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Churches, 1938

4,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 209

Scots Church Preacher. Rev. R. G. McConnochie Appointed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 15

The Rev. R. G. McConnochie, M.A., of West Parish Church, Airdrie, Scotland, has been apointed to succeed the Rev. A. Wylie Blue as special preacher at Scots Church, Church…

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Lord Gowrie. Member of Church of England Men's Society. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 12

The Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, joined the Church of England Men's Society in Canberra a few days before he left for England…

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New Church for Canberra

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 8

The foundation stone of the new Catholic Church at Canberra will be blessed by Archbishop Gilroy, of Sydney, on Sunday, May 8…

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Church Grounds Flooded. Water Rushes Through From Lane

The St George Call · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

Hurstville Congregational Church drew Kogarah Council's attention oh Wednesday night to the condition of the lane at the rear of the church premises in…

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Methodist Laymen Mr. Oliver G. Parnham

The Methodist · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 6

Mr. O. G. Parnham, senior circuit steward, local preacher, trustee, and Sunday school superintendent at Crow's Nest, having transferred his business interests to Bathurst, was on 19th inst…

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Death of Mr. C. R. WALSH. Former Prothonotary. Leading Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 17

Mr. Charles Richard Walsh, former Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, and for three years Registrar of the Sydney Diocese of the Church of…

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Burrinjuck Dam. New Safety Plan. Bigger Outlets. Mission to London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 11

Mr. A. J. Gibson, of the engineering firm of Julius, Poole and Gibson, and Mr. Brewster, chief engineer of the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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An Open Letter Inserted by the courtesy of the Editor of "The Methodist."—C.J.P.)

The Methodist · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 6

To the Members of the General Conference, 1938. Fathers and Brethren,—Not the least important question you will be called to deal with at your next Conference is that of the proposed union of…

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The Churches. New Ministry at Cheltenham. Rev. F. F. Wheaton's Appointment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 20

The Rev. F. F. Whealon has resigned from Brown Street Congregational Church, Newcastle, after a very successful pastorate, which began in…

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Head of the River. Close Contest Expected. To-day's Great Race at Penrith Sydney Church of England Grammar School's Winning Chance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 15

The history of the Great Public Schools' championship eight-oar race which will be rowed on the Nepean River to-day, shows that over A number of years the event mostly has been won by the smallest of margins, and on the form of the crews at present in training to-day's…

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Church Notes Ministers To Help Chapel For Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 18

Directors of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital have decided to erect a new chapel. An appeal for funds will be launched…

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WHAT The WORLD Owes The CHURCH The VOICE of The Church Non-christian Peoples

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1938 · page 18

IT is customary to divide the race, in the matter of religion, into primitives, Hindus, Buddhists, and Moslems, though…

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4000th Member In Church Body

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1938 · page 9

Next Wednesday night, at St. Barnabas's Church, Broadway, Archbishop Mowll will preside at the signing-up of the 4000th member of the…

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Mother of Mankind. Catholic Devotion Explained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 12

The Rev. John McCooe, at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday, said that Catholics paid the worship of adoration to God and to Him alone. The honour given to the saints…

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Mission Work in the Inland. Pioneers' Courage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 11

The work of the Australian Inland Mission, which this year celebrates its silver jubilee, was described in St. Stephen's Church last evening by the…

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Night Refuge Roman Catholic Project. Dr. Gilroy's Announcement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 13

The establishment in Sydney of a Night Refuge for men, under the auspices of the Catholic Church, was announced yesterday afternoon by…

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"Churches Making Profit on Unrated Land"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2

Although they were making a profit on their land, several church properties, in the shire had for years been exempt from the payment of rates, said…

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The Churches. Pitt Street Congregational. 105th ANNIVERSARY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 11

On May 2, 1833, the church now known as the Pitt Street Congregational Church came into being through the efforts of twelve men and women, eleven of them old…

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"Head of the River." Greatest N.S.W. School Race. Winning Margin Three Feet Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Tense Struggle With Sydney High School. By Our Rowing, Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 17

Sydney Church of England Grammar School won the Great Public Schools' championrhip eights on the Nepean River on Saturday, in the I greatest school race rowed in New South Wales. The race was the greatest because the eight crews competing have…

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From the Pulpit. "Church Left Standing." Trying But Inspiring Days

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 12

"The present generation has the distinction of having lived in the most remarkable time in the history of the world," said the Rev. D. F. Brandt, preaching at the…

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