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Churches, 1927

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Riverina Approves Anglican Constitution Hay

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

The annual Church of England Synod of the Diocese of Riverina last night approved the new constitution of the Church of England in Australia…

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Mission Rally. Call of India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 8

A mission rally was held last night at the Baptist Tabernacle, Burton-street, to inaugurate the appeal for £2000 for foreign mission work. The Rev. C. J. Tinsley presided, and an…

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Methodist Meeting North Parramatta Circuit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 9

The Methodist Quarterly Meeting was held at Dundas West on Saturday afternoon, April 23rd. Rev. A. E. Putland presided, and twenty-one delegates from…

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"Ready to Be Killed Here Now" Echo of Mission Ship Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

"I don't want to say anthying; I am ready to be killed here now." That was the impassive reply, through an interpreter, of Toauru, the…

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All Saints' Memorial Parish Hall Large Gathering at Opening "We Must Never Forget Them"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 12

Enthusiasm! Nothing else can describe it! There was a very large attendance, on Saturday afternoon, April 23, to witness…

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Anzac Services At Liverpool Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

At the Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, Anzac services were held on Sunday last. At the evening service, the text was…

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Church Income Assets and Liabilities

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

The total income of the Church of England parish of Guildford and Merrylands for the year ended March 31, was £997 3s 4d, and the year closed with a…

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Annual Meeting St. Luke's Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

On the 21st Inst., the annual vestry meeting of St. Luke's Church of England, Liverpool, took place in the parish hall…

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Rating Exceptions Church and School Lands

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 3

School and church lands have always been the subject of considerable argument with municipalities, when it comes to the question of rating, consequently…

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Westbury—church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

On Saturday, April 9, the pretty wedding of Miss Daphne Muriel Westbury, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Westbury, of Vaughan-street, Lidcombe,…

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Flower Show Church Workers Effort

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

The autumn flower show and, sale of work, which will be held under, the auspices of the Church of England Ladies Guild, Blacktown, to-morrow should be a…

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GREYSTANES Wants a Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

The Church of England community at Greystanes, which is now an outpost of St. Matthew's, Holroyd, is growing so quickly that the necessity for a local…

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Delayed by Storm New Kurnell Church

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 13

A MEMORIAL church is being erected at Kurnell, in memory of Rev. Harold When, ex-President of the Methodist Conference. It was…

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The Letter Bag Continental Sunday But First Go to Church Way of the English To the Editor

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

SIR—A correspondent in his appeal for a Continental Sunday for Sydney probably forgets that the real reason we are dull or the [?] is that we are always out of date…

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Country News. [?]Equest to Church. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 12

At the annual vestry meeting of St Micha[?] church, it was reported that the church [?] fitted to the gamount of £5500 by the bequest in the will of the late Mr. Fred Osborne…

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Boycott? Beer and Tobacco to Trounce Churchill London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

That British workmen should boycott beer and tobacco for three months, in order to bring the Chancellor of the Exchequer to his senses,…

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For 86 Years Church of England at Canberra

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 9

TO meet the needs of an ever-increasing civil and Parliamentary population at Canberra, a girls' school has been established there by…

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Women and Cigarettes Snowden's Tilt at Churchill LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 25

Labor's anti-budget campaign was continued in the House of Commons today. A motion to reduce the tobacco duty by 6d enabled Mr. Philip…

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No Municipal Rates Churches and Schools are Exempt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 15

Anomalies in the Local Government Act amendment were pointed out to the Lane Cove Council in a letter from the Local Government Association. The…

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Central Methodist Mission Forty-third Anniversary Celebrations

The Methodist · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 2

Special interest attaches to the anniversary services this year, in that the preacher on Sunday, May 8, will be the Rev. Irving Benson, of Melbourne. Mr. Benson is the Sunday evening preacher…

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