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Churches, 1939

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Supply Ministry Storm 'Country Wanted Churchill' LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 3

ALL sections welcome the creation of a Ministry of Supply, but the appointment of Dr…

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New Roman Catholic School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 7

A new Roman Catholic primary school for girls, at Bondi Beach, was opened and blessed yesterday afternoon by Archbishop Gilroy. The school cost £8,256…

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"Mr. Churchill Snubbed." "Herald" Exclusive Service. Berlin, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 12

Some newspapers in Berlin are jubilant that Mr. Churchill has not been appointed to the new Ministry of Supply. The "National Zeitung," of Essen, which…

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"Head of the River." Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Convincing Victory in Eights. Sydney High School Wins Both Fours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 15

For the third successive year Sydney Church of England Grammar School won the Great Public Schools' championship eights on the Nepean River on Saturday, in a race which provided a tense struggle over a mile and a quarter of the course, but…

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Anzac Messages From Church Leaders

Daily News · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 4

GERMANY and Italy are glorifying the war spirit in a revival of a ferocious nationalism. The rector, the Rev. W. F. Pyke, said this at the Anzac…

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Annual Methodist Cruise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 12

The McIlwraith, McEacharn passenger liner Katoomba, carrying Methodist Church members from Melbourne and Sydney on a cruise to Samarai and Rabaul, will leave No. 4 wharf, Darling…

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Methodist Church Members Katoomba Cruise To Cairns, Samarai and Rabaul

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

Messrs. Mcllwraith, McEacharn, Ltd., advise that the t.s.s. Katoomba, taking a number of Methodist Church members on a cruise to Brisbane,…

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Cables From the Daily News Special Correspondents Hitler's Veto On Churchill Danzig Issue to Test Premier's Sincerity London, Monday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 3

CONSERVATIVE M.P's. are in a rage over the report that Mr. Churchill was kept out of the British Cabinet through direct pressure from Berlin. Hitler informed Mr. Chamberlain that the…

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Pilot Flies to Dying Man. Appeal From Mission Station. Plane's Short Range. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 12

Mr. Roy Edwards, a young Darwin pilot, left in his Moth plane this afternoon for Yirkalla Methodist Mission station on the east coast of Arnhem…

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Denounces War And Nazism Mustn't Dishonor the Dead, Say Churches

Daily News · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 8

"WE have not discharged our duty to the Anzacs by building memorials of stone and carpeting them with floral tributes. "We dishonor the dead unless we make the British…

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Guildford Presbyterian Church

The Biz · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 10
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The services last Sunday were well attended, both morning and evening. In the morning, the scripture lesson was read from the Gospel according to St…

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Glimpses Of Catholic Mission Life— New Guinea Snapshots Sister Theophane, S.Sp.S., Catholic Mission, Alexis, P.O. Madang, New Guinea

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

Ilala gave me a very pleasant surprise to-day (All Saints' Day). Two girls came to ask if I were coming to school to-morrow. When they received a…

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Mount Druitt Methodist Church

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

A successful social afternoon was held in the Mt. Druitt Hall or. Tuesday, 18th inst., under the auspices of the Ladles' Church Ald. Fine weather…

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Methodist Concert

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 4

A concert, organised by Mrs Honey, in aid of the Church funds, will be held in the Methodist Hall this Thursday, 27th inst., at 8 p.m…

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Anzac Memorial Service Held at Presbyterian Church

The Broadcaster · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 2
Also in The Biz

The annual Anzac memorial service held at the above church on Sunday last was largely attended by members of the local sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A…

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Catholic Ball, 1939

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 26

His Grace Archbishop Gilroy has announced his intention of being present at the Catholic Ball to be held in Mark Foy's Empress Rooms on Wednesday, 14th…

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Amongst Our Catholic People

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 18

General regret has been expressed at the recent death of Sister Mary of St. Fidelis Reid, of the Abbotsford Convent (Melbourne), who died on Easter Sunday…

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Around The Catholic World Latest Notes and News. Passing of Pius Xi. Deeply Felt in Mission Countries

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 8

Rome.—-Shortly after beginning his Pontificate, Pius XI. had declared he wished to be a "missionary Pope," and, as a matter of fact, he was such to an…

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