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Churches, 1869

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A Church Burnt Down

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1869 · page 3

On Sunday forenoon, March 28, the parish church at Meigle (Scotland) was burned to the ground. A few of the parishioners had assembled in the church to attend divine service,…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Paterson. Church of England School Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1869 · page 5

0n Monday evening last a meeting of the members of the Church of England of this neighbourhood was held at the Court Hoose, for the purpose of learning from the deputation, appointed at a previous meeting to wait upon…

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Arrival of the Suez Mail, Per "Malta," at Victoria. Scandal Respecting the Prince of Wales. Agrarian Outrages in Ireland. the Irish Church Act Law. Fatal Explosions. Demand for Australian Meat. Wool Firm. Mercury Office, Monday morning, 9.30

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1869 · page 2

WE are just in receipt of the following mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Malta was off the Otway at two this (Sunday) afternoon…

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The English Mail. Arrival of the "Geelong," with News to the 2Nd September. Improvement in the Wool Market. Tallow and Hides Advanced. Oxford Beat the American Rowers. Proposed Colonial Conference in London. Parliament Prorogued. Preparations for Irish Church Changes. Bright Invited to Balmoral. Gladstone Recovered From Illness. Cholera in India. Napoleon Ill. Marshal Niel Dead. Differnces Between Sultan and Egyptian Victory. United Atates Offer to Buy Cuba. Carlist Disturbances in Spain. Mercury Office, Maitland. Monday morning

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1869 · page 2

Last evening we received the following important telegram from our Sydney telegraphic correspondent:— The Geelong arrived at the Sound on…

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Opening of a Catholic Church at Camberwell

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1869 · page 2

On Tuesday a neat and substantial church, erected at Camberwell (Glennie's Creek) by the Catholics of the locality, was consecrated and opened with all due solemnity by the Bishop of…

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Wesleyan Methodist District Meeting—maitland District. (From a Correspondent.—Continued from our last) Tuesday, Nov. 16Th

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1869 · page 2

The meeting was opened in the usual way, prayer being offered by the Rev. A. Rutledge The financial business of the district, which was began on Friday last, was continued and…

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West Maitland Congregational Church Anniversary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1869 · page 4

On Sunday last the anniversary services in connection with the West Maitland Congregational Church were held, when sermons appropriate to the occasion were delivered by the…

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Wesleyan Methodist District Meeting. (Concluded.) Thursday, November 18Th, 1869

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1869 · page 4

The proceedings of this day were begun in the usual manner. The obituary of the Rev. Joseph Fillingham was read and approved. It was recommended that an additional preacher be sent to…

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Firing at a Clergyman in a Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1869 · page 2

At the morning service in the Berlin Cathedral, on Sunday, August 8, as the pastor Heinrich was reading the liturgy, a young man forced his way to the rails round the altar, and just as…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, December 2, 1869. Bidding for the Catholic Vote

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1869 · page 2

Is referring to this subject, we may he accused of stirring up strife in the community; but it teems hetter on the whole to incur this risk than to be silent under circumstances which…

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