Original Correspondence. St. Mary's Old Church. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1871 · page 3
SIR,—In your issue of the 31st ultimo appears a paragraph referring to the dilapidated condition of St. Mary's Old Church, and I must say that I have been very much surprised that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. Latest News to February 21. the War Is Over. Peace Restored. Paris Starved Into Capitulation. Prussians to March Through Paris. Armistice, and Terms of Peace Being Arranged. French Assembly Elected, Gambetta Resigned. Theers President of the Republic. England Recognises It. Paris French Army Surrendered. Bourbaki Tried Commit Suicide. Parisian Forts Surrendered. Australian Meat Sent to France. Joint Commission to Settle the American Disputes and Claims. Wool Advancing—sales Opened with Spirit. German Terms—surrender of Forts and Some Country, and Large Indemnity. Proposal to Disestablish Church of England. Fatal Colliery Accidents Colliers' Strike. Maitland Mercury Office, Tuesday morning, March 14
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1871 · page 2
We have just received the following important telegram from our Sydney telegraphic agent. Sydney, Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi. Induction Services in the Presbyterian Church, Murrurundi. (From an occasional Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1871 · page 6
On the 7th instant, the Rev. James Niven, formerly of Grafton, was inducted to the pastoral charge of the Presbyterian congregation in this town. The induction service, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Wesleyan Methodist Church Society
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1871 · page 3
The annual general meeting of the New South Wales Wesleyan Methodist Church Sustentation and Extension Society was held on Thursday evening, in Wesley Chapel, Botany…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Irish Church Act
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1871 · page 6
The new year set a final seal upon one remarkable revolution within the United King-dom. The Irish Church Establishment passed away with the last moments of 1870. Up to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Muswellbrook. Church of England Parochial Meeting
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1871 · page 4
—A meeting of the parishioners of St. Alban's Church took place in the school house on Tuesday evening last. The chair was taken at 7.30 by the Rev. W. E. White (incombent), who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Paterson. Church of England Meeting to Elect a Representative to the Synod
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1871 · page 4
A meeting of the members of the Church of England of this district, which was convened by the incumbent, the Rev. F. W. Addams, was held at the Church of England Schoolhouse, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Presbyterian Church, West Maitland. Tea and Public Meeting
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1871 · page 4
On Tuesday evening a tea meeting was held in that portion of the High School building nearest the Presbyterian Church, West Maitland, the object being to inaugurate the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MURRURUNDI. (From a Correspondent.) Church of England.—annual Meetings
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 6
The vestry meeting of the Church of St. Paul's, Murrurundi, was held at the parsonage, on the morning of Easter Tuesday, the 11th April—the Rev. J. J. Nash, the incumbent, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle. Friday, Mat 12, 1871. Afteenoon Session. The Synod re-assembled at four o'clock. Church Patbonage Bill
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1871 · page 2
The Synod went into committee of the whole, and resumed the consideration of the 7th clause. The arguments used on the previous day in the debate on the second reading were repeated on both sides,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Church of England Synod. an Act to Provide for the Appointment of Clergymen to Parishes Within the Diocese of Newcastle. Passed in Synod May 12,1871. Assented to by the Bishop May l8,1871. Preamble
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1871 · page 4
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the due appointmentof clergymen to parishes within the diocese of Newcastle: Be it therefore enacted by the Bishop clergy and laity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interruption in a Church
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 4
On Sunday, while the Rev. C. A. M'Kenzie, of the Govan Free Church, was in the course of delivering his sermon, a man, seated in the gallery, somewhat startled the congregation and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Disestablishment of the Church of England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1871 · page 4
In the House of Commons, on 9th May, Mr. Miall moved "That it is expedient, at the earliest practicable period, to apply the policy initiated by the disestablishment of the Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Catholic Protection Association.—public Meeting. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1871 · page 2
Last Saturday evening, pursuant to advertisement a meeting—which Catholics were invited to attend—was held in the United Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, at the corner of Bathurst-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Californian Mail Extracts. Exciting Affray in a Roman Catholic Church. (From the New York Tribune, May 16.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1871 · page 3
During the morning service yesterday, in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, at Lexington avenno, Sixty sixth street, John Gibney, an Irish stone-cutter, aged 35,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →United States. Dreadful Orange and Catholic Riots. 400 Persons Killed and Wounded
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 2
The principal item of news from the Eastern States, is the great not that occurred in the city of New York, on the 12th July. It had been known for several days previous to the 12th, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at St. Stephen's Church, Melbourne. (From the Argus, September 25.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 5
A fire broke out last night in St. Stephen's Church, situated at the top of the hill, in Church-street, Richmond, that at one time promised to rival in elements of excitement the great fire at the Haymarket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Church of Ireland Sustentation Fund
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 2
A numerous and influential meeting on behalf of this fund was recently held at the Mansion House, underthe presidency of the Lord Mayor. The chairman said, however severe the blow of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Gazette. Supplement, Wednesday, Sept. 27. Sale of Church and School Lands
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1871 · page 3
The following lots of land, being part of the Church and School Estates, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the undermentioned places, at eleven o'clock on the days specified, at the upset…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Delmas. Singular Discovery of a Murderer. the Old Mission Road in 1850
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1871 · page 4
Old San Franciscans will remember a small zinc house which stood on the old Mission road about two furlongs beyond the cametery of Yerba Buena. It was a plain little house, standing in a very remote…
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