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Churches, 1948

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Big crowd at Catholic display

The Sun · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

Grandstands around the parade ring at the Showground were packed to capacity today when 20,000 school…

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MAITLAND Big Crowds At Mission In Pro-Cathedral

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 6

A mission preached in St. John's Pro-Cathedral, West Maitland, for the previous fortnight by the Very Rev. Father M. Hannigan. C.SS.R…

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Douglas Hyde, former British Communist, joins the Catholic Church and tells: Why Communists Make The Worker Suffer

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

THE disruptive activities of Communist parties all over the world, the long drawn-out strikes in Australia, the attempt to slow down production in Britain, the inspired unrest in France and Italy, all form part of an international Communist plot…

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Catholic Education—No. 6 The story of the Bathurst Diocese

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 2

IN 1838 Fathers O'Reilly and Slattery, who had arrived from Ireland that year, were put in charge of the church…

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A Page For Catholic Schools More About "Julius Caesar" L.C. Honors Exercise

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 2

ALL of Shakespeare's tragedies follow a pattern that is readily discernible. Such a pattern can be divided…

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St. Stephen's Church Vestry Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 6

About 40 parishioners attended the annual Vestry Meeting of St. Stephen's Church, Penrith, which was held in the School Hall on Friday, April 16, with…

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Bluebell's Playground A Japanese Boy Brings His Friends To The Church

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 1

Dear Children,—We all like to hear unusual stories about the missions, particularly when they are about children. This is about a little Japanese boy who brings 500 of his friends…

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Churchill Becomes R.a

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--The Royal Academy today elected Mr. Winston Churchill an "honorary…

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Churchmen on Harbor

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 2

VISITING CATHOLIC Church dignitaries were taken around the Harbor today on the ketch Akina…

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Aust. Mission Visits Negroes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

TOKIO, Thursday.--Major-General C. E. M. Lloyd and Mr, Massey Stanley, members of the special committee…

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Jap Trade Mission Leaves for India

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.-- New Delhi Radio reports that the first Japanese trade delegation since the war has left Tokio for…

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60,000 See Display Roman Catholic Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 4

A crowd estimated at 60,000 attended a spectacular Roman Catholic display at the Showground yesterday. It was…

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Church Move on Liquor

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE,, Friday. -- Approval, of the principle of nationalisation of the liquor trade will be. recommended…

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Church Organs Denounce Palestine Policy Creech Jones Criticised

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

Outspoken criticism of the British Government's Palestine policy is voiced editorially in the two main organs of the Church of England, “The Record” and the “British Weekly.” “The Record,” in its issue of…

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Centenary Of City Church Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

St. Philip's Church, York St., City, which is on the site of the first church built in Australia, will celebrate its centenary next week, simultaneously with the celebration of the sesquicentenary of the…

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Churchill Paints Way To New Fame

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.-- Most popular paintings at the Royal Academy's new exhibition-- or at least those attracting most attention-- are three by Mr. Winston Churchill. A S Mr. Churchill has been…

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Centenary Of City Church Tomorrow

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 6

St. Philip's Church, York St., City, which is on the site of the first church built in Australia, will celebrate its centenary next week, simultaneously with the celebration of the sesquicentenary of the…

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CHURCHES Home Mission Festival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 5

The Deputy Premier, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, will speak at a public meeting in the Town Hall on Monday at 7.45 p.m. to mark…

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High Tide's Mission To Be Decided In Pre-race Talk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 10

What race High Tide shall contest—Rosehill Handicap or Welter Handicap—at Rosehill to-day will not be decided until the trainer, E. J. Fellows, and the owner, Mr. W. H. Tyler, confer this morning. "Mr. Tyler has been in…

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Notes and Comments Can Anything Be Done To Improve the Attendance of Children at the Ordinary Services of the Church?

The Methodist · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 3

Anyone who conducts or attends services regularly in our Churches must be impressed by the fact that the attendance of children at Divine Worship is, in the main, disquietingly small. On…

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