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Churches, 1940

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Dundas Methodist Church

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 5

Among our Methodist Churches that command interest on account of age and historical association, is the old stone church at Dundas in the Eastwood Circuit. There was a chapel here one…

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"The Cinema Church"

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 7

The Cinema Church at Bourke Street continues to exercise a helpful ministry in well-attended services. "The Common Round," an excellent talkie film, will be…

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The Churches. First Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 12

The first Christian Service in Australia will be commemorated in the Domain on Sunday, February 4, at 3 p.m…

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The Church in Action. Honest Thinking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 12

At a time when the Church, as the witness for God, is being persecuted and "liquidated" in many lands, and, more widely still, is being ignored as…

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Mr. Churchill to Speak. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 18

A speech by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, will be broadcast by the B.B.C. at 2.30 p.m. G.M.T. tomorrow (12.30 a.m. on Sunday, Sydney time)…

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Church Anniversary Day Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 11

The customary Presbyterian observance at Ebenezer Church (the oldest in Australia) will be held on Monday (Anniversary Day holiday). A service will be followed by…

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Churchill At The Front

Daily News · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 3

First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, is shown smiling during a visit this month to army headquarters in France. -- British official photograph, by air mail…

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Women's News Quiet Afternoon Wedding Married At Randwick Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 9

Because the bridegroom, who is in the Militia, expects to be called up for camp shortly, Mr. Pat Julius and Miss Daphne…

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Catholic Insurance Co

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1940 · page 29

THE Australasian Catholic Assurance Co. dates back to 1921. It was formed by Mr. E. J. Mooney, now managing director,…

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WHISPERINGS! War "Go-Slows" Seek Churchill's Gore Neutrals' Insincerity London

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1940 · page 18

MR. CHURCHILL has now become the victim of a whispering campaign at which I hinted in a previous message. Certain politicians are rushing to emphasise that his outspoken warning to neutrals was "entirely…

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Bridegroom Injured On Way To Church

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1940 · page 1

En route to a church to be married yesterday, Colin Stevenson, 25, of 22 Camperdown-road, was taken instead to hospital, after he had been…

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Brides Late at Church: Vanity Usually Blamed

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1940 · page 2

SOME Sydney ministers will not hesitate to penalise brides who arrive so late for their weddings as to…

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Britain Will Carry on Churchill Talks of Rationing London

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1940 · page 3

GREAT BRITAIN entered the war with Germany as one great body prepared to carry through the struggle…

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Church Defends Reds' Free Speech

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1940 · page 6

An article in the Church Standard, Anglo-Catholic weekly newspaper, says Communists should have the right to free speech, even though they profess a disbelief in God…

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Catholic Aid for the Poles

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 7

Appalled by official reports of the sufferings of the Polish people following the Nazi occupation, Catholics in New South Wales are…

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Arriving at Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

MISS ELIZABETH BELL, of Ascot, Busbane, arriving at All Saints' Church, Woollahra with her brother-in-law, LIEUTENANT ALISTAIR…

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Berala Church School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 6

The foundation-stone of a church school at Berala was laid yesterday morning by Archbishop Gilroy The Rev. C. Donovan, who has charge of…

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Bridegroom Struck by Lorry. Taken to Hospital. Crowd Waits at Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 5

Colin Stevenson, 25, of Parramatta Road, Camperdown, was about to step into a car to be driven to St. Joseph's Church, Camperdown, where he was to be married on…

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Oppression by Nazis. Mr. Churchill's Survey. Poles and Czechs. (British Offirial Wireless) LONDON, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 8

An important part of the speech at Manchester yesterday of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill, was devoted to an exposure of the cruel…

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Test of War. Strength of Nazi Germany. Mr. Churchill's Speech. (British Official Wireless and a A.p.) London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 7

"I cannot rid my mind of the feeling that the Imperial Germany of 1914 was a stronger community than the Nazi Germany," declared the First Lord of…

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