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Churches, 1937

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Far East Mission London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

QUESTION in the House of Commons about the visit of Sir F. Leith Ross to Tokio last year as financial Adviser, the…

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The Churches. Mission Work in New Guinea. Rev. James Benson Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 10

The Rev. James Benson, Th.L., who left recently for Papua to serve with the Anglican Mission, was bom in Leeds, England, in 1888. He came to Australia in 1010 as a member of…

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Modern Methodist Church Architecture and Ritualistic Tendencies. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 15

Sir,—I desire to call back the minds of those interested in the above subject, to the vital issues at stake. So far most of the replies to…

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Our Letter Box Methodist-congregational Union. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 14

Sir,—I have no intention of entering upon the general question of Methodist-Congregational Union; but when your correspondent, "Fides," in…

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Day by Day Thursday, 14th January on a Lonely Mission Station

The Methodist · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney, at Goulburn Island Methodist Mission, Northern Australia, lay critically ill to-day, and a telegram states that our Cloncurry Mission…

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The Church and the Cinema

The Methodist · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

IN Great Britain a great deal of interest has been manifested in the use of cinema films for church purposes. Through the generosity of a British layman, over 120 Methodist Churches…

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Divorced Persons. Attitude of Church of England. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 17

The Convocation of Canterbury overwhelmingly defeated a resolution by the Bishop of St. Albans (Dr. Furse) and the BishcT of Ely (Dr. Heywood) that divorced…

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Churchill's Marlborough

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 12

It is well over three years since the first volume of Mr. Winston Churchill's monumental life of his even more distinguished ancestor, "Marlborough, His Life and Times,"…

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Church of Christ Conference

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 4

The Federal conference of the Churches of Christ, Australia, will be held in Sydney in 1938. The executive is now located in Sydney. Mr…

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Drink Ban At Dances Urged By Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 2

DRINK at dances and social functions is condemned in a Pastoral Letter, signed by the Archbishop of Sydney (Dr…

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Sydney Conference of Churches of Christ

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 3

The Federal conference of the Churches of Christ, Australia, will be held in Sydney in 1938. The executive is located in Sydney, Mr…

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Maori Church Music London

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 15

The Church of England has appointed a commission to consider the development of the musical side of Maori church services, and the…

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Tennants Creek to Have Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 11

The Right Rev. S. H. Davies, Bishop of Carpentaria, who arrived by the Merkur on Saturday on six weeks' furlough, stated that next month a church would be established at…

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The Churches. Memorial Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 11

A memorial service was held yesterday in St. Cuthbert's Church of England, Langlea, for the late rector of that church, Rev. P. J. Evans. The service was conducted by Rev…

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Sir Harry Lander Guest At Wedding On Saturday Marriage Of Wide Interest St. Canice's Church Chosen For The Ceremony Lovely Frocks

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 7

A STRIKINGLY beautiful frock of orchid mauve sheer with a sari to match was worn by Miss Eileen Doreen Alien for her marriage on…

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Church Poor Box Robbed at Lithgow. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 11

Thieves broke into St. Patrick's Church on Saturday and robbed the poor box belonging to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The box was built into the wall of the sacristy. Two…

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Wedding Array at Church Actress Plays Part For Photos

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 10

The spectacle of a bride, in wedding array, arriving at one of Sydney's most fashionable churches, with the bridegroom, and flanked on each…

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Milton Parish. New Church at Ulladulla

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 21

Residents of the district of Milton, on the South Coast, shared the joy of their esteemed pastor, Rev. Father J. E. Cannon, when, on Sunday, 10th inst., a new…

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Our Catholic Schools and Catholic Children

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 24

AT this time of the year, when the results of the public examinations come to hand, the Catholic community pays our Catholic teachers an unconscious compliment by expecting—and accepting as a matter of course—distinguished performances by Catholic pupils in these educational tests of a…

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Non-Catholic Churches Come Into Line

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 24

THE pastoral letter, signed by the Anglican Aichbiship of Sydney and the Anglican Bishops of Grafton, Riverina, Armidale, Newcastle…

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