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Churches, 1900

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Special Church Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1900 · page 4

At All Saint's Church on Sunday a special service in connection with the missions was held. The attendance in the morning was not very large on account of the wet weather. The pulpit at the…

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Mission Burned at Amoy. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 3

The British American mission near Amoy has been looted and burned, also a Japanese temple. A body of Japanese bluejackets has…

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A Tree in a Church

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

In the old Parish Church of Kempsey, which stands picturesquely on the banks of the Severn, about four miles from Worcester, there is a fine old monument to the memory of Sir Edmund…

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The Bellenden Ker Mission

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 16

Missionary Notes for August 20 contains the following interesting letter from Miss E. H. Colyer (daughter of the Rev. W. K. Colyer, of West Maitland), who is working in connection with the…

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Roman Catholic Congress. Dedication of St. Mary'e Cathedral

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 6

The Roman Catholic Congress will be opened in Sydney on Monday, September 10. A large gathering is expected of members from all parts of…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 11

The Triennial General Synod of the Anglican diocese in Australia and Tasmania was opened on Tuesday by service in St. Andrew's Cathedral. The Bishop of Carpentaria, the Right Rev…

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Winston Churchill's Pay

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1900 · page 4

MAJOR POND held out a golden bait to Mr. Winston Churchill (the Boer war correspondent for the Morning Post) to secure him for a lecturing tour in…

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Presbyterian Church, llinton. Annual Tea and Public Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 2

The annual tea and public meeting in connection with the Hinton Pre[?] took place to the school of Arts, Hinton, last evening, and proved successful in every respect. Tea was ready…

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The Anglican Synod and the Revised Version

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 3

A new departure in the direction of freedom and adaptation to the times is the permission given to make use of the Revised Version in the public service. This is a more significant fact than…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 11

The Bishop of Tasmania on Frisy received an anonymous donation of £100 to the Melanesian mission vessel fund. The Presbytery of Melbourne has passed a…

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Ball in Aid of St. Joseph's Church

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 2

The annual ball and supper in aid of St. Joseph's K. C. Church took place in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening, when there was a very good attendance…

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St. Andrew's Church Flower Show

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 4

It is announced in our advertising columns that the above event will be held during the first week in November. It was originally intended that it should…

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The Catholic Congress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 September 1900 · page 3

The Fist Australian catholic congress was formally opened this turning, in st Mary's Hall, in the presence of a large attendance of clergy and laity, cardinal moran delivered the inaugural address…

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The Roman Catholic Congress. Opening Proceedings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 3

The proceedings of the congress were inangurated yesterday morning as wa reported by telegraph, by an address by the candinal on "The catholic church in the Nineteenth century,"his Eminence…

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A Floating Church

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 5

Owing to the why in which the population is scattered over Holme Fen, it was impossible to find Any suitable central point for a mission-room, and a building on wheels…

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The Catholic Congress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 3

At the sitting of the congress yesterday, after the time reached in our telegram, the Hon. John Hughes, M.L.C. read a paper on the conditions of town life in Australia, in which he averred that our…

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The Roman Catholic Celebrations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

The Roman Catholic celebrations are exciting a great deal of interest. At St. Mary's on Sunday no less than three colonial governors, with…

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The Roman Catholic Congress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 3

At the morning session of the Congress yesterday. The Rev. C. O'Connell, S.J., read a paper on "Pailosophers and Free Will," and the Rev. M.A. Flemming read an article written by Dr. Delaney…

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The Trouble in China. Allies at Peking. France and Russia to Withdraw Peace Plenipoteniaries. Horrible Murder of Mission Aries. London, Sept. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 3

The French and the Russian Legations and the French and Russian Contingent taking part in the billed occupation of Peking have been ordered to proceed to Tientsin as soon as circumstances will…

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The Roman Catholic Congress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 3

At the morning [?] yesterday the [?] Father Aluber read a paper by the [?]…

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