Improvements in the Presbyterian Church, West Maitland
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 6
We mentioned briefly some weeks ago that improvements were in progress in the Presbyterian Church, Free Church-street, West Maitland. They are now completed, and merit a word or two of…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 3
On Sunday afternoon last Bishop Selwyn, of the Melanesian Mission, baptised two islanders in St. John's Church, Ashfield, the children of which parish had given help to the mission. After the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 3
On Monday afternoon a Conference took place between the members of the St. Barnabas' Association and other friends of the Melanesian Mission, at the Church Society's rooms,…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 13
The meeting of ministers and elders convened in accordance with the deliverance of the Provisional Court for the purpose of re-constituting the Synod of the above church, was held in Ebenezar Church,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 17
The annual sitting of the New South Wales and Queensland Conference, in connection with the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church, was commenced on Tuesday evening in the York-street…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. Wednesday, January 20. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 11
The Conference was resumed at ten o'clock. The President briefly welcomed the Rev. W. H. Williams, of Queensland, Joni Fanbula, of Tonga, J. Tear Tack, of Tingha, and R. S. M'Dade, who…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the Herald.) Thusday, January 21
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 3
Conference was opened with the usual devotional exercises. The Rev. Dr. Kelynack brought under the notice of Conference the need of additional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Saturday, January 23
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1886 · page 7
The reqnest of the Rev. Hans Mack to be made a supernumerary was unanimously agreed to. The second reading of stations occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S.M. Herald.) Wednesday January 27
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 5
The President nominated and the Conference approved of the selection of the following lay representatives as members of the connexional committees[?] in conjunction with the ministers before appointed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conference off the Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Saturday, January 30
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 4
The secretary read a telegram from Nymagee, protesting against the amalgamation of the Cobar and Nymagee circuits. The following committee was nominated and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the Herald.) Tuesday, February 2
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 4
At the ministeral Conference on Tuesday evening the resignations of the Rev. J. B. Watkin and the the native, ministers who seceded in Tonga were considered. Deep regret was expressed t the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, February 2
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 13
The Ministerial Conference met at nine a.m., the business being the question as to what ministers have died during the year. Au obituary notice of the Rev. G. Hurst was read, and high eulogiums…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Presbyterian Synod of Eastern Australia. (From the Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 12
This Synod mot in St. George's Church, Castle, reagh-street, on Tuesday, the 2nd instant, at 7.30 p.m. The Rev. Geo. Sutherland, the retiring moderator, preached from Joshua, the 21st chapter,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Catholic Schools in the Maitland Diocese. (Express, Feb. 4.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 12
The abstract of returns from schools in the diocese of Maitland for quarter ending December 25th, 1885, contains a lot of very satisfactory figures. A[?]alysed, this is the story they tell:—Twenty six…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, February 3
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 3
The synod resumed business according to adjournment, in St. George's Church, Sydney. The full membership was present including both Rev. W. S. Donald and the Rev. S. P. Stewart, who tool his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, Feb. 4
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 3
The Rev. Dr. Kelynack, general secretary of missions, presented the minutes of the board of missions for the past year. On several matters which had been remitted to the board by the last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Friday, February 5
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1886 · page 2
Attention was called to the designation of the Church in the Government Gazette. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Registrar-General, with a statement in writing, requesting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Presbyterian Synod of Eastern Australia. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald) Monday, February 8
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 16
Mr. A. Rennie, Treasurer, brought in his report, setting forth in detail the precise position of all the funds, and he received the thanks of the Synod. An overture was received from the Presbytery of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, Februaby 13, 1886. Original Correspondence. the Churches of England. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 4
SIR,—I think that the following scrap of church news from the old country will interest many of your readers. It is extracted from the Weekly Times of December 25, 1885…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed High Level Crossing in Church-street
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1886 · page 6
We have been asked by Mr. R. W. Thompson, member for West Maitland, to publish the following letters:- West Maitland, 8th February, 1886…
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