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Churches, 1929

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Church Robbed. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 13

A particularly mean theft was perpetrated in broad daylight at Holy Trinity Church, Alumny Creek. A large quantity of produce was in the church in readiness for the…

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Duke of York. Opens Assembly. the Church of Scotland. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, May 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 11

The Duke of York, as the representative of the King, opened the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh to-day. The appointment of the Duke as Lord High…

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Church Union. Congregationalists' Decision. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 15

At the assembly of the Congregational Union to-day the Rev. F. V. Dowling (Queensland) moved that negotiations should be opened for union with the Methodist General…

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Liberal Plan. For Unemployed. Effect on Trade. Mr. Churchill's Attack. LONDON, May 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 11

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill), speaking at Wanstead, alluded to the Liberal plan for borrowing large sums for road-making, with the aim…

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World Peace. Message of Churches. Loyalty to Kellogg Pact. London, May 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 11

A message signed by 150 religious leaders in Britain and America has been issued with the purpose of strengthening the friendship of the two countries. It declares that the time…

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Church Hostel

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 12

Mungindi, Thursday. -- The Bush Church Aid Society Hostel is to be shortly erected in Mungindi and £600 has already been given for the work…

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Knee Ban Caused Free Fight Church Brawl London

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 1

Roman Catholic circles highly approve of the Ministry of the Interior's circular prohibiting beauty…

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Religion and Life Should Church Lead? God and Nature London

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 1

Two interesting pronouncements dealing with the relationship between religion and present day life were made by…

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Union of Scottish Churches? Duke of York Opens Assembly LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 4

The Duke of York, representing the King, yesterday opened the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh…

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Methodist Church, Cronulla

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 3

The annual Home Mission services in connection with the Cronulla Methodist Church will be held on Sunday next. At the morning…

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Woman Preacher. to Visit Methodist Churches. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 10

Sister Ida Wombwell, a young woman preacher, who is to spend three years in Australia doing mission work, at the invitation of the Methodist Church, arrived to-day…

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Cricket Field Mission London

The Sun · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 1

"Cricket is a great game and I shall continue to play it," says the Rev. Dulais Jones of Carmarthen (Wales), in reply to his deacons…

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Papal Honours. For Roman Catholic Citizens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 11

To mark the success of the recent Eucharistic Congress held in Sydney last September, Pope Pius XI. has conferred a number of Papal honours on Roman Catholics…

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Church Joins Fascist Crusade Against Short Skirts Must Coyer Lnees Industries Also Adopt Decree Mussolini's Campaign "News" Special ROME

Evening News · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 5

CATHOLIC churches have intensified the crusade against immorality in women's dress, following Mussolini's decree forbidding the holding of beauty shows as being immoral and tending unduly to exait…

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Island Steamer. for Roman Catholic Mission. Wagstaffe Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 19

A launch built to the order of the German Roman Catholic Mission at New Guinea was launched from Mr. Gordon Beattie's shipyards at Cockle Creek yesterday. The bottom of…

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Rooty Hill Presbyterian Churches

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 6

The annual meeting of St. Marys, Rooty Hill, Plumpton, and Rupertswood centres of the Presbyterian Church was held last Saturday, in the Rooty Hill…

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Mount Druitt Third Annual Report of Presbyterian Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 7

The following is the annual report of Mt. Dru[?] Presbyterian Church:—In presenting this, the third annual report of the Mt. Druitt centre of the…

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The Churches. Prominent Methodist. the Rev. Frank Lade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 11

The Rev. Frank Lade, of Adelaide, was this week elected by the Australian Conference at Perth to the position of President-General of the Methodist Church of Australia for…

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Economic Mission. to Visit South America. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, May 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 21

The Board of Trade announces that the Government has appointed an economic mission to visit Argentina and Brazil. The mission will consider relations. Industrial,…

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The Spirit of Spurgeon Still Burning Bright in Old City Church Pulpits and Personalitiet No. 6—Central Bapfigt Church, Bathurst-st

Evening News · Saturday 25 May 1929 · page 3

NOT long ago. at a services at the Central Baptist Church, in Bathurst- street, a big. hulking person, somewhat Incoherent of speech, wandered in and…

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