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Churches, 1924

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Divorce Grounds. House of Lords Bill. Church's Opposition. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 9

The "Daily Express" says: Though the Church rallied its full forces' in the House of Lords against Lord Buckmaster's Divorce Bill, it passed its second reading by 88 votes…

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Marriage Bonds Making Them Lighter Church's Objections London, March 11

The Sun · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 1

The House of Lords, by 88 votes to 49, carried the second reading of Lord Buckmaster's Marriage Act Amendment Bill, which provides new…

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Easier Divorce Bill in House of Lords Church Opposition LONDON, March 12

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

The "Daily Express" states that though the Church had rallied its full forces in the House of Lords against Lord Buckmaster's Divorce Bill, its…

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Save Scots Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

Sir,--I see in to-day's papers that the authorities of the Presbyterian Church are said to be contemplating the selling of their most ancient…

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Methodist Conference. Secretary Re-elected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 8

The Rev. Francis William Hynes has been re-elected secretary of the Methodist Conference of New South Wales for the ensuing year…

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New Catholic School. Archbishop Kelly at Rockdale

The Propeller · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 1

A new building at Rockdale, erected on one of the best sites of the suburb, to serve as a Catholic school and parish hall, and costing, with furniture, £8192…

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Canon Carr Smith. Back in Sydney. the Anglo-catholic Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 8

After an absence from Australia of 15 years, the Rev. Canon Carr Smith returned to Sydney yesterday by the Orsova. In 1909 Canon Carr Smith, acting on medical…

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Senator Wilson. to Return to Australia. Mr. Gibson's Mission. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 9

Senator Wilson, who accompanied the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to the Imperial Conference and aferwards remained in Great Britain to supervise the work of erecting the…

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Gambling No Sin, Says Catholic Priest Hitting the Small Man, But No Word of the Big Man

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 3

WINGHAM, Thursday. -- Speaking at the opening of the St. Mary's garden fete, Rev. Father J. J. [?] was a [?]friend of the late Les…

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Western Suburbs Churches

Arrow · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 10

In the 13th round Moly Trinity ami St. Augustine's met, the latter knocking up 224. The Gildea brothers were in great form, Phil scoring; 110, including seventeen 4's, without a chance…

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Here Comes the Bride in Her Festal Array De Boos Smith -- Rigby Wedding at Manly Congregational Church -- Reception at Dungowan

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

Beautiful exotic blooms shed their flagrante in the Congregational Church, Manly, for the marriage of Miss Nellie Elizabeth Rigby, daughter…

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Collection Plate Melbourne Church Abolishes Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 8

St. Stephen's Church of England, Richmond, has abolished the collection plate. Canon G. E. Lamble, incumbent of the…

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Randwick Runners To-morrow and Their Chances Comique and the Sydney Cup Three-year-olds are a Poor Lot : A.J.C. St. Leger Prospects : Draw for Post Positions : The Walk-up Start What Is the Mission of the Hawk?

Arrow · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 1

They say in Melbourne that Comique has the Sydney Cup in his owner's pocket already. He did not run at the V.R.C. or V.A.T.C. Autumn meetings…

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Presbyterian Church Harvest Festival

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

Last Sunday, the harvest festival thanksgiving services were held in the Presbyterian Church, and the congregations, both morning and evening,…

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Religious the Anglican Primacy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 15

The Anglican Primacy is not a fixed quantity so far as the Sydney diocese is concerned. Anyone of the Archbishops of Sydney, Melbourne,…

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Methodist S.s. Picnic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 3

The annual picnic in connection with the Methodist Sunday School was held on Saturday, in the Parramatta Park. Mr. Reeves' motor bus service convoyed the…

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Too Big a Job. Owners' Names on Parish Maps

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. R. Bruce Walker, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Department of Lands, Sydney, dated the 11th March, 1924. It states that, in reply to his…

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Ordination Charge Delivered at the Conference Ordination Service, 6th MARCH, 1924, in the Bourke Street Church, by the Ex-president of the Conference, the Rev. T. F. Potts. "Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord.—(i. Cor. 15:58.)

The Methodist · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 12

To-night you have been ordained to the Christian Ministry, a ministry of loving service to humanity. We rejoice with you that in the good providence of God you have been received into full…

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Swimming. Sydney Church of England Grammar School Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 20

There was a large attendance at the twenty-second annual carnival of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, held at the Lavender Bay Baths yesterday. During the afternoon A. Charlton and K…

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The Churches. Polynesian Diocese

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 11

Among the visitors to Sydney next week will be the Bishop of Polynesia (Dr. Kempthorne), who is to address several gatherings here and in Melbourne. In a sermon…

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