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Churches, 1928

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Church Rates. Important Ruling of the Full Court

The St George Call · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 5

Last Friday the Full Court decided in favour of the Willoughby Council the question whether a refund could be remanded of a proportionate amount of…

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Soldiers Graves in France. Receive Tokens from Hurstville. (Sector of St. George's Church of England, Hurstville)

The Propeller · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 3

I reached London on October 31. After getting a room in Russell Square I hurried oft to the C.M.S. headquarters in Salisbury Square, and there…

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Church Collections

The Propeller · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 8

Sonic people who attend church services on Sunday must be near-sighted or the lighting of the edifices very bad. Last Sunday a local minister exhibited…

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Mortdale Baptist, Church Official Opening Ceremony

The Propeller · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 7

A gathering of local friends and Baptists from other suburban churches assembled last Saturday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the new…

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Presbyterian Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 5

The annual meeting of all the local charges of the Presbyterian Church will be held on Saturday afternoon, 24th inst., at 3 o'clock, in the Manse,…

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Methodist Men

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 19

For this year the All-Day Convention usually held on Good Friday is to be held in the Burwood Church. The Federation…

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The Newcastle Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 6

Rev. E. E. Hynes, the superintendent of the Mission, who had been away from his work for several weeks on account of illness, was welcomed home last Wednesday week at a very largely-attended…

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A Methodist Evangelist

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 3

WE are to have another visiting evangelist. This time, however, it will be by a Methodist who will avow his Methodism, and will come with the well-considered consent and co-operation of the…

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NEWTOWN Ten Days' Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 8

Preparations are being made in the Newtown circuit for the Rev. A. B. Walker, to begin the fifth year of his ministry, by conducting a ten days' mission in the Newtown Church. A preparatory…

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St. Marys. Presbyterian Jubilee

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 5

It has been announced on several occasions that the jublice (1878-1928) of St. Marys Presbyterian Church is to be celebrated by a tea and public…

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The Assistant Home Mission Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 2

The work of the Home Mission Department has grown considerably in recent years, and the recent Conference approved a recommendation from the executive committee that an Assistant Home…

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Our Letter Box Methodist Local Preachers' Relief Fund. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 7

Sir,—Your report of the proceedings in Conference on the above subject fails to give to your readers the nature and object of this fund May…

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Ratability of Church Property

The Methodist · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 5

The Rev. W. H. Jones has requested us to inform superintendents of circuits to withhold any action in regard to payment of rates, due on property for the year 1927, in relation to the Amended…

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The Churches. Long Missionary Service. the Rev. C. F. Rich

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 11

Twenty-eight years' missionary service at Isulellel mission station, Fife Bay, Papua, is the record of the Rev. C. F. Rich, who with his wife and family arrived in Sydney on…

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Considering the Proposed New Constitution for the Church of England in Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 20

CLERGY AND LAY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING [?] Those seated in the front of the picture, from left to right, are:—Rev. R. Heffernan, Rev. T. J. Heffernan, Canon W. J. Cakcbread, Archdeacon W. A. Charlton, Archdeacon F. B. Boyce, Arcnaeacon W. Martin, the Dean of Sydney(Rev. A. E. Talbot), Archbishop Wright, Right Rev. G. A. D'Arcy Irvine (Bishop-Coadjutor), Sir Albert Gould, Canon E. B. Claydon, Mr. H. B. Cowper, Canon Langford Smith, Canon H. S. Begbie, Canon W. L. Langley…

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The Churches. Move for Industrial Peace. Appeal to Mr. Mccormack. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 17

A plea for industrial pence was made by a deputation representing the Churches, which waited on the Premier to-day, following a conference of heads of religious bodies in…

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Churchill Finds Tote as Puzzling as the Prayer Book British Bill Commons Favors Plan £200,000,000 in Bets

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1928 · page 1

A private bill favoring the introduction of the totalisator in Britain passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 149 votes to 134. During the debate it was mentioned that…

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Important Mission

The Sun · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 1

London, Saturday (Published in "The Times").--The impression is increasing, says the Geneva correspondent of "The Times" that Admiral Hilary Jones…

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Through Blood to the Convent Beautiful Gipsy's Exciting Adventures in Matrimony Life Dedicated to Church

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 March 1928 · page 10

Nestling in the remote little village of Hatseg, in the Carpathians, is a convent whose spacious garden is surrounded by a high wall. Within the convent, her beauty hidden by the white cowl and white robes of the sisterhood, dwells the gipsy, Nietzsy, and the folk without the convent walls have a wonderful tale to tell…

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Methodist Missionaries

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 12

With 11 Methodist home missionaries and one married minister in his charge, the Rev. D. C. Hughes arrived by the Hobson's Bay from London…

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