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Churches, 1862

15 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Newcastle Church Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1862 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Newcastle Church Society was held on Thursday, at West Maitland. In the morning Divine Service was performed in St. Paul's Church, and was very well attended. The sermon…

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The Scots Church, Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1862 · page 6

Judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the appeal of Lang v. Purves and others from the Supreme Court of New South Wales, delivered on the 25th February, 1852…

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Parliamentary Papers. Church and School Lands

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1862 · page 4

The dispatch containing the opinion of the Crown Law Officers of England on the Church and School Lands question, which was presented to the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday night, by message from his…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 1, 1862. the Church and School Lands

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1862 · page 2

It appears not unlikely that the Church and School Lands question will furnish tho first regular struggle of the session, whether or not the Cowper Ministry are to continue in…

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Notice to Lessees of Church and School Lands. Agent's Office, Treasury, Sydney, 30th May, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1862 · page 7

Noties is hereby given to lessees of Church and School Lands, that unless all arrears of rent be paid within one month from this date, the leases of such lands will be cancelled…

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The Church and School Lands

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1862 · page 6

The following letter appears in the Herald of the 3rd, addressed to the Editor:- Sir—As the question of the disposal of the Church and School Lands, is one of great importance, and as my…

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Parliamentary Paper. a Bill to Make Further Provision Respecting the Church and School Lands

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1862 · page 6

Whereas by a charter or letters patent under the hand of Lieuteannt-General Sir Ralph Darling Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the colony bearing date the ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and…

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Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 8, 1862. the Church and School Lands

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1862 · page 2

THERE seems to be a fair probability that the Church and School Lands Bill will not reach the Upper House this session Although the Government have carried with them, in the…

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Supreme Court.—friday. (From the S. M. Herald.) (Before the full Court.) in the Matter of the Trusteeship of the Newcastle (Episcopalian) Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1862 · page 2

Mr. Milford moved for and obtained a quo warranto, returnable on the first day of next term, calling upon the Bishop of Newcastle to show cause why he assumed to act as a trustee of the above named church. At the time…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1862 · page 3

On Wednesday evening a public meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, West Maitland. The attendance was not very numerous…

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Church and School Lands

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1862 · page 2

A public meeting of the lessees of estates of the Church and School Lands, in the counties of Durham, Gloucester, and Northumberland, was called by advertisement for 12 o'clock yesterday, at the Globe Inn, Morpeth. The…

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Sydney News. the Synod of Australia in Connection with the Established Church of Scotland. (Abridged from the Herald, Nov. 14.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1862 · page 6

The annual meeting of this body took place at St. Andrew's Church, Sydney, on Wednesday last, the 29th October. The Rev. A. M'Ewen, retiring moderator, preached the usual sermon, from Revelations 1st [?]…

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Sydney News. Report of Proceedings of the District Meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, New South Wales. (From the S. M. Herald Nov. 22.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1862 · page 3

The meeting having been opened with devotional exercises, the Rev. C. W. Rigg was elected Secretary. The following ministers were present:—The President of the Conference, with Messrs. Schofield, Manten,…

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Congregational Church Anniversary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 December 1862 · page 2

The anniversary of the Congregational Church, West Maitland, was celebrated by a tea and public meeting on Tuesday evening. About 200 persons sat down to an excellent tea gratuitously provided by the ladies of the…

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St. Andrews Church of England, Largs. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1862 · page 2

The laying of the foundation stone of a new stone church at [?] was performed by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, on Monday. The proceedings commenced in the school-room on the…

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