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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1876

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, January 29, 1876. Mr Forster's Mission

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1876 · page 4

MOST people will coincide with Mr. Dibbs in the opinion that the Government has not yet given a satisfactory explanation of the objects of Mr. Forster's mission to England. The…

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Hamilton Catholic School. (Newcastle Pilot of Tuesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1876 · page 3

The formal opening of the new Catholic Denominational School at Hamilton, was conducted on Sunday morning last with due solemnity, and blessed by his Lordship, the Right Rev…

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The English News. By Direct Telegrams. (Reuter's Telegrams to Australian Associated Press in "S.M.Herald.") the Ritualists and the Church of Rome. London, February 5

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1876 · page 4

Cardinal Manning ia supporting the Vatican in examining'a scheme for a union between the extreme English Ritualists and the Church of Rome. One hundred leading Ritualistic…

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The Ritualists and the Church of Rome. London, February 7

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 3

Cardinal Manning has publicly disavowed that there is any scheme proceeding from the Vatican for a union between the extreme Ritualistic party of the Church of England and the…

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Special Mission to Egypt

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1876 · page 10

The Right Hon. Stephen Cave, Paymaster-General has proceeded to Egypt on a special mission connected with the Khedive's finances. Colonel Stokes, Mr. Victor Buckley, of Foreign Office; Mr. White,…

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American Extracts. (From late Papers.) Why He Couldn't Go to Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1876 · page 7

"I wouldn't be such a Christian as you are, Jobn," said his wife, as she stood in the doorway, dressed for church. " You could go with me very well if you wanted to."…

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Parish of Morpeth

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1876 · page 4

Meetings were held during the day in three different parts of tais parish by the incumbent. First, at All Saints', Woodville, was held in the vestry at 11 a.m., and was attended by both male…

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St. Peter's Church, East Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1876 · page 4

The Easter meetings of St. Peter's Church, East Maitland, were held on Tuesday evening last, at the church. The vestry meeting was held first, and the accounts audited and passed…

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Astounding Discovery! Extraordinary Advance in Science—a Savant Makes an Egg, and Hatches There-from a Live Bird. (New York Church Union.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 3

The annexed account of a wonderful discovery recently made in Germany is condensed from an article in a late number of a German paper, the Allgemeine Zeitung, received by Cambria. The…

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Annual Meeting of the Church Society, Sydney. (From the Evening News.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 11

The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday evening, in St. James' School-room, and there was a good attendance. His Lordship, the, Bishop of Sydney presided, and among those present…

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Short Account of Church Work

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 6

The following is an abstract of the short account of Church work presented to Synod on last Tuesday evening. BRISBANE WATER.—Services at Macdonald…

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Wesleyan Church—Morpeth Cirouit

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1876 · page 4

A tea and publie meeting, in connection with the Morpeth Circuit of the Wesleyan Church, was held in the School of Arts, Hinton, on Tuesday evening. The tea was provided by the…

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East Maitland Wesleyan Church Anniversary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1876 · page 7

The anniversary meeting of the East Maitland [?]leyan Church was held on Monday [?] last, when there was a good attendance considering the unfavourable state of the…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 16, 1876. the Church of England and Public Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1876 · page 4

PRACTICAL men will hardly have failed to note, with commendation, one statement made by the Bishop of Newcastle, in the address to his Synod on May 2. A statement, namely, that…

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St. Paul's Church and Parish

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1876 · page 4

We are glad to be able to report that the long-standing dispute in St Paul's parish, West Maitland, has been at length finally settled With Judges holding opposite opinions on…

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Thirty-Two Persons Drowned on their Way to Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1876 · page 7

London, April 6.—The following particulars of the disaster yesterday on the river Dee, at Aberdeen, have been received:- The day was the sacramental fast day, set…

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St. Mary's Church, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1876 · page 10

One heavy debt which for so many years has been hanging over St. Mary's Church, Weat Maitland, is at length removed, and this place of worship, for the final time since its erection, stands free of the bank advance…

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Wesleyan Church, West Maitland. Anniversary Service

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1876 · page 3

The anniversary of the West Maitland Wesleyan Church was celebrated by special sermons being preached on Sunday in the church, by the Rev George Woolnough, and by a tea and…

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[?]cration of St. Alban's Church, Muswellbrook. (By our Special Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1876 · page 6

On Saturday last, St. Alban's Day, the church of St. Alban, at Muswellbrook, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of the diocese of Newcastle For some years the church has been completed…

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Original Correspondence. St Mary's Parish. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1876 · page 4

Sir,—Referring to the paragraph in your issue of yesterday relative to an interview with the Lord Bishop of the Diocese to disouss the debt due to His Lordship, by the parish of St…

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