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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1897

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Diocese of Newcastle. Church Aid Fund. Meeting in the Central Archdeaconry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 2

Last evening a meeting, called by the Ven. Archdeacon Tyrrell, of members of the Parochial Councils in the Central Archdeaconry, was held in St. Mary's Hall, West Maitland, for the purpose of…

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Church of England Jubilee in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 1

Fifty years ago yesterday, says the Melbourne Argus of Wednesday, Bishop Perry, the first Bishop of Melbourne, was consecrated in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the…

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W. C. T. UNION. Mr L. M. Isitt's Mission. [CONTRIBUTED.]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 7

The temperance campaign, which, during some weeks past,'has been conducted in Sydney by the Rev. L. M. Isitt has awoke considerable interest…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 3

Dean Cowper will be 87 to-day. Rev. Joseph Barry, a highly respected priest at Seymour, Victoria, died suddenly on Friday. The jubilee of the Church of England in Victoria…

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Church Aid Fund, Diocese of NewcastLe

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 8

On Wednesday evening a meeting, called by the Ven. Archdeacon Tyrrell, of members of Parochial Councils in the Central Archdeaconry, was held in St. Mary's Hall, West Maitland, for the purpose of…

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South Singleton Church of England

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 4

At a mooting of parishioners, held at the Church of England Mission Room, South Singleton, on Thursday afternoon, it was decided to hold a tea mooting in the Elite…

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All Saints' Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

Last evening a meeting of the parishioners of All Saints was held in the School room for the purpose of electing a church warden in the room of Mr. C. H. Dight, resigned, There were present Messrs…

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St. Patrick's Church

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 2

The Rev. Thos. Leahy, of St. Aloysius College, Riverview, Sydney, who for the past nine days lias been conducting the annual Retreat of the Sisters of Mercy,…

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Requiem Mass in St. Mary's R.C. Church, Dungog

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 2

The anniversary of the decease of the late lamented curate of Dungog parish, Rev Father J. Carroll, was marked in a peculiarly solemn manner…

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St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland. the New Organ

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 2

Last evening, by way of publicly inaugurating the election of a pipe organ in St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland, a recital was given on the instrument by Mr. H. Chandler…

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Church of England Jubilee in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 16

Fifty years ago yesterday, says the Melbourne Argus of 30th ult., Bishop Perry, the first Bishop of Melbourne, was consecrated in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 7

Bishop-Coadjutor Stretch, of Brisbane, has had the degree of Doctor of Lairs conferred on mm at Oxford. The Rev. G. W. Turner, Wesleyan minister at…

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Loss of a Mission Schooner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 July 1897 · page 5

A wire reached Sydney this afternoon confirming the reported loss of the Wesleyan Mission schooner Meda on East Cape New Guinea The hull was sold for £10…

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Local News. Church of England

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

The Rev. H. C. Vindin, of the Mission Church, Wollahra, who is in town spending a few day with his friends, will preach at All Saints' Church this evening…

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Church of England Mission

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

A mission, lasting a week, will be commenced in All Saints' Church, Singleton, to-morrow (Sunday). It is to be conducted by Mr W. H. Dibloy. All are invited to…

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St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 13

On Friday evening, by way of publicly inaugurating the erection of a pipe organ in St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland, a recital was given on the instrument by Mr. H. Chandler,…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 2

The Established Free, United, and Irish Presbyterian Churches have adopted a new hymnal to be used from the end of the year with fresh tunes by Doctors Stainer and Sullivan. Australian…

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Temperance Mission. the Church and the Liquor Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 July 1897 · page 6

Last evening, in the Town Hall, West Maitland, the Rev. L. M. Isitt, the well-known temperance reformer, of New Zealand, opened a mission, which is to be continued throughout the whole of this…

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Temperance Mission. "The Foe and the Fight."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 3

Another crowded mooting assembled in the Town Hall last evening, to hear the Rev. L. M. Isitt's second address on the Temperance question, which was given under the above…

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