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Churches, 1950

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Churchman Plea For Money To Assist Dr. Sander

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

Manchester (New Hampshire), Monday. -- On the eve of Dr. Hermann Sander's scheduled appearance in the witness box, a village pastor Bast night appealed for money to assist Sander in defending himself against a charge of…

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Church to Lose Land

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON, March 6 —The Polish Prime Minister, Mr. Josef Cyrankiewicz, said to-day that the…

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Presbyterian Church Annual Meeting

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

The annual Congregational meeting of Merrylands Presbyterian Church was [?] on Tuesday evening, 38th February. Rev. T. P. McEvoy. B.A, Interim…

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Mission Building New Boys' Home

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 11

Sydney City Mission has purchased five acres of land adjacent to the old Pilgrim Inn at Blaxland, on which to build a new home for boys. Superintendent of the…

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Farewell, Rev. S. A. Dickson Merrylands Baptist Church

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

On Friday night, 24th February, approximately 200 members and adherents gathered tn Merrylands Baptist Church to bid farewell to Rev. and Mrs. S. A…

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Heresy Hunt on Communist Trial Clumsy Attempt to Pass Back to Labor Churchill Was Prime Minister When Spy Was Chosen

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 7

Tory newspapers in Australia and overseas have exploited their biggest headlines in exposing the arch-Communist traitor—Klans Fuchs—and by inference they have implied that the blame must be traced to the doors of the British Labor Government…

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'Commons Gulf Wider Than Ever'-Churchill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON, March 7 (A.A.P.).—Speaking in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Churchill said it was not certain that another election within a few months would remove the present…

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Churchill Makes Steel Offer

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON Wednesday.--Mr. Churchill told the House of Commons yesterday that the electors last month, by a 1,750,000 majority, had voted…

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Memorial Windows Solemnly Blessed By Bishop At Randwick Parish Church

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

HIS Lordship Bishop O'Brien solemnly blessed two stained glass memorial windows in the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick, last Sunday. Prior to the ceremony. His Lordship was present in the…

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Approval for Catholic Plan

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Fisher) last night commended the Vatican for…

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Catholic view on gambling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).--The Catholic Church does not consider there is anything essentially wrong in a man earning his living as a gambler or a bookmaker. A Catholic memorandum…

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Fairfield Catholic Younger Set

The Biz · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 10

Owing to the absence of Messrs. R. O'Malley and Frank Cooper, the boys failed to reach the standard of the girls' after-meeting entertainment. (Shame on…

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Brief Hope Given Catholic Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 9

LONDON.—A slight modification in the stand of the Conservative Party just prior to the recent general election gave British…

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Methodist Crusade "Answer To Atom Age"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 2

Methodism's answer to the atomic age was the Commonwealth Crusade for Christ with its object to reform the…

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Induction of Presbyterian Minister REV. W. Hunter Howatson Welcomed to Penrith

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 9

Penrith Presbyterian Church was crowded on Thursday evening for the induction of the Rev. W. Hunter Howatson, who, with Mrs. Howatson…

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English Orphan Girls Migrate Catholic Home At Thurgoona To Provide For Future

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

NEXT Monday the first batch of children brought from Britain under the Commonwealth immigration scheme for lodgment in a Catholic orphanage in New South Whales will pass through Sydney…

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A Page For Catholic Schools The metamorphosis of poetry in the past hundred years

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

STUDENTS for English Honours in this year's Leaving certificate examination should benefit from this…

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We save the Government more than £2,500,000 annually Catholic Education is vital to the State's economy

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

IN the opinion of Catholics, the opening of a new Catholic school is always an event of national…

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The Question Box .. What is the Church's attitude towards the terms of the Atlantic Charter?

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 2

R. THOMAS, Petersham, writes: The Catholic Church has claimed that it always champions the rights of the people. R.: There is no need to restrict the claim to "the rights of the…

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Church Not Against a State Lottery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, March 8 (A.A.P.).—The Bishop of Southwark, Monsignor Cowderoy, to-day told the Royal Commission on betting that, in principle, the Roman Catholic Church…

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