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Churches, 1866

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Re-election of the Catholic Church at Lochinvar

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1866 · page 2

On Monday an adjourned meeting of the Catholics at Lochinvar was held for the purpose of devising means for the erection of a church to replace the one destroyed by a recent storm. The chairman (the Rev. A. Phelan)…

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Town Mission Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1866 · page 3

On Monday evening a meeting was held in the Congregational Church, High-street, for the purpose of inaugurating a Town Mission Society. About one hundred persons were present. Mr. A. Dodds presided. The…

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Consecration of the Bishops of Maitland and Bathurst. (From the Catholic Telegraph, Nov. 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 2

On Tuesday the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, and the Most Rev. Dr. Quinn, were consecrated respectively Bishops of Maitland and Bathurst, Australia, by his Grace the Archbishop of…

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Colonial Church Legislation. to the Clerical and Lay Representatives of the Diocese of Newcastle, at the General Conference, Convened at Sydney, April 11Th, 1866. (Per favor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1866 · page 4

REV AND DEAR BRETHREN—We are soon to take our part in the General Conference of the three Dioc[?]ses of S[?]dney, Newcastle, and Goulburn, which is to assemble at Sydney, on Wednesday, April 11th: and while we…

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Newcastle Church Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1866 · page 4

The sixteenth annual meeting of the Newcastle Church Society was held on Thursday afternoon, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese presided, and the following…

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Church of England Conference. (Abridged from the S.M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1866 · page 4

The clerical and lay representatives of the Church of England in this colony, as appointed in and for the three dioceses of Sydney, Newcastle, and Goulburn, assembled on Wednesday in conference, in the Church Society's…

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Church of England Conference. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1866 · page 2

On Thursday the Conference met pursuant to adjournment, and proceeded to consider the resolutions standing in the name of Mr. Gordon. Mr. Gordon proposed the resolutions seriatim, explaining…

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Chapter Ii.—the Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1866 · page 4

Meanwhile, the New-Year's-day which was being held within the gardener's cottage was of a very different aspect. Reuben Wilson, a strong, sunburnt, and broad-shouldered man, had left…

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Wesleyan Church Anniversary, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1866 · page 2

On Monday evening the anniversary tea and public meetings in connection with the Wesleyan Church, West Maitland, were held in the school-room and church. Through the liberality of some of the ladies of the…

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Church of England Property Management Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1866 · page 2

The Armidale Express publishes a draft bill, which is said to have been adopted by the committee (Messrs. R. Johnson, Docker, Gordon, and Campbell) appointed by the Church of England Conference in April last. We…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1866 · page 3

The anniversary of the Maitland Circuit Branch of the Wesleyan Church Sustentation and extension Society has been celebrated this week—on Sunday by special services, conducted by the Rev. J. H Fetcher, President of…

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Church of England Conference. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Adjourned Meeting, July 11, 1866

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 4

The general Conference of the three dioceses of Sydney, Newcastle, and Goulburn met on July 11, at three p.m., at the Church Society's House, Phillip-street. The Bishop of Sydney presided. Six representatives from…

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The Church of England in the Colonies. (From the London Correspondent of the Adelaide Observer.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1866 · page 4

The difficulties arising out of the proceedings of Dr. Colenso have been engaging renewed attention of late, both at Natal and at home. In the colony the Bishop has secured fresh interdicts from the local court to…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Minmi. the Anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Cahpel, Minmi

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1866 · page 3

On Sabbath, August 12th, the sermons in connection with the above were preached to good congregations by the Rev. Mr. Mell, of West Maitland. A tea and public meeting were held on Monday, in the chapel,…

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Primitive Methodist Home and Foreign Missions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1866 · page 5

Sermons in connection with this Society were preached in the Primitive Methodist Chapels, West Maitland, Morpeth, and Miller's Forest, on Sunday, by the Revs. J. H. Dash, E. C…

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Church of England. Newcastle Diocesan Synod

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1866 · page 3

The second session of this Synod was commenced yesterday morning at Morpeth. After communion service in St. James's Church the members of the Synod assembled in the Morpeth School of Arts. The Right Rev. President the Lord Bishop…

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Church of England. Newcastle Diocesan Synod. [Continued from page 3.] Friday, September 7, 1866

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1866 · page 4

The Synod met at half past nine o'clock yesterday (Friday). Present—the Right Rev. President, Canon Child, Rev Messrs Chapman, Bloomfield, Simm, Tyrrell, Thackeray, Dove, G.C.Bode, F.D.Bode, White, Walsh,…

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Church of England. Nbwcastle Dioce[?]an Synod

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1866 · page 3

The Synod resumed its sittings at ten o'clock on Thursday morning The usual collects and prayer having been said, the minutes of Wednesday's proceedings were read and confirmed…

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Maitland Town Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1866 · page 2

A public tea meeting, in connection with the Maitland Town Mission, was held in the Maitland High School, on Tuesday evening. The tea was provided gratuitously by lady friends of the mission. Upwards of three hundred…

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Wesleyan Church at East Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1866 · page 3

Lately the Wesleyan Church at East Maitland has undergone some very extensive alterations and improvements. Although comparatively a new building, it required extensive repairs, apparently through having a…

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