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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1896

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The Old Presbyterian Cemetery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2

The work of transferring the remains of those buried in the old Presbytorian Cemetery to the new ground at Glenridding was begun on Monday; the headstones of the…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 6

Bishops Verdon and Murray were passengers by the s.s. Wakatipu for New Zealand on Friday. Cardinal Moran and Archbishop Carr leave Melbourne next week to take pare in Bishop Verdon's…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. St. Alban's Church. Annual Meeting of Parishioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 2

The annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Alban's Church, wan held in the Schoolroom, Muswellbrook, on Monday night, when there was a fair attendance. The Von. Archdeacon White presided…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 6

The Parochial Council of the Tamworth parish has decided to engage an additional curate. On Sunday night last Dr. Anderson, Bishop of Riverina, preached at Moama. The church was…

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Scene in a Church. Immorality and Intemperance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 3

THE REV. MR BURTON, in charge of thE Anglican mission at Esperance (S.A.), delivered an extraordinary sermon on Sunday. In strong terms…

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Church and School Lands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 4

The Minister of Public Instruction (Mr. J. Garrard) returned to Sydney yesterday after a visit of inspection to the Gloucester district, where he had met and conferred with the lessees of the church and…

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Mr. J. Garrard at Gloucester. the Church and School Lands. Reception by the Tenants

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 2

Mr. Jacob Gurrard, the Minister for Public Instruction, visited Gloucester district last week. He went up principally to inquire into matters…

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Mission to the Vatican

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 3

Sir George Errington, Bart, has proceeded to Rome on a mission to the Vatican…

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New Wesleyan Church, Large. Laying Memorial Stones

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 2

The members of the Wesleyan denomination at Large are busily engaged in the erection of a brick church to take the place of the old wooden structure that had passed its time of usefulness, and was…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 3

Cardinal Moran and Archbishop Carr arrived at Dunedin (New Zealand) on Friday. They had a very cordial reception. The Bishop of Peterborough (Dr. Creighton) will…

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Church and School Lands

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 13

The Minister of Public Instruction (Mr. J. Garrard) returned to Sydney on Monday after a visit of inspection to the Gloucester district, where he had met and conferred with the lessees of the church and…

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Attack on a Mission Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 3

The Protestant mission station at Kiangyin, in the province of Kiangsu, china. about 80 miles north of Shanghai, has been looted by a chinese mob and burut to the ground. The missionaries…

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New Wesleyan Church, Largs. Laying Memorial Stones

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 14

The members of the Wesleyan denomination at Large are busily engaged in the erection of a brick church to take the place of the old wooden structure that had passed its time of usefulness, and was…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 7

The death is announced of Cardinal Luigi Galimberti, one of the College of Cardinals at Rome. The Rev. Father Plunkett, Redemptorist, closed…

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St. Patrick's R. C. Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 2

A largely-attended mooting of the ladies of tho parish was hold in the R. C. Schoolroom on Sunday afternoon last, for the purpose of considering tho advisabloness…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 5

It is propound to re-arrange the parishes in the Moss Vale district, with a view to strengthening the Church of England there. Miss Spence, of Adelaide, preached in the…

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Wesleyan Church Choir

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 2

An interesting presentation was made in the Wesleyan Schoolroom last night by the church choir to their late conductor, Mr S. Gould. The…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 5

Cardinal Moran preached in St. Mary's Cathedral on Monday, and made several references to the reunion of Christendom. It is proposed to erect a convent school at Morce…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1896 · page 6

Mr. Gladstone has spoken in terms of praise of the paternal attitude of the Pope in inquiring into the validity of the Anglican orders. The Rev. George Daniels, a well-known Wesleyan…

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St. Patrick's Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 June 1896 · page 2

Among the regulations of the Catholic Church there is one which provides for the holding of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on the feast of Corpus Christi…

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