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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 08, 1971
Page
9
Salisbury reports church leaders retreat from direct conflict with government over the Land Act which forces church groups to register as voluntary organisations to permit white areas for mission staff and African residents. Militant Catholic efforts to resist registration diminished as government signaled amendments to avoid permits for mission land in African zones.
In a bid to allow multi racial operation, churches must apply for permission. By March 2 six months to comply, and the Rhodesia Catholic Bishops Conference then registered under protest, ending the initial rebellion though opposition remains. Government cites 45 religious bodies registered. March saw two Catholic editors resign in protest. The Anglican Bishop of Mashonaland faced student criticism for lukewarm stance on the land tenure Act.
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports warmer reception behind the Iron Curtain as Chancellor Brandt kneels at the Warsaw Memorial and tourism grows between East and West. Reverend B. J. Tidball travels for the society and cites openness in East Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, while Albania remains closed. A Russian Bible printed in London circulated to Moscow through stencil and the Soviet embassy, with thousands of copies distributed and a few smuggled in by travelers.
A compilation of worship times and events from several churches including Assembly of God, Congregational, Presbyterian and Baptist groups. It lists service times from 9 20am to 7 18pm, family services, Sunday schools, and special notices like a May 9 family service at Turner Primary School. Names of pastors and venues appear alongside times and locations.
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