The Church and School Lands. (From the Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1861 · page 2
The position of the large tracts of valuable lands known as the Church and School Estates is anomalous, and much misapprehension and difference of opinion prevails respecting them. The Church and School lands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Church and School Lands. (From the S. M. Herald, Feb. 2.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1861 · page 2
The following is the bill introduced by Mr. Wilson, read a second time yesterday evening. "To remove any doubts that may exist as to the Church and School Lands being Waste Lands of the Crown."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Courts of Enquiry—church of England. Supreme Court.—monday. (From Tuesday's Empire.) Special Banco Sitting.—Before Chief Justice Sir John Dickinson and Mr. Justice Wise. the Rev. George King V. the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sydney
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1861 · page 4
Sir John Dickinson delivered judgment herein as follows:- In this case the Rev. George King, an ordained priest of the United Church of England and Ireland, obtained, on his own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appropriation for a Wesleyan Church and School, Dungog. Surveyor General's Office, Sydney, 14th February, 1861
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1861 · page 7
The descriptions of the following portions of land are published for general information, in order that the parties concerned may have an opportunity of correcting any errors or omissions that may nave been made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laying the Foundation Stone of the Catholic Church, Raymond Terrace. (From a Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1861 · page 2
His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney arrived here by the Illalong steamer, on Wednesday last, for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the abovenamed church on the following day; and throughout the day superintended the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Thursday, March 7, 1861. Mr. Cowper's Mission
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1861 · page 2
WE have noted, with curious interest, the comments made by the Conservative Press on tho mission of Mr. Cowper to tho Lambing Flat diggings. "This very extraordinary step," is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. Paterson. (From a Correspondent.) Newcastle Church Society
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1861 · page 3
I forward you an abstract of Thursday evening's proceedings of the meetirg of members of the Episcopal Church, in the Paterson township, at your usual correspondent was not present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting at the Congregational Church
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1861 · page 2
On Tuesday evening a tea meeting was held at the Congregational Church, West Maitland. The weather wag extremely unfavour[?]ble, as it rained heavily about the time appointed, but nevertheless there was a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Church Society
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1861 · page 2
The tenth annual meeting of the Newcastle, Church Society was held on Thursday afternoon, at East Maitland. In the morning Divine Service was performed in St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wesleyan Methodist Church Sustentation and Extension Society
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1861 · page 3
The annual servios and public meetings of the Maitland Circuit Branch of the Wesleyan Methodist Church Sustentation and Extension Society commenced on Sunday last. The first of the public meetings was held on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Catholic Church, Raymond Terrace. (From a Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1861 · page 2
This noble-looking church, built in the Gothi[?] style of architecture, is now advanced towards completion so far as to be ready to receive the roof, for which tenders are to be very soon invited. Great credit is due to the contractorsâMessrs. Mair,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Church of England Synods Bill. (From the Herald, Sept. [?].)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1861 · page 2
We understand that it is not the intention of the Conference Committee to take measures for the re-introduction of this bill into Parliament. After passing the Legislative Council, during the last session, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Church and School Lands. (From the Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1861 · page 2
The following is the bill brought in by Dr. Wilson, to remove any doubts that may exist as to the Church and School Lands being waste lands of the Crown, and which stands for second reading on Friday next:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parish Roads. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1861 · page 6
GENTLEMEN—If I am rightly informed there is at length some prospect of a Bill being introduced by the Government, recognizing the claims of settlers through whose laids Parish Roads are being made, to some sort…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1861 · page 2
On Thursday morning, the ceremony of blessing and laying the foundation stone of the Cathelic temporary church and school-house at Morpeth, was performed by his Grace the Most Rev. Archbishop Folding, assisted by the Rev. S. A. Sheehy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Synod of Australia in Connection with the Established Church Of SCOTLAND. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1861 · page 6
The Synod of Australia met on Wednesday, the 30th October, in St. Andrew's Soots Church, and the Court having been constituted, the following members answered to their names, or subsequently entered:—Presbytery of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, November 19, 1861 the Church and School Lands Question
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1861 · page 2
THE Cowper Ministry had a very narrow escape from a defeat which would almost have compelled their resignation, when Mr. Hay passed over to their help, and made the division 29 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News. [From Our Own Correspondents.] Paterson. Church of England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1861 · page 2
On Tuesday last, the 17th instant, a meeting of the members of the Church of England was held at the Court-house, to consider the necessity of obtaining another Church of England clergyman to labour in this district,…
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