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Churches, 1931

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Kogarah Presbyterian Sunday School. Anzac Day

The St George Call · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 6

Anzac Day was fittingly commemorated by scholars and teachers of the above Sunday School, on 26th April. The Sunday School assembled under…

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Flight of the Nurses Mission Sisters Cross Aust

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 13

NURSES have often been called angels; now they are literally acquiring wings. Two of them have just flown across…

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Kogarah Combined Churches. Relief Effort

The St George Call · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

The total income to date of the Kogarah Combined Churches’ Relief Effort is over £81, and the money has been divided amongst the clergy of the…

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Cricket. St. George Protestant Churches’ Assn

The St George Call · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 5

On Wednesday next, 13th inst., the St. George Protestant Churches’ Cricket Association complete the season’s activities with the presentation of…

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Scouts' Church Parade

The Propeller · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 6

The First Penshurst Group of Boy Scouts, assisted by South Hurstville Group, held a successful church parade at the Penshurst Presbyterian Church…

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Church Battle with Reds Bishop's Strong View

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--"Is the Church, or any Christian thinker, to stand out of politics while Marxian Communism robs Australians of their…

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Central Methodist Mission Anniversary

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 11

The special preacher at the 47th anniversary of the Central Methodist Mission to-morrow will be Rev. C. Irving Benson, of Wesley Church…

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South Sydney Methodist Mission. Winter Appeal

The Methodist · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 17

We invite you, as fellow-labourers in the Lord, to help us clothe the unfortunate, feed the hungry, house the outcast, and redeem the lost. The King's business is urgent, and the…

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Methodist Men

The Methodist · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 14

The heading to this column is a misnomer, of course! Anyone who attends, or has attended the "power-house," knows that the body of people making up what is spoken of as the "Methodist…

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Methodist Cemetery

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 2

At the last meeting of trustees of the Emu Plains Methodist Cemetery, Rev. D. C. Hughes suggested that the trustees should spend a few pounds in…

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Crusade Mission Service at Ruskin Cafe

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 6

To-morrow night, at 7.30, the Social Crusade will open up in the their new quarters, the Ruskin Cafe, 174 Elizabeth Street, There will be no…

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Radio for Mission Mr. F. H. Stewart's Gift

The Sun · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 7

To enable the Methodist Missions at Crocodile Island and Goulburn Islands to keep In touch with Darwin and the medical services of the…

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Valedictories Rev. N. W. Lickiss, North-west Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 15

Mr. H. H. McCourt (circuit steward) presided over the valedictory social to Rev. N. W. Lickiss, and had with him on the platform Canon…

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Burned to Death Roman Catholic Priest Suva

The Sun · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 7

Father Trillot. who had been with the Roman Catholic Mission in Fiji for 37 years, was burned to death at Nanukuois…

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The President's Call to Penitence and Consecration The Church's Quick Response: Solemn Service at Chatswood

The Methodist · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 6

If anyone doubted that there would be any lack of response to the President's appeal to the Methodist people to come together for serious, self examination and re-dedication to, Christ in our…

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A Church Broadcasting Station

The Methodist · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 11

As was announced some weeks ago, the Commonwealth Government granted a license, in compliance with the request of the Council of Churches, for a broadcasting station for purposes of church…

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Church Unity. Archbishop's Plea. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 18

Addressing the Council of Christian Congregations in support of Church union, Archbishop Averlll said: "I am perfectly prepared to-morrow to cease to be an Anglican…

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Mothers' Day. Special Church Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 17

Mothers' Day is to be celebrated by special services and music in city and suburban churches to-morrow. In the Pitt-street Congregational Church…

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The Churches. St. Andrew's, Summer Hill. Jubilee Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 7

The special Jubilee services to be conducted at St. Andrew's Church of England, Summer Hill, to-morrow, are creating widespread interest. H[?] Excellency the Governor and…

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Church in Spain. Intervenes in Elections. Primate's Pastoral Letter London. May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 13

Obviously as a reply to the new Spanish Republican Government's decree permitting freedom of religion, Cardinal Sergua, Primate of Spain, has dramatically intervened in the…

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