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Churches, 1939

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A Mission Which Means Millions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

THE British Air Mission to Australia, members of which were entertained at a State luncheon yesterday, is…

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British Air Mission. State Luncheon N.S.W. Not to be Overlooked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 13

Fears expressed by Mr. C. Talinock, M.L.C., secretary of the Ironworkers' Union, that aircraft assembly plants might be established in Melbourne and…

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Air Mission's Assurance Won't Leave N.S.W. Out of Plane Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 5

New South Wales will not be left out of the British Air Mission's plan for the mass production aircraft in Australia. Sir Hardman Lever, chairman of the Mission, gave this…

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Church Union

The Methodist · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 16

At its sessions held in Adelaide last June, the General Conference of our Church resolved "that negotiations be continued for union with the Congregational Church, and that the central…

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Church Apathy

The Methodist · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 15

The Church must more fully realise that the Church was ordained of God for spiritual ends. It would appear that finances are demanding…

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The Church as Organized

The Methodist · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 11

THE year 1939 is the bi-centenary of Methodism as an organisation. The results of the preaching of the Wesleys and their associates…

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The Churches. Moderator-general. "Flynn of the Inland."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

The Rev. John Flynn, O.B.E., founder of the Australian Inland Mission, is to succeed the Rt. Rev. Dr. John Mackenzie as Moderator-General of the…

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Broadcasts by Churches. Reply to Complaints

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 12

The general manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Mr. C. J. A. Moses, said yesterday that an examination of the broadcasts of church…

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Churches Protest to A.b.c

Daily News · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Allegations of unfairness in the distribution of broadcast church services were denied this afternoon by Mr. Moses, general manager…

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A.B.C. Defies Churchmen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 5

"The A .B.C. will relay church services from Sydney if Newcastle churches refuse to broadcast." This statement was made yesterday by…

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City Mission Appeal

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1939 · page 22

At a meeting to be held in the vestibule of the Sydney Town Hall to-morrow at 4 p.m., an appeal will be made for funds for the Sydney…

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Large Attendance At Wahroonga Church Fete Yesterday

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1939 · page 38

MANY well-known people were present at the fete held yesterday at the home of Professor and Mrs. J. C…

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Christening At Family Church

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1939 · page 44

A CHRISTENING robe of hand-embroidered voile, made by the baby's god-mother, Miss Ailsa McDonald Sutherland, was worn by…

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Reqieum Mass for Parish Priest

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 7

Preceded by a Requiem Mass at St. Aidan's Church, Maroubra, the funeral of the Parish Priest, the Rev. Father Francis Fitzpatrick took…

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Sun-dial Unveiled First Methodist Church at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 7

A sun-dial, which marks the site of the first Methodist Church at North Sydney was unveiled yesterday afternoon by the Rev. W. H. Jones,…

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£1,000,000 Plane Factories Sydney's Site Chullora? Air Mission's Plan For Cabinet

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 3

It is expected that the British Air Mission, whose report will be forwarded to the Federal Government on Wednesday, will recommend the erection of two…

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Garden Fete to Aid Church Funds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 4

Professor and Mrs. J. C. W. Windeyer lent their home Morong Wahroonga, for a galden fete, which was held on Saturday afternoon in aid of St. Andrew's Church,…

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Church and World. Ethic for Civilisation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 10

The Rev. A. J. A. Fraser, at St. Thomas's Church, North Sydney, yesterday, said that the question of the relationship of the Church to the world wes age-old. It was generally…

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In the Churches. Australia's New Era Dawns Christians' Duty to Strive for Democracy

Daily News · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 5

"FROM the turbulence of the convict pit from which we were dug, and from the Anglo-saxon rock of pioneering genius from which we were hewn, we have completed the first great…

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Sundial to Mark Old Church Site

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 8

A memorial on the site of the first Methodist Church on the North Shore was unveiled yesterday. The site is the corner of Blue Street…

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