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Churches, 1936

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Mission Stamps

The Methodist · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 6

Packets and sheets of Mission and other stamps have now been prepared, and are on sale at the Mission Office or from A. J. McCoy, Rowe Street, Eastwood. The stamps are already having a good…

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New League Of Catholic Women Proposed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 9

A CATHOLIC feminist organisation is likely to be formed in Sydney shortly, Mrs. J. A. Lyons, the wife of the Prime Minister, told members of the Catholic Women's Association at their new clubrooms yesterday morning…

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Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood Jubilee Celebrations, 1936

The Methodist · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 4

The Council is anxious that the jubilee celebrations shall be worthy of the fine record and status of the college. The Rev. C. J. Prescott, M.A., D.D., the first…

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Springwood Methodist Chlrch Rev. A. and Mrs Bray Welcomed

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 7

There was a large attendance at the Methodist Church on Thursday evening, 23rd ult., when the church folk and friends welcomed Rev. and Mrs…

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For Women St. Joan's Alliance. Feminist Organisation. for Catholic Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 11

Speaking at the Catholic Women's Association clubrooms in the A.C.A building, King-street, yesterday morning, Mrs. J. A. Lyons, wife of…

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Church of England

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 8

The Vestry Meeting of St. John's Church of England was held in the Church on Tuesday night, 20th ult. The reports and balance sheets…

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Church of England

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 5

Recently St. Marys Fellowship held a very successful social evening in the Mechanics' Institute. During the evening presentations were made to…

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Church Services

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 7

Presbyterian services for this Sunday (3rd May), will be conducted by Mr Campbell Begbie, at Springwood at 11 and 7…

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West Botany Street (Rockdale Circuit) Golden Jubilee Celebrations and Opening of New Church

The Methodist · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 6

The West Botany Street Church, Rockdale Cir­cuit, was built 50 years ago on land 55 by 200 feet, donated by Mr. Fooks. The church is situated almost midway between…

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New Books Church and Sacraments

The Methodist · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 9

Dr. A. W. Harrison has republished, by consent of the publishers, his essay on "Methodism in the Modern World" on "The Church," and added to another on "Sacraments," to form the volume…

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Churches in Art. The Charm of Interiors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 13

Mediaeval illuminators and artists of the early schools of painting utilised churches, castles palaces or simple homes, merely as backgrounds for figures or as accessories to…

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PITT-STREET Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 12

The one hundred and third anniversary of this church to-day recalls how it has ministered in the heart of the city during its years. It is the Mother Church of the denomination…

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The Churches. New Minister for Scots. the Rev. Duncan Blair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 11

The Rev. Duncan Blair, M.C., B.D., who begins a six months' ministry in Scots Church on June 7, is another of the eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland, who have carried…

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Sanctions. British Policy. Abandonment Mooted. Mr. Churchill May Swing Government. London, May 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 17

The "Manchester Guardian" understands that Mr. Winston Churchill, in a speech before the Conservative Party's Foreign Affairs Committee, favoured…

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Churchill Not To Blame For Gallipoli

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 12

WAS Winston Churchill to blame for the tragedy of Gallipoli? In a new study of the Dardanelles campaign, Mr. John North defends Churchhill from the charge of incompetence made by Dr. C. E. W. Bean in his official history of…

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New £2000 Church at Sutherland Methodist Edifice at Rockdale Dedicated

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1936 · page 3

Mr. H. G. Walker laid the foundation-stone yesterday of a new brick church which is being built at Sutherland, at a cost of £2000, to replace…

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New Church with Car Park Security for Baptist Worshippers

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1936 · page 13

The new Central Baptist Church, to he erected in George-street, will be Australia's first City house of worship with a special parking area for the congregation's cars…

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First Wedding In Tiniest Family Church MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1936 · page 3

THE smallest church in Australia, the little wooden Methodist Church at Chum Creek, near Healesville, had its first…

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Big Catholic Procession

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 7

Four thousand past and present pupils of the Christian Brothers participated in the annual May procession in the Waverley College grounds…

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Savage Natives Came to Mission Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 May 1936 · page 3

"At a recent conference of Papuan leaders and helpers of mission work, at Milne Bay, seven chiefs from the district of Dorldai[?] attended for the first time. Each one of them…

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