Warkworth Mission Hall. [From a Correspondent.]
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 2
WE are glad to be in a position to report the filling of the long-felt need in this village of Warkworth, by a building of the above kind; and we are glad to be able to report, not only…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 3
The Anglican Bishops of the colony ore to be requested to issue a pastoral letter about the Centennial Fond…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 6
A meeting of the board of the Church of England Centennial Fund wat held at the Chapter-house on Friday last. Present: The Primate, the Bishop of Goulburn, the Bishop of Rivorina, the Archdeacon…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 6
Among the melodious bells of Dewsbury, in Yorkshire (says a writer in Chambers' Journal), is one called "Black Tom of Sothill," which was presented in expiation of a murder. Its lugubrious…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4
On Tuesday evening the fifteenth annual session of the New South Wales and Queensland Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church was commenced an the metropolis. The chair was…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 4
We have been requested by the Vicar-General of Newcastle to publish the following documents:- PASTORAL ADDRESS TO BE READ IN CHURCHES ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 1888, AND IF…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 2
AT a meeting of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England, held in October last in Sydney, it was determined by the Primata and Bishops of the Province, and the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the Herald). Saturday, January 21
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 7
The Rev. J. E. Moulton, of Tonga, was cordially welcomed to the Conference, and the President assured him of the sympathy of the brethren with him in the peculiar difficulties and trials he had…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 3
It is with great pleasure we note the opening of the new Episcopalian Church at Belltrees, which took place on Friday, 13th instant. The church is really very pretty in its design; it is built of brick,…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 8
After a lapse of ten years, the Bishops of the Anglican Communion throughout the world are again invited to meet in conference at Lambeth Palace. The Primate in his letter calls on his…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 7
The steamer excursion and picnic promoted by the Catholic laity of the metropolis in honour of the [?]ce of the Archbishops, Bishops, and other, dig[?]taries of the ehurch in the several colonies,…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 7
The accepted design for St. Paul's Bell Tower, West Maitland, by Mr. Arthur C. Lee, architect, shows the tower placed at the north-east end of the Church in such a position as to connect it with the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 7
A resolution was proposed with reference to the recording of the results of candidates' examinations, but after discussion the matter was remitted to the examining committee. The Rev. C. Wiles of…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 3
Over £4000 was collected last Sunday at Newcastle for the church of England Centennial Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Saturday, January 28
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 8
It having come out in the course of discussion on the Centennial fund the previous day, that the [?] S. Wilkinson had at that conference completed his fiftieth year of ministerial work in Australia, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick in Defence
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1888 · page 3
Dr. O'Dwyer, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick, has addressed a letter to the Freeman's Journal indignantly denying the accusation that he had been engaged in an intrigue with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the Herald.) Wednesday February 1
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 7
The voting on the Rev. A. J. Webb's amendment for the withdrawal of the Rev. J. E. Moulton from Touga was 31 for and 74 against.— The Rev. G. Brown with permission of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conference off the Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, February 31
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1888 · page 4
The adjourned debate on the state of the affairs in the Friendly Islands District was resumed, and lasted the whole of the day. A series of resolutions had been moved the previous day, affirming—that…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1888 · page 7
The Sustentation Fund treasurer's statement for last year says:—"In nothing is the solid character of the Sustentation Fund movement of this church more manifest than in its steady upward progress…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eccleston Congregational Mission. (From our Paterson Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1888 · page 6
Four years have now passed away since the inception of the practical working of the above mission, and we think it will be freely confessed that it has now ceased to be an experiment. This…
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