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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1887

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Lord Derby and the Disestablishmont off the English Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1887 · page 5

Lord Derby having, in a letter read at Aberyst-with last week, expressed the opinion that the question of maintaining or disestablishing the Welsh Church was one which ought to be decided…

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St. Mary's Church Centennial Fund

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1887 · page 6

On Saturday last we intimated that the congregation of St. Mary's Church had resolved to mark the celebration of the centenary of tho colony by making a great effort to raise a "Centennial Fund""…

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Church of England Association. West Maitland Branch

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1887 · page 6

For some time past an advertisement has appeared in our columns announcing that the first anniversary of the West Maitland Branch of the Church of England Association of Now South…

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Wesleyan Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 November 1887 · page 3

LAST evening a public tea-meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Church was held in specially-erected sheds at the rear of the schoolroom, Elizabeth-street. The tea was…

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The Rev. Dr. Dale at the Congregational Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1887 · page 7

On Monday evening the Rev. Dr. Dale, representative of the Congregational Union of England, conducted a service in the Congregational Church, West Maitland. There was a large assemblage,…

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Wesleyan Church, East Maitland. Sustentation and Extension Society

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1887 · page 6

On Sunday last the annual sermons in connection with the above Society were preached in several churches in the East Maitland circuit, and on Tuesday the annual meeting was held in the…

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Morpeth Roman Catholic School C.c. V. Morpeth Public School C. C.

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1887 · page 5

A cricket match between the abovenamed clubs took place at Morpeth, on Saturday last. The match which created great interest was a close contest, and was won by the R. C. School C. C. by two…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, December 3, 1887. District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Paterson. Wesleyan Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1887 · page 4

The annual meeting in connection with the local Wesleyan Church, for the purpose of promoting the interests of the Wesleyan Methodist Sustentation and Extension Society of N. S. W., was held…

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Church of England Association of New South Wales. West Maitland Branch

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1887 · page 6

On Wednesday evening the first anniversary of the establishment of the West Maitland branch of the above Association was celebrated by a public meeting in the old Masonic Hall, High-street the…

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Ball Tower for St. Paul's Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 December 1887 · page 4

On Tuesday evening, the adjourned meeting of parishioners of St. Paul's, West Maitland, was held in the Schoolroom, Cross-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the sub-committee appointed…

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Original Correspondence. Mr. Thompson, M.P., on the Catholic Church. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 7

SIR,—It is no business of ours to interfere in the disputes between the Ritualists and the Low Church party in the Church of England, but I think, in all fairness, they should fight out their…

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St. Mary's Church Debt

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 4

Pursuant to advertisement there was a meeting at St. Mary's Hall, on Tuesday, of the ladies forming the Centennial Collecting Committee, for the purpose of raising a fund by 22nd January, 1888, to pay off the debt of £1500 at present resting on…

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Opening off Vacy Church

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 7

Thursday last was a red letter day in the village of Vacy, when was completed a work that, owing to the very wet weather that had been experienced has been long delayed, namely the completion of…

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Sir Wilfrid Blunt and Lord R. Churchill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 4

A letter has been addressed by Mr. Wilfrid Blunt to Lord Randolph Churchill on the subject of the latter's recent remarks on the Woodford case. Mr. Blunt says:—" I was glad to recognise in your…

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Diocese of Newcastle. Diocesan Examination of Church of England Sunda[?] Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 7

On Saturday, Nov. 26, th[?] above examination was held at central places fro[?] which candidates were presented. The names of those who we placed by the…

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A Church Dignitary on Betting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 December 1887 · page 4

The Bishop of Liverpool, in his address to his annual Diocesan Conference, thus refers to the plague of betting:—"I think you would do well to press frequently on your people the immense…

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Congregational Church, West Maitland. Lecture on Liberty

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1887 · page 6

In the Congregational Church, West Mainland, on Tuesday evening, the Rev. D. Jackson,,of Hunter's Hill, Sydney, delivered an entertaining lecture on " Liberty in the State and in the…

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Lord Randolph Churchill

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 December 1887 · page 2

Lord Randolph Churchill, who is now in St. Petersburg, has had an interview with M. Giers, Minister for Foreign Affairs; and he will have an audience…

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