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Churches, 1942

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Churchill's House of Commons vote triumph seen as "mere formality"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--Although Churchill won a vote of confidence almost unanimously from the House of Commons, it is safe to say that now, two days later, with the Japs at the gates of Singapore and Rommel in Benghazi, there is no more confidence in the…

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Australasian Catholic Assurance

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 7

Australasian Catholic Assurance Co., Ltd., reports £200,057 surplus for the year ended June 30 last, compared with £164,532 in the previous…

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"Sportsman's" Spotlight on Melbourne Australian Cup Skipton's Early Mission

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—You don't often find the Derby and Melbourne Cup winner running in the Australian Cup, but if all goes well with him meantime, Skipton, who won those two races in the Spring, will take his…

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Vandals Damage Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 7

Vandals forced an entry into Canterbury Methodist Church and Sunday School on Friday and caused extensive damage…

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Will Leave Church in Hansom

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 6

RETURN of the hansom cab as a wedding carriage will be seen in Sydney when Miss Helen Campbell…

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Churchill Gives 10 Cigars to Aid Soviet

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 7

LONDON.--A box of 10 cigars, of a kind which Mr. Churchill smokes only "once in a, blue moon," were presented by him to aid Russia…

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Death Was Sequel to Bag-snatching Auburn Church Worker

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

Falling from a tram after a boy had snatched her handbag, Miss Florence Page (47), of Hall-street, Auburn, died in St…

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Christian Science Churches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 4

Love was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: We have…

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The Churchill Vote in the Commons

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

THE House of Commons last Thursday passed a vote of confidence in the…

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Aliens and Church Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 11

"The authorities have not directed that enemy aliens shall be refused permission to attend religious services, and have no intention of refusing…

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London's Uneasiness on Churchill's Delay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Political circles are becoming uneasy about the non-appointment of a Production Minister with over-riding powers. In opening the war debate in…

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Nazi Politics In Church Denounced

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- According to New York Radio, the Protestant Bishop of Stuttgart (Dr. Wurn) denounced the Nazis from…

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Presbyterian Church

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 5

Services for next Sunday, February 8. are: Rupertswood 11, St. Marys 4, Mt. Druitt 8. Rev. A. J. Barrett, minister…

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Penrith Presbyterian Church a Pleasant Surprise

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 1

On Sunday morning at Penrith Presbyterian Church, when the congregation had assembled, and just before the comencement of divine worship,…

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Glimpses of Catholic Mission Life— of Princely Blood The Sweeper Caste of India

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

There is an Indian caste the members of which are addressed by the high titles of Prince and Princess. And yet theirs is one of the lowest, most depressed…

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City Mission Seeks Home

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 6

Compelled to vacate its Convalescent Home for Boys at Springwood, the Sydney City Mission is appealing for the…

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Amongst Our Catholic People

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 6

Rev. Brother McSweeney, who has been Superior at Chrstian Brothers' College, Victoria-parade, Melbourne, has been transferred to the Christian…

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Catholic News. St Mary's Cathedral

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 14

Masses will be celebrated next Sunday in St. Marx's Cathedral at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and Solemn High Mass at 11 o'clock, at which Rev. Father Michael Cronin…

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Catholic Youth Movement, Waverley. Commencement, Tuesday Week

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 7

The official opening of the Waverley Catholic Youth. Movement for its 1942 sessions will take place in St. Charles's Hall, on Tuesday evening, 17th inst., at 8.15 o'clock…

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Catholic Scouts' Dance at St. John's Park

The Biz · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 5

A wonderful [?] was "put in" at the Cabra-Vale Catholic Scouts' dance, held at St. John's Park School of Arts on Saturday last. The hall was packed to…

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