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Churches, 1940

3,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 177

The Mission Of Mr. Perlzweig

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 5

An article appearing in a Jewish Melbourne contemporary dated March 28th. 1940, under the above title, criticises in unmistakeable language the Jewish…

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Summary. Oversea News. Churchill's Role

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

Changes announced in the personnel of the British Cabinet are regarded as having placed the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, in a stronger position to…

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Bigger War Role for Mr. Churchill. Cabinet Changes in Britain. Planning General Conduct of Campaign. Hint of Chamberlain's Successor. From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 9

Changes in the personnel of the British Cabinet which were announced yesterday evening are regarded as having placed Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in a much stronger position in influencing Britain's war effort…

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Mr. Churchill And a Livelier War

The Sun · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

OUT of a profound dissatisfaction in Britain with the progress of the war, and the lack of energy with which the…

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British War Reins Now in Churchill's Grasp Many Demanded More Compact War Cabinet P.M. Criticised London, Thursday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 3

THE outstanding features of Mr. Chamberlain's reorganisation of his Cabinet are the new and wider powers conferred upon the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, and the…

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Churchill Now "War Lord"; Expected To Intensify Fight Heads Council of Ministers for Fighting Services London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

Appointment of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) as head of a committee to direct British war policy is generally expected to mean…

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A Step Up For Fighting Churchill Changes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 6

THE most important change in the British Cabinet is Mr. Churchill's promotion…

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Loss at Dominoes Meant Church Pew

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 5

LONDON, March 20.--A party of men--patrons of the Royal Oak Hotel, Sticker Lane, Bradford--filled a pew in St. Mary's Church recently…

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Riverina Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 12

Fro some years the Riverina Mission has been operating in the West Riverina District with agents stationed at Lake Cargelligo and Ungarie. Much closer settlement has taken place in the…

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Federal Inland Mission Inland Synod

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 6

In 1937 there commenced a very helpful practice of holding an unofficial Synod in the Inland for members of the staff of the Federal Inland Mission. The first function of this kind…

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New Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 19

Members of the New South Wales Hierarchy will take a prominent part in the consecration of the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, the Most Rev. Dr. Matthew…

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German Mission to Japan Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--A spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office has announced that the German Ambassador in Tokio had informed the Japanese…

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The Pastoral Address of the Conference of 1940 To the Members and Adherents of the Methodist Church in New South Wales

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 1

DEAR BRETHREN—Assembled in our Annual Conference we send to you fraternal greetings in the name of Him Who is the Head of the Church. "Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord…

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Methodist Laymen Mr. G. Ross Thomas, C.M.G., B.A.

The Methodist · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 4

After 49 years of service in the Department of Education, and having reached the retiring age, Mr. G. Ross Thomas vacated a few days ago the office of Under-Secretary and Director of…

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Churchill's Victory

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 2

The most important feature of the changes in the British Cabinet announced last Wednesday night, is the ascendancy of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, to virtual supreme command of Britain's war defences…

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The Churches. War-time Prayers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 12

A request to the clergy of the Diocese of Sydney to take part in daily prayers for peace is being issued by the Archbishop of Sydney…

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Aldermen at Church. Civic Service To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 10

At a civic service to be conducted in St. Andrew's Cathedral to-morrow, at 11 a.m., the Lord Mayor and Town Clerk, wearing their robes, and city and suburban mayors and…

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Britain with Finger on the Trigger And Winston Churchill Is Now Master Gunner Apathy Ends, the War Is on London

Truth · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 1

BRITAIN declared war in a more real sense against Germany on Wednesday night when at last M. Reynaud, Premier of France, succeeded in…

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It Happened This Week Britain CHURCHILL

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 11

Nazi-baiting Admiralty Chief Churchill was made war director, in a British Cabinet reshuffle on…

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The Good Shepherd Mission of Christ

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 10

The Acting Administrator, the Rev. John McCooe, proaching at St. Mary's Cathedral last night, said that in calling Himself the Good Shepherd Christ declared His mission…

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