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Churches, 1940

3,533 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 177

From the Pulpit. Seven-fold Gifts of Early Church. Whit Sunday Observed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 8

Bishop Pilcher, preaching at St. Andrew's Cathedral, yesterday morning, said that now the terrible storm had broken over the world, it was well to…

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Church Services

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

Many Boy Scouts and Girl Guides attended services in their own churches yesterday"Scout Sunday"—the opening of Scout Week throughout Australia…

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The Churches. Pilgrimage to Bar Island. St. John's Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 5

Archbishop Mowll led a pilgrimage of about 200 people lo the church ruins on Bar Island, Hawkesbury River, on Saturday, and unveiled a tablet…

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Britain's New War Cabinet. Labour Leaders Join Mr. Churchill. New Defence Heads. Mr. Chamberlain Included. British Official Wireless and A.A.P. LONDON, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 9

A National Government, composed of representatives of the three principal parties in the House of Commons, is being formed by the new Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill. Mr. Churchill already has announced the personnel of the…

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Fourth Labor Minister Churchill Ministry LONDON

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 2

Notable changes in the latest list of Government portfolios are the appointment of a new Chancellor of the Exchequer and the return of Mr. A. Duff Cooper, who…

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Mother-- World's Driving Force the Churches

Daily News · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 4

"THE majority of us rejoice in the possession or the memory of a mother, whose love and devotion and high example have become one of the greatest driving forces in our lives, and one of the richest stores of inspiration of the best within us."…

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Churchill's Team in British War Cabinet Churchill Was Soldier In France After Dardanelles

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 4

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 66, Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, has been soldier, water-color painter, journalist, historian, bricklayer (is a…

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Halifax Is Daily Churchgoer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 4

Viscount Edward Frederick Lindley Wood Halifax, Foreign Minister, is Churchill's right-hand man in the War Cabinet…

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Pilgrimage To Ruin Of Island Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 7

More than 200 people made a pilgrimage on Saturday to St. John's Church ruins on Bar Island, in the Hawkesbury River…

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Churchill Must Make Real Use Of The Empire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 6

MR. CHURCHILL'S re-making of the British Cabinet is under way. Already he has formed his…

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New Hostess at No. 10 Downing Street Mrs. Winston Churchill Is Tall and Gracious

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 4

IN her home, within the sound of the chimes from Big Ben and the ringing of…

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Commons Cheer Churchill. New Cabinet Supported. "Our Aim Is Victory." More Ministers Appointed. LONDON, May 13. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 9

Tremendous cheers greeted Mr. Churchill when he made his first appearance as Prime Minister in the House of Commons to-day. The House carried by 381 votes to none a motion moved…

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Letters. Mr. Churchill and the Dardanelles. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 4

Sir,—Nothing in the amazing career of Mr. Churchill has been so misunderstood as the failure of the naval plan to force the passage of the Dardanelles. That failure was mainly…

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Ordeal Ahead, Churchill Warns Nation London, Monday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

"WE have nothing to offer but blood and toil, tears and sweat," said the new Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, in an address this afternoon to the House of Commons…

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Churchill Chooses Seven More National Ministers Chamberlain Govt. Critics In Cabinet LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 4

The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) yesterday announced seven more appointments to his new National Government. Among them are two bitter…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Church in Germany. New Moderator's Address

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 8

"The capture of the soul of Germany by its governing classes, and the consequent lowering of its standards, have turned the country's Government into…

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Home Mission Festival. Welcome to Bishop Hilliard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 8

Bishop Hilliard, who recently resigned the Sec of Nelson, New Zealand, received an enthusiastic "welcome home" at the annual festival of the Diocesan Home Mission Society at…

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Christian Science Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 6

Adam and Fallen Man was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: "That which…

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Merrylands Tennis Aids Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 6

To aid the funds of St. Ann's Church, Merrylands, a successful tennis afternoon was organised by Mrs. B. Larkin at Skylarks Court, last week…

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Church Social at Castle Hill

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 7

Over 200 attended, a tea evening in St. Paul's Parish Hall, Castle Hill, an May 17. Thoroughly enjoyed was a…

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