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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1899

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St. Patrick's Church

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

An interesting and impressive spectacle was witnessed in the above church at the G.30 Mass yesterday morning,, when nine girls and 17 boys attending St. Francis…

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The Anglican Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1899 · page 3

Lord Kinna[?] moved a [?] of Lords last night, upon which a strong debate against habitual confession ensued. Lord Salisbury, in the course of his speech, said he preferred an…

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Confession in Anglican Churches. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 3

Lord Kinnaird moved a series of resolutions in the House of Lords last night, with the object of drawing attention to ritualistic practices in the…

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Maitland Chinese Mission

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 2

The quarterly meeting in connection with the local mission to the Chinese was held on Tuesday evening in St. Paul's Schoolroom, Cross-street. There was a very fair attendance of both…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 7

A vigorous effort is being made to start a Baptist Church at Coolgardie. Special prayers for rain were offered on Wednesday in the Anglican and Presbyterian churches at…

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St. Patrick's Church, Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1899 · page 13

In these columns we recently referred to the progress that was being made in the erection of a building at St. Patrick's Church for the purpose of having placed therein "the crib"—the…

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Correspondence. Concert, Dance, & MISSION. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

SIR,—I write with reference to the mission following the concert and dance in aid of Church funds. The need of the former indicates…

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The Wesleyan Church

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

The following is the second reading of stations in the Maitland district in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Church: —West Maitland, John Clifton; Branxton,…

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The Irreducible Minimum; Or, How Tim Naylon Banished Threepenny Pieces From His Church Collections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 4

The church collector is a familiar type of our genus, and frequently as original in his views and actions as he is indispensable. There are of course grades in the avocation as in all others, for there…

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The North Side of the Churchyard

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 1

One of the prejudices of superstition that remain with us to-day is the objection which many persons have to the north side of the churchyard or cemetery…

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Catholic Education

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

Father Gleeson, at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday, alluding to the sacrifices made by the Roman Catholics of Maitland in the cause of secular and religions education, gave a…

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The Roman Catholic University of Ireland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 3

The Duke of Devonshire, a Liberal Unionist, speaking in the Unionist Council, said he would be surprised if the Government legislated for an Irish Catholic University…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 5

Bishop Brindle has been consecrated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster. At a public meeting at Christchurch in aid of the Wesleyan Century Commemoration Fund £1266…

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Wesleyan Church Appointments

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

It is with pleasure we have to chronicle that, at the late Wesleyan Conference sittings, Sir H. J. C. Foreman, B.A., son of Mr H. J. Foreman, of Branxton, was…

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Mr. Balfour's Suggestion about a Catholic University

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3

Mr. Balfour, writing to a constituent on January 23, suggested the establishment of two, universities in Ireland, one in Dublin and one in Belfast, on precisely similar lines and c[?]ffering in…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 6

The Archbishop of Sydney has been appointed Australian representative on the consultative committee for the Anglican Church throughout the world…

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S. Alban's Church Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

IT is notified by advertisement that theannual meeting of S.Alban's Church Club will be held in S. Alban's Schoolroom, on Wednesday night next, at 8…

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Church of England

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 5
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

During the year 1894 the Church of England received voluntary contributions to the amount of £5,650,490, in addition to which £1,482,898 was spent…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr. John Mackenzie, the missionary, at one time British Commissioner in Bechuanaland. The Rev. Thomas de Witt Talmage D.D., has…

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