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Churches, 1940

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Methodist Girls' Comradeship Lismore Rally

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 17

On Monday, the 12th February, in the Methodist Church, Lismore, there was a combined service attended by the members of the…

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Methodists in Conference. Mission Activity. Darwin Club Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 22

Addressing the Methodist Conference yesterday, Rev. J. W. Burton, general secretary for Overseas Missions, stated that Presbyterians and Methodists had…

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The Church in an Eventful Year Retiring Address By the President of the New South Wales Conference REV. E. E. HYNES Delivered at the Opening Session of the Conference, February 28, 1940

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 3

FATHERS AND BRETHREN,—The position of President of the Conference to which you called me last year to-night I vacate; to have occupied the position is a…

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Young People and the Church

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 5

A striking characteristic of our day is that we are compelled to recognise the young people in our communities as special groups with special needs and interests. The transition from…

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Hazelbrook: New Church Generous Layman Donates Entire Cost Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony

The Methodist · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 8

A fine warm day favoured the stone-laying ceremony of the new church at Hazelbrook on Saturday last. In addition to Methodist people of the church and circuit, there were present a…

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Junior Cricket. Western Suburbs Churches a Grade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 21

Marrickville division.—Undercliffe Baptist, 97 (J O'Sullivan 6-46) and 2-64. v Holy Trinity. Dulwich Hill A2, 23 (D. Lay 5-9); Marrickville Presbyterian, 226 (E. Bruce 5-35), v Tempe Park…

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Katanga's Mission in Doubt

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 March 1940 · page 24

Katanga, winner of the Rydalmere Mile at Rosehill yesterday, is engaged in both the Doncaster…

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Church Bodies' Outcry Russell's Big Appointment New York

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1940 · page 14

Religious organisations are protesting bitterly against the appointment of Earl Bertrand Russell, noted…

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Methodist Church. Ministerial Jubilees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

Two of the ministers attending the Methodist Conference, the Rev. Ambrose Fletcher and the Rev. Stephen Kessell, are celebrating the golden jubilee of their entrance into the…

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Roman Catholic University. Church's Ideal. Archbishop's Speech

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

Although the building of a Catholic university in Australia was still in the realm of the ideal, said Archbishop Gilroy yesterday, it would come much…

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Five Bridesmaids at Country Wedding. Ceremony at Forbes Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 4

FIVE bridesmaids attended Miss Dorothy Beatrice ("Betty") Scott-Shannon, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott-Shannon, or Happy Valley. Grenfell, for her marriage…

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The Churches. New Ministers Ordained. Service at St. Andrew's

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

A large congregation, which included the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, attended an ordination service at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Nine…

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The Churches Must Increase Population

Daily News · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 4

THE announcement that Australia's population had reached the seven-million mark might seem a pleasing one, but there was every reason to feel concerned when it was realised that it had taken 15 years to increase to that number from…

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In Churches Yesterday World's Need In Hour Of Trial To Rediscover Religion

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 7

"We are facing war, with all its drastic changes, but we must not let it get us down." The Rev. A. P. Campbell said this at Burwood Congregational…

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Methodist Attack On Tin Hares

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 2

The liquor traffic, tin hare racing, and the lack of religion in Australia were attacked at a Methodist…

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To Paris Next. Mr. Sumner Welles's Mission. Hitler's Five Points. London, March 4. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 11

The U.S. Under-Secretary of State Mr. Sumner Welles who is President Roosevelts personal enjoy in Europe and who had a talk with Hen Hitler…

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Hell-ship Altmark Aground . . . Churchill Cheers Exeter Altmark Aground

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 10

Prison-ship held fast. The Nazi "hell-ship" Altmark grounded in a Norwegian fjord after the encounter with the destroyer Cossack. More than 300 prisoners taken from British ships were taken off. GUN CLEANING Back in port. "Sunk" many times according to the German radio, H.M.S. Repulse returned to…

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Methodist Women's Rally

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 7

THE objects of the Methodist Women's Federation in bringing Methodist women together were outline by the retiring president, Mrs. E. E. Hynes. when the federation…

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Christianity and War. Methodist Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 10

"Circumstances have arisen in which Christain people are warranted in recoursing to arms rather than to submit to a humiliating, ethically shameful and politically disastrous…

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“Wirraway” Flats, Church Street, Newcastle

Construction · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 19

Consulting Architects: Jeater Rodd and Hay. Consulting Engineers: A.S. McDonald & Wagner. Builders: Orrett Bros. This striking new seven-storied block of flats, which has just been…

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