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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Churches

Churches, 1873

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Public (Church of England) Meeting

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 4

ON Thursday evening a public meeting was held in the hall of the mechanics' institute to receive the report upon the cathedral fund, and to take into consideration the erection of a new school-room for…

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Church of England

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting of members of the Church of England was held in the hall of the Mechanics Institute on Thursday, evening, the object, being to receive the report upon the Cathedral Fund, also…

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Goulburn Church Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1873 · page 2

THE ninth annual meeting of the above society took place in the hall of the Mechanics’ Institute on Wednesday evening. The attendance was not large; but the want of numbers was in a great…

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Attempted Murder in a Church

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 2

The Hobart Town Monday reports that is most extraordinary not—the attempted murder of a woman by her husband—took place in Chalmers Church, or batter known as Dr…

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Goulburn Church Society

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening the ninth annual meeting of this society was held in the mechanics' institute hall. The attendance was pretty fair the chair was occupied by the Right Reverend the…

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Correspondence. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Yass. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 February 1873 · page 3

SIR,-- In your last issue you had a paragraph relating to a meeting of the Goulburn Presbytery, to be held in Yass on 5th proximo. It may or may not take place, as I have written to the clerk…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Yass. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 3

SIR, -- .... I judge no man's motives. With me he must stand or fall by his actions. Neither do I prejudge any man. It is a principle well understood by Britons that no man should…

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The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Imbroglio. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 March 1873 · page 5

SIR, -- On reading the two libellous letters of your last issue, I at once know the worthy writers -- the two men who never lose an opportunity to snarl, bite, or sting. It is their talent and…

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Church of England, Crookwell

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 March 1873 · page 2

ON Friday last, at eleven a.m.; the church of St. Bartholomew, Crookwell, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Goulburn, assisted by the incumbent, the Rev. J. C. Betts…

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Primitive Methodist Anniversary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1873 · page 2

A PUBLIC tea-meeting in connection with the anniversary of the Bradley-street church, took place last evening in anew and substantially built shed erected on a place of ground secured for that body…

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Primitive Methodist Tea-meeting

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 3

On Wednesday evening the anniversary tea-meeting in connexion with the Primitive Methodist body was held in a large shed erected at the rear of the chapel. There was a very large attendance. After tea, a…

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Local and General. Closing of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 2

A VERY unpleasant duty has fallen to the lot of the trustees of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at Yass -- that of closing the church and preventing the minister from officiating therein until a…

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“Scotish” Churchmen. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 2

SIR,—There are two meanings attached to the pronominal, before the name “churchmen” at the heading, either of which will nerve to show the county of Argyle especially, what is the…

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Church of England.—the Bishop's Tour in the Southern Districts.—collector

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1873 · page 2

THE Bishop and Mrs. Thomas left Goulburn on Tuesday, 25th ultimo, at half-past one o'clock, after the special service in the cathedral. Proceeding on the Collector-road, they reached Kirkdale at four…

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Laying the Foundation-stone of a Presbyterian Church at Morowollen

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 April 1873 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a new Presbyterian church at Morewollen was witnessed by a large number of persons…

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St. Clement's Church.--annual Melting

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 April 1873 · page 2

THE annual mooting ol trustees, powholders, and renters of sittings in St. Clement's Church was held on Tuesday last in the church. The Rev. S. S. Harpur [?] the chair. Those present…

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Appointment of Churchwardens. (To the Editor of the Braidwood Monitor.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Sunday 20 April 1873 · page 3

SIR,—I notice a warden of the Anglican church has been disqualified from nomination for that office on the ground of being only a seat-holder, not a new-holder. Can you inform me how the nomination and…

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Yass Wesleyan Church. Tea and Public Meeting

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 2

As briefly noticed in our last issue a tea and public meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Church was held at the Mechanics' Institute on last Monday evening. The attendance was large…

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Wesleyan Church, Gunning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 4

ON Thursday last, May 1st, a most successful meeting was held in this town to inaugurate the movement for building a new Wesleyan church. For many years past the Wesleyan Methodists in the…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Yass

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1873 · page 2

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales assembled in Sydney last Wednesday for the purpose of investigating certain charges against the Rev. John Gibson, minister of…

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