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Churches, 1926

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Films and Church Services. Kandos

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 18

The action of the rector of St. Lawrence's Church of England, Kandos (Rev. E. S. Benyon), in introducing sacred moving pictures as an aid to induce people to attend church…

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Rector Toymaker Won't Leave Church

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 7

Offered £800 a year to become a designer to a London firm of toymakers, and in receipt of another offer from Birmingham, the Rev. William…

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Green Pass Churchill in Hurry Left Traffic Stream London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 1

The Home Office states that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, (who, while motoring to Downing-street, was stopped…

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Australasian Holy Catholic Guild

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1926 · page 19

The secretaryship of Cootamundra Branch, A.H.C.G., has changed bands. Bro. B. Keagh having been appointed to the position…

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Priest Marries Dr. Aveliing Leaves Roman Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1926 · page 2

The Rev. Dr. Francis Arthur Aveling, who is well known throughout the world as one of the ablest exponents of Roman Catholic philosophy, has left the Roman…

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Bourke Street Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1926 · page 3

Miss Alien Randell, L.R.A.M., of Perth, who is the leading contralto of West Australia, will sins to-night at Bourke-street Congregational Church…

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Salvo Man and a Salvo of Abuse How Blackburrow Received His Discharge From the Famous Corps of the Church Militant

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1926 · page 19

ONCE again within recent months the Salvation Army has had one of its ex-officers in the wars of the Law Courts, with his behavior towards a woman called into question. IN justice to the famous Corps of the Church Militant it should be said that Henry Benjamin Blackburrow, who was charged at…

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Know Your Stage First Churches as Milestones

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1926 · page 32

"When he dies they should put on his tombstone, "Frank Benson, Gentleman,'" says Graham Stuart, Dick Croker of "The Farmer's…

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Sacrilege. Church Broken Into. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 12

The St. Kilda police are searching for several boys who are said to have been responsible for an act of sacrilege at the Presbyterian Church, Hotham-street, St. Kilda,…

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Italy's Debt Return of Gold Deposit Churchill Opposed London

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 1

The negotiations for the settlement of Italy's war debt to Britain are making normal progress. Experts are studying the memorandum of…

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New Catholic School. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 12

There was a large attendance yesterday afternoon at the ceremony of blessing the new Roman Catholic school building, which has been erected on a commanding position on…

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British Open Championship. T. E. Howard's Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 8

T. E. Howard, the Concord professional, has been playing golf in Australia for about 12 years, and he has always qualified for events in which he has taken part, notwithstanding that on occasions it has…

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Eve and the Serpent Pastor's Doubts Disturb Church to Stand Trial Amst[?] Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 1

FOR a sermon, three years, ago, in which he expressed doubt as to the historical accuracy of the [?]version of the serpent…

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Bridal Churches

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 8

From Lionel Lindsay's beautiful series of drawing of Sydney's churches, the "Evening News" has prepared a…

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Italian Debt. Mb. Churchill's Hopes. Negotiation Proceeding. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 11

The Italian debt negotiations are proceeding. They are enshrouded in official silence, which is only occasionally broken for the Isbuo of denials to circumstantial stories…

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Metropolitan Catholic Tennis Annual Meeting Officers Elected

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 3

The fourth annual meeting of the above Association was held in the rooms of the Catholic Women's Association on Monday, when the…

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Churches in Action

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 6

IN times when no much is said in criticism of the Churches, it is good to find them acting in a manner to pain widespread approval…

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Church Missionary Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 22

The Church Missionary Society's annual summer school is now being held at Austinmer. The school consists of young men and women who spend their mornings in study, their…

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Churchill Disappointed Italy's Debt Offer London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

It is understood that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill) is reluctant to consider Italy's debt liquidation offer, £4,500,000…

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"At a Roman Catholic Mission." a Nonconformist's Impressions

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 12

UNDER this title the Nonconformist "Christian World" devotes rather more than a column to an article in which one of its contributors gives his…

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