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Churches, 1947

2,274 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 114

Good Friday in Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 4

All religious denominations have arranged special services to be held to-morrow (Good Friday). Lenders of the Protestant Churches,…

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Church Caretaker Victim of Sadist

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 21

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- John Frank (58), church caretaker, was pound murdered in the basement of |h church in St. Joseph, Missouri…

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Christian Science Churches

The Biz · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 2

"Reality" was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. The golden text was: Thou, Lord, shalt…

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City Mission

The Observer · Friday 4 April 1947 · page 4

On the 22nd February a social afternoon was held at the Sydney City Mission Home in Oaks Street, South Cronulla, with the object of raising…

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Letters to the Editor Help for British Churches Repairing War Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1947 · page 2

Sir,—The first-hand information the Agent-General for Queensland, Mr. L. H. Pike, has brought back to Australia, supported as it is by private letters from…

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Communists’ Lead to Churches

Tribune · Friday 4 April 1947 · page 7

Speaking at a recent Methodist Conference in Adelaide, the incoming President of Conference, the Rev. A. D. McCutcheon, sounded a new note for the churches' attitude to the workers. “IT must not be said,” he declared “that the most devoted Labor…

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Burwood Methodist Ladies' College Fire

The Methodist · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 5

The most extensive and disastrous fire that has occurred in any of our Church properties broke out in the centre block of the Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood, in the early morning of Friday,…

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Mission Board Appointments Statement by the General Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 5

It is a matter of gratification to the Board that ministers, nursing sisters and laymen have responded to the call to fill the vacant posts on the Mission Field…

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The Mission Board Takes Note of the Rocket-Bomb Experiments

The Methodist · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 5

The following extracts from the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Overseas Missions' Board have been sent to us for publication. The General Secretary reported that the Board…

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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Launch Sets Out From Mission to Investigate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber, sighted by a Catalina search plane near Sydney Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, apparently struck the sea with terrific force…

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Faint Hope for Grew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Launch Sets Out From Mission to Investigate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber, sighted by a Catalina search plane near Sydney Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, apparently struck the sea with terrific force…

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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Launch Sets Out From Mission to Investigate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber, sighted by a Catalina search plane near Sydney Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, apparently struck the sea with terrific force…

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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Launch Sets Out From Mission to Investigate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber, sighted by a Catalina search plane near Sydney Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, apparently struck the sea with terrific force…

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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Launch Sets Out From Mission to Investigate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber, sighted by a Catalina search plane near Sydney Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, apparently struck the sea with terrific force…

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Circuit News Silver Jubilee Queanbeyan Ladies' Church Aid Society

The Methodist · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 12

On 19th January, 1922, the Rev. H. E. Cosier inaugurated the L.C.A. Society. During the following twenty-five years it has rendered…

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14,000 Attend Church Services

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 7

About 14,000 people attended religious services in Sydney yesterday, some of them kneeling and praying in the rain. The president of the Council of Churches (the Rev…

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Royal Family at Church

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday.--Their Majesties and the two Princesses attended divine service at St. Alban's Cathedral yesterday morning…

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Royal Family at Church

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 6

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday.--Their Majesties and the two Princesses attended divine service at St. Alban's Cathedral yesterday morning…

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Polish Attack on Catholic Church

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 56

LONDON, Saturday.—Authoritative sources report that the Polish Government is planning an early attack on the Catholic Church in…

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The church's sin was making gin

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 2

Dutch customs men found a distillery producing 150 pints of gin a day in an Amsterdam church…

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