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Churches, 1929

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Governor's Greeting West Ryde's New Baptist Church Opening

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 7

"That these buildings should be necessary is proof that your Church is thriving, arid that you are extending your activities. I wish you every…

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Mission Works. Presbyterian Fields. Assembly Discussions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 12

The assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia last evening was devoted to the affairs of the foreign missions, and to farewelling Dr. Janet Watt, who is leaving for…

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Sustentation Fund Presbyterian Assembly

The Sun · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 15

Discussions on the Sustentation Fund occupied the major part of the morning at the Presbyterian Assembly to-day…

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Presbyterian Assembly Match. Laymen Beat Clergymen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 15

The annual match in connection with the Presbyterian Assembly between the clergymen and laymen was played on the Scots College ground, Bel[?] Hill, yesterday. The laymen won by 128 runs. Scores:—…

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Church Union. Rev. J. G. Wheen's Address. Methodist General Conference. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 12

Wesley Church was filled to overflowing this evening when the business of the ninth General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australia began with the delivery of the…

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Sermons for "Kitty"--presbyterian Ministers at Bowls

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 8

REV. J. AULD, skipper of Presbyterian minister, who played laymen at bowls. THE ONLY DISTRACTION here was a photographer who believed in securing the shadow of the giant tree-fern in the…

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Twenty Slugs Brought in a Penny Orphans' Help for Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 11

Rev. A. Fleming told a quaint and touching story about the children at Burnside Homes, at the Presbyterian Foreign Mission demonstration last…

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Ulm's Scathing Denunciation of Attacks by Newspapers "It Was No Stunt: I'd Like to Get Some of Those Men Out There for a While" Search for Mission Would Have Meant Death

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 5

"We are setting out on the flight again as soon as we are released from this inquiry," said Flight-Lieut. Ulm, giving evidence yesterday before the committee which is investigating the Southern Cross and…

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President General. Australian Methodist Church. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 14

The ninth general conference of the Methodist Church of Australia decided by ballot last night to elect the Rev. Frank Lade, M.A., of Adelaide, to the position of…

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Appeal to Scotland Men for the Church. Presbyterian Needs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 19

"I am profoundly ashamed of the fact that in New South Wales we are not able to supply the young men to carry on our work in this State," said the Rev. J. B. Galloway,…

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Divinity Board Was on Strike Presbyterian Displeasure

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 14

A mild rap over the knuckles was administered by the Presbyterian assembly yesterday to the Divinity Training School Board…

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Goodlet School. Presbyterian Assembly Ignored. Board Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 16

The action of the board of the Goodlet Divinity School in refusing to comply with a decision of the last conference of the Presbyterian Assembly of New South Wales was…

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Death of Noted Catholic Sister Fifty-four Years in Convent

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 20

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The death took place at the Convent of Mercy this morning of Mother Marv de Paul Drinan, aged 80, after a few…

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First Church Organ

The World's News · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 35

In A.D. 787, exactly 1142 years ago on April 10, what is reputed to have been the first church organ was installed in the Church of St. Corneille, at Compiegne, in France…

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United Action. Canberra Churches. Congregational Assembly Approves. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 16

Approval was given by the congregational Assembly of Australia and New Zealand to-day to a continuance of negotiations for the co-operative establishment of church buildings…

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Mr. Churchill's Little Box

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 15

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Winston Churchill, with their son and daughter, acknowledging the cheers of the crowd which gathered to see him walk down Downing-street to the House of Commons last month with his fateful budget in his "little box."…

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Church of Scotland Duke Opens Assembly Significant Appointment London

The Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 1

The Duke of York, accompanied by the Duchess, to-day, as representative of the King, opened the General…

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Dalmar, the Central Methodist Mission's Home for Children at Carlingford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 14

EXTENSIONS TO THE MAIN BUILDING ARE URGENTLY NEEDED. A GROUP OF HAPPY INMATES IN THE GROUNDS…

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Anglican Papal Supremacy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 43

One of the best books on Papal Supremacy has been written, strangely enough, by an Anglican scholar. Dr. Scott, the author of the book—which is…

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Minister's Petition Presbyterian Assembly

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 12

When the Presbyterian General Assembly mot this morning consideration was given to a petition from the Rev. A. B. Wotherspoon, asking that…

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