Ministers Association

The Methodist · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 2

The Rev. J. A. Waddell was quite at home in his paper on the Irish .question last Monday at the Ministers' Association. It was a subject to which he has given, a lifelong consideration, and thus his treatment…

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Chief Rabbi. Visit to Australia. War Memorial. Mission of Importance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 12

Monday next is the first day of the Jewish New Year, 5681, and the day will be celebrated by the customary special services at the Synagogue…

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Union of the Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 10

In regard to this absorbing question the members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Parramatta voted in the affirmative: 27 for and 34 against. The other Presbyterians in the district also favoured…

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