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Churches, 1898

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Church and School Lands

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 2

On Friday morning Mr Price, accompanied by several horsemen, rode from Cape Hawke to Barrington, a distance of 60 miles, and met the…

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Presbyterian Church

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 3

The Right Rev. the Moderator of the Assembly (Dr. Brace), who has been for some time past on a tour of visitation through the Presbyterian Charges in the colony, is timed…

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Our Singleton Letter. St.andrew's Presbyterian Church.— Welcome to Dr. Bruce

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

In a very genuine sense the tea and social accorded last evening at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church as a welcome to the Right Reverned Dr. Bruce, Moderator of the Presbyterian General…

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Church Services. Sunday, 6th February, 1898

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

CHURCH of England: S. Alban's, 10.30 a.m. (H.C.); Children's Mission Service 2 30 p.m.; E. (choral), 7.30 p.m. S. Andrew's, Kayuga, 10.30 a.m…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 7

The Rev. F. C. Flcckhart, who had been connected [?]ith the Wesleyan Church, Melbourne, for 49 years, died on Saturday, aged 78. Too Society for the Propagation of the Gospel…

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Presbyterian Church. Visit of Dr. Bruce

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

DR. BRUCE, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, who is now on a tour of the Northern District, arrived in Scone on Wednesday, last, and has…

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Diocese of Newcastle. Church Aid Fund Meeting at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

On Wednesday evening, 9th last., a large meeting was held in our principal hull for the purpose of establishing a parochial branch of the Church Aid Fund. The hall was well filled. The Von…

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Presbyterian Church

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

A meeting of the adherents of the Presbyterian Church was bold on Monday last, for the purpose of [?]ing the feelings of the co[?]tion with regard to the selection…

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To the Editor. CHURCH & School Land Act of 1897

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

Sir,—As a tenant on Church and School Lands, I mast emphatically enter a protest against certain paragraphs which appeared, in your…

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Church of England Services SUNDAY, February 20th

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

ALL SAINTS', 7.30 a.m., 11 a.m. (Holy Communion), 7.30 p.m.; GLENDON, 3 p.m.—Rev.J.Chaffers-Welsh. MT. THORLEY. 11 a.m. ; BELFORD,…

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Church Services

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

SUNDAY, 20th February. Church of England: S. Alban's E.C 7.30 a.m.; M., 10 30 a.m.; E., 7.30 p.m. S. Mark's, Aberdeen. 10.30 a.m…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 11

The death is announced of the Right Rev. Dr. Selwyn, late Bishop of Melanesia and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, in his 53rd year. The Pope on Monday celebrated the sixtieth…

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Church and School Land Act of 1897. To the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

Sir,—In accordance with the promise contained in my last. I now send a brief outline of the origin of the Church and School Lands and of the…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 6

The death is announced of the Right Rev. Robert Claudius Billing, D.D., Bishop Suffragan of Bedford. At the 'Lambeth Convocation now being held the…

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Mr Lonsdale's Prayer, Land and Income Taxes and Church Subscriptions. the rending of the report on central mission affairs at the Wesley an

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

DURING the reading of the report on central mission affairs at the Wesleyan Conference, the Rev. W. W. Rutledge mentioned that a certain large annual…

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A Tree in a Church

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 5

In the old Parish Church of Kempsey, near Worcester, a chestnut-tree may be seen growing from the tomb of Sir Edmund Wylde, Knight of Kempsey. The tomb is built into the fabric…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

The Pope proposes to beatificate Cardinal Newman. The Rev. Nathanial Kinsman, popularly known as the "marrying parson," died at Collingwood…

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A Mission Steamer. The Fiado 30 days Overdue[BY Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

The steamer Fiado is 19 days out from Noumea to-day, and so far there is not any news of her, although she is fully 30 days overdue at her…

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A Church Episode

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

The London "Telegraph" tells an amusing incident of a recent Sunday service in a London church. A young man who took up the collection,…

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A Church Attacked by Dogs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 4

It is difficult to imagine one of our solidly built and venerable stone churches injured by our faithful friend the dog, but in different countries things are changed…

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