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Churches, 1928

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Church of England. New Constitution. Professor Peden's Addres[?] Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 16

Professor J. B. Peden, M.L.C., this event[?] addressed the quarterly conference of [?] South Coast rural deanery on the propos[?] new constitution of the Church of England…

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Secret History of the Day. Family of Gamblers-- How Fortune-Teller Raises the Wind Printer's Wife Mustn't Go to Church-- £2 a Week Footman

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 20

VICTORIAN Courts recently gave an example of…

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Griggs Prays in Cell Alleged Wife-Murderer Comforted by Church Colleague Sleepless Night

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Ronald Geeves Griggs, former Methodist minister at Omeo, had to be given a sleeping draught by the police…

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Catholic Secondary Colleges' Swimming Carnival

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1928 · page 45

Winners "T. M. Burke Shield" Life-Saving, Domain Baths, Tuesday, February 28. Standing: S. Collins, L. Mullen. Sitting: J. King, J. H. Horsell (Instructor and Coach), A. Lowney…

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"My Wife Had Threatened to Suicide." What Griggs Declared Lottie's Tale of Love-making on Way Home From Church "I Am Going to Marry You"

Truth · Sunday 4 March 1928 · page 14

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) "I was on good terms with my wife during the whole of my time at Omeo, and my wife did not, at any…

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Methodist Girls' Union

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 10

The committee of the Methodist, L[?] College Old Girls' Union invits all ex-students to attend an important general meeting at the Girls' Secondary Schools'…

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"Procession May Mean Bloodshed" Presbyterian Minister on Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

"Even though there may be an apparent indifference among the mass of Protestants, the spirit is there, and nobody wants a breach…

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Air Defence. Inadequate Service. Sir John Salmond's Mission. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 11

Complete reorganisation of the Australian aerial defence forces is expected to result from the visit in June ot Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, at the invitation of the Federal…

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Animals' Week R.s.p.c.a. Celebration Church Co-operation

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 9

THE annual celebrations of the R.S.P.C.A. will commence next Saturday in the Horses' Home grounds. Little Bay. A gymkhana…

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From Church to Oval at Erskineville Crowd of 30,000 Eucharistic Parade

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

THIRTY thousand people at Erskineville, took part yesterday in the reharsal of the ceremonies which are to be part of the…

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"Marching Mannequins" of Cook's Hill Surf Club Started Training with Borrowed Church Chair After Struggle for Existence Won Many Trophies Record for Bar Beach Claimed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

The Cook's Hill Life-saving Club, in the Newcastle district, claims a record for a Bar Beach as the only one from Leeuwin to the Gulf of Carpentaria where no life has been lost since a club began operations…

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Church Worker Farewelled

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 19

MRS. J. CREEVY, of Auburn, who has been a prominent worker for St. Thomas's Church, North Auburn, and for local charitable functions, for…

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Country News. Batlow Roman Catholic Church. Batlow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 12

On Sunday the Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn blessed the recently erected school church here. After High Mass a banquet was held at 1 p.m., at which about 230 persons,…

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Methodist Evangelist. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 12

Among the passengers' who reached Fremantle by the Oronsay from London was the Rev. N. G. Dunning, a prominent English Methodist evangelist. He has come to…

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Huge Bell. for Church Carillon. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 11

The casting of the largest bell ever made in England, and the fourth largest in existence, was celebrated at Croydon yesterday by 2300 bell-ringers from all parts of the country. The…

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Churches Up in Arms Hinkler's Visit "Sunday Chosen Out of Selfishness" Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 1

Indignant protests against the decision of the Hinkler's Welcome Committee to ask the [?] here on Sunday, March [?], are being [?]…

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£40,000 May Be Involved; Refund of Church Rates Archbishop Kelly in Test Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

An appeal to test the question of whether a refund of a proportionate sum should be made of rates paid on certain church and school…

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Seamen's Mission

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 4

Sir,--The paragraph under the [?] "Hard on Seamen." is entirely misleading and at variance with fact. The Missions to Seamen is not run…

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Pratten's Mission Delicate Problems Trade Agreements

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

As a result of his visit to New Zealand, which he is undertaking at the desire of both the Commonwealth and…

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Rates on Church Properties Question of Refund Argued

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 18

The justice of the claim of Church authorities for a refund of rates in consequence of amended legislation, which exempted them from taxation was argued last Monday before…

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