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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Churches

Churches, 1870

36 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

The Yass Weslevan Church

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 2

On Tuesday last the foundations of the new church for the Wesleyan body were commence. The foundation-stone will probably be laid in about three weeks. Thu pulling…

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Terrible Panic in a Church

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 February 1870 · page 4

A fearful catastrophe occurred on Sunday night in the Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Joseph, Liverpool, resulting in the loss of fifteen lives. It appears that on the opening of the doors the chapel was…

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St. Andrew's Church, Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 February 1870 · page 3

THE annual soiree in connection with the above church was held on Wednesday evening last, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Yass. Between two and three hundred persons were…

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Presbyterian

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1870 · page 3

ON Thursday evening the annual meeting of the Presbyterian congregation was held in St. Andrew's Church. The attendance was not very large. The proceedings were opened by the minister offering up a…

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Primitive Methodist Anniversary, Parksburn

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1870 · page 2

ON Sabbath last sermons were preached in connexion with the Parksburn chapel anniversary, by the Rev. J. Ashmead of Bowral, to largo congregations; and on Monday a very excellent tea was provided by…

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Local and General. New Wesleyan Church in Yass. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 February 1870 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon, at four o'clock, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a new Wesleyan Church took place. The day was fine but intensely sultry, owing to which the number…

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New Wesleyan Church in Yass.—laying the Foundation-stone

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1870 · page 4

ON Thursday afternoon, at four o'clock, the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a now Wasleyan church took place. The day was fine but intensely sultry, owing to which the number of…

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Catholic Association for Promoting Education

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1870 · page 2

ON Sunday last a meeting of Catholics took place in the school-rooms in Bourke-street for the purpose of taking steps for forming an association for the promotion of education in the thinly-populated parts of…

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Anglican Church, Marulan. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1870 · page 2

SIR,—It is now some five years since the idea was first mooted for establishing an Anglican church in this township. Several attempts have been made to put that idea in practice; sundry advertisements…

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Primitive Methodist Chapel Anniversary, Jerrawa

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1870 · page 4

ON Sunday last two excellent sermons were preached to large congregations in connection with the above anniversary by the Rev. J. Ashmead, of Bowral. Tuesday was the day appointed for the annual…

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Foundation-stone of the Wesleyan New Church. Tea-meeting

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 3

ON Wednesday evening a tea-meeting was held in the school-rooms at the rear of the Goldsmith-street chapel in furtherance of the erection of the new church. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the…

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Sir Walter Scott's One Book. (Inserted by the Rev. J. W. Carter, Vicar of Christ Church, Stratford, London, E.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1870 · page 7

A FEW days before the death of Sir Walter Scott there was a lucid interval of that distressing malady which had for some time afflicted him, and to remove which he had…

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Wesleyan Church, Crookwell.—bruce Auction

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 3

ON Wednesday last Crookwell assumed holiday attire, and our agriculturists assembled in large numbers to assist in a Bruce auction to raise funds towers to assist in a Bruce auction to raise funds…

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Church of England. Annual Vestry and Church Society Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 3

THE above meeting was held on Tuesday evening last—being Easter Tuesday—in the Memorial Church of St. John. The chair was taken by the Rev. F. R. Seaborn, and…

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The an Athemas of the Roman Catholic Church

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1870 · page 4

THE Auysbury Gazette publishes that portion of the Syllabus known as Canones de Ecclesia, proposed to the Council at Rome as the new dogmatic scheme. The following is a…

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Primitive Methodist Tea Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 May 1870 · page 2

THE Tea and public meeting in connection with the Young Primitive Methodist Church was held in the Congregational Chapel an Wednesday. After tea, preparations were made for the…

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Raffles at Bazaars. (To the Editors of the Australian Churchman.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1870 · page 4

SIRS,—To a good many who practice raffling at bazaars it is not only a source of innocent amusement, but also a means by which they are enabled to increase their contributions to the support of religion…

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The Musical and Literary Entertainment for the Funds of the Church of England Sunday-schools. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1870 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—May I from a proper motive suggest to those ladies and gentlemen who intend to patronise the above on Tuesday, the 16th instant, that they procure tickets of admission not later than…

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The Presbyterian Church at Queanbeyan

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 3

So far as we have been able to ascertain, the first ordinances of the Presbyterian church in this district were conducted by the late Rev. Mr. Ritchie of Yass, after whose death about sixteen years ago the…

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Catholic Literary Association

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 July 1870 · page 4

THE annual meeting of this society was held on Wednesday evening, the president (Mr. W. E. Dignam) in the chair. The secretary (Mr. H. Gaskell) read the report as…

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