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Churches, 1937

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Catholic Tennis Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 6

In the Catholic tennis carnival, New South Wales men and women defeated Queensland. Victorian men won against South Australia, but…

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Methodist Order of Knights. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 9

The first round of the interstate cricket and tennis matches in connection with the Australasian Conference of the Methodist Order of Knights, for the Centenary Cup. presented by Mr. lledley…

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Catholic Sympathiser Writes To Us Condemns Division of Workers Join Religions Lines

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4

The following letter from a Roman Catholic fellow-worker contains a pointed and Just criticism of the behavior of a Party…

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Messages for 1937. Church Leaders Hopes for Spiritual Revival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 6

Leaders of the various religious denominations yesterday issued the following New Year messages:- SERVICE TO MANKIND…

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Churches Greet New Year Midnight Messages Put Confidence In 1937: "No Room For Mr. Gloom"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

THOUSANDS of people attended the New Year midnight services in the various churches in the city and suburbs. Australia never was, and, I hope, never will be, a…

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The Methodist Inland Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 11

It was on the Arltunga goldfields, 80 miles from Alice Springs, that I first met the Rev. and Mrs. Griffiths. They arrived one Saturday afternoon while we were away from the camp. They…

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Educational Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--The Under-Secretary for the Colonies (Earl de la War) has left at the head of an educational mission in connection with…

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New Year Services. Roman Catholic Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

The feast of the Circumcision was observed as a Holy Day in all Roman Catholic Churches in the city and suburbs yesterday. Large congregations attended every church. At St…

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Home Mission Returns

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 10

The Home Mission printed report for the year ended 30th September, 1936, is going through the press, and will be available for distribution early in the new year. An analysis has been made of…

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Church Union (Methodist—congregational) Proposed Statement of Faith

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 11

As misunderstanding seems to have arisen regarding the simple Statement of Faith in the proposed basis of union, we have been, asked by the Committee to make explicit what is set forth…

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Presbyterian Fellowship. Membership Campaign Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Presbyterian Fellowship Union of New South Wales was held yesterday at the Thornleigh camp. It was reported that there were 177 branches…

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Methodist Order Conference. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

The interstate conference of the Methodist Order of Knights was continued at the Arch[?]-street (North Adelaide) Methodist Church last night, when more than 400 delegates attended,…

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Educational Mission to Africa London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 5

THE Earl De La Warr, UnderSecretary for the Colonies, left Victoria yesterday for East Africa on an educational mission in connection…

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Our Letter Box Union of the Methodist and Congregational Churches. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 13

Sir,—I must affirm, even at the risk of repetition, that the most important matter in the union proposals is the question of a statement…

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Methodist Order of Knights. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 16

The interstate cricket and tennis contests for the Centenary Cup presented by Mr. Hedley Beer to the Methodist Order of Knights conducted to-day with South Australia being declared the…

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Another Aircraft Factory for Australia? Cobham's Next Big Mission Two Planes In One

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

WHILE the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Australia's most impressive aeronautical entity in years,…

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The Churches and World Peace

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

Steps have been taken towards the establishment of a United Church Movement in the interests of world peace, and a meeting called for that purpose was recently held at St. James' Parish…

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The Church—1937

The Methodist · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 1

THE QUESTION OF CHURCH UNION, always more or less in the mind of the different sections of the One Church, comes up for fresh and definite attention as a New Year opens. Big things have a…

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Church Workers Honoured. Bangalow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

The Church of England parishioners of Bangalow and district made presentations to Mrs. R. V. Rigby, wife of the vicar, for her work as church organist, Sunday school…

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