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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 27, 1969
Page
3
The pope urged renewal of Christian belief, cautioning that modern problems from poverty to war require Christ’s teachings. He warned against reducing Christmas to humanism or self salvation and called for self examination to answer whether one is truly a Christian. He linked liberation from toil to Christian values and urged peace rooted in Christ’s word that all men are brothers.
Crowds filled Canberra churches as 800 plus communicants attended Catholic St Christopher’s Co Cathedral in Manuka for a pontifical Mass led by T. V. Cahill. St John’s Anglican and other churches reported similar high turnout with worshippers spilling into entrances.
Sprinklers should be used sparingly with the good rain this year and not on every lawn. The piece urges patience in gardening, warns against overplanting, and notes roses suit Canberra climate after two dry seasons. It also calls vigilance for aphids and grubs and highlights bulb and cyclamen varieties available.
More than 400 delegates from five states travel to Burton and Garran Halls at ANU for a six day conference of Seventh Day Adventist youth. Dr William Fagal and Pastor C V Christian are featured speakers. A public program is set for Saturday night at Canberra Theatre, with Burton Hall providing a vegetarian menu.
A Tasmanian Baha'i Youth group plans a Canberra visit as part of the 1969 Australian Baha'i Youth program. The delegation includes Miss Eat Jandentont, Jonny, Nic Ken Gretton, 23, a bank officer, and Mr David Benson, 22, a teacher. They will hold an open house for the public, with contact at 931021, before leaving Canberra tomorrow night.
Fragmentary notes describe a memorial jam event at 7 18pm involving Rev L A rn and Rev G L ARRALUNELA. Miscellaneous names such as Mathias Quam and others appear with unclear affiliations. The text references a Park and commonies in a church context but lacks coherent details or dates.
The fragment references a set of MW numbers and likely a sequence from 1 to 12. It mentions 11 and 12 with a stray quote and numerals 2 and 1. The readable portion suggests a cataloging or indexing of items in a list or table.
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