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Churches, 1874

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Church of England Education Defence Association. (From the Evening News.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 3

A MEETING was held on Tuesday evening in Christ Church schoolroom, to appoint a local committee in aid of the above association…

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Sir Hercules Robinson's Mission to Fiji. (From the special correspondent of the Argus.) Levuka, Sept. 29

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1874 · page 4

At length, after thirteen years' agitation of the vexed question of the annexation of the Fiji Islands to Great Britain, that result appears to be in a fair way of being accomplished. At a council of Cakobau…

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Congregational Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1874 · page 2

The anniversary of the above church was celebrated by sermons being preached in the church on Sunday by the Rev. S. U. Rothwell, of Balmain, and by a tea and public meeting on Tuesday. The tea meeting…

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Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1874 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Church Sustentation and Extension Society was held in the church, High-street, West Maitland, on Wednesday evening. The attendance was rather limited. After…

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The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. (Abridged from the Herald.) Tuesday, October 27

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1874 · page 3

The tenth session of this Assembly was opened on Tuesday evening, October 27, in St. Stephen's Church, Sydney, where proceedings were initiated by a sermon preached by the Rev. James Kinross. The…

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Death in a Church

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1874 · page 3

A VERY sudden death occurred on Sunday morning during the celebration of divine service at the Temperance Hall in Russell-street. Just as the…

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The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. (Abridged from the Herald.) Friday, October 30

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1874 · page 2

At the morning sederunt the following statement was submitted by the Treasurer:— The amount collected for the Church extension and supplement and stipend fund was £564 15s 9d…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Chuch of New South Wales. (Abridged from the Herald.) Tuesday, November 3

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1874 · page 5

The Assembly met in the morning pursuant to adjournment. After the transaction of formal business, the Assembly proceeded to deal with Dr. M'Gibbon's appeal against the Presbytery of Sydney,…

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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. (Abridged from the Herald.) Thursday, November 5

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1874 · page 2

The Assembly met pursuant to adjournment. The Rev. J. Niven called attention to what he designated as a Sunday excursion tram which was to run to Penrith on the 8th, in connection with the ceremony…

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The Tea Meeting and Ball at the New Catholic School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1874 · page 3

Advantage was taken of the holiday to celebrate the opening of the new Catholic schools in Free Church street, by a tea meeting and ball. In point of fact, the ceremony of "house-warming" took…

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FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Edith Lyle's Secret. Chapter Xxxi. the Church Sociable

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1874 · page 3

I had left my stool by the organ, and was sitting in the front of the gallery when the announcement of the church sociable was made, and I saw the elevating of Julia Schuyler's…

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Church of England Cemetery. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1874 · page 2

SIR— Referring to your paragraph in Wednesday's issue, respecting the architect's plans for the new parsonage, will you kindly allow me to make an observation or two on…

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The Church and the Schools. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1874 · page 2

SIR— I am not one of Sir. Bowman's committee, but election or no election, a bargain is a bargain, and to break faith [?] certainty not right, and especially where children…

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