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Churches, 1903

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 6

At the Anglican festival, the Bishop of Melbourne said that the clergy and public were tired of sales and bazaars for raising funds. After having held the position for 38 years the…

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The Parish of Denman. Grand Farewell Picnic. Departure of Rev. C. M. MILLS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 5

Saturday morning saw crowds pouring into our little town (on horseback, on foot, in carriages, and in other vehicles), to attend a demonstration on our local park, to our much beloved friend and rector,…

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The Armenian Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 3

The transfer of the property of the Armen an Church in the Transeaucasus Region to State control is causing trouble to the Russian Government. A number of Armenians at…

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The State and the Church in France

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 5

M. Combes, the French Prime Minister, is inaugurating a movement to erect a statue to Renan. The Prime Minister admits that the State is at open war with the clergy, whose…

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Armenian Church Disturbances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 3

Adherents of the Armenian National Church in Transcaucasia have entered upon a Mafia policy in revenge for successful proselytising They have assassinated at Alexandropol and…

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A Convent to the Roman Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 3

A son of the late Archbishop Benson, Robert, has gone over to the Church of Rome…

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Armenian Church Property. The Seizure Authorized by the Czar Russian Priests Assassinated (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 3

The Czar has authorised the seizure of the property of the Armenian Church in the Caucasus, amounting to nearly twelve millions of pounds…

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Armenian Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 3

A riot has taken place at Baku, in Russian Transcaucasia, in consequence of the tranfer of Armenian Church property to the civil authorities. The troops killed three persons and wounded 17. The crowd…

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The Parish of Denman. Grand Farewell Picnic. Departure of Rev. C. M. MILLS

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 12

Saturday morning saw crowds pouring into our little town (on horseback, on foot, in carriages, and in other vehicles), to attend a demonstration on our local park, to our much beloved friend and rector…

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In a Village Church

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 3

I attended a very old country shurch last Sunday, and I used the prayer-book in the pew that I was shown into. It was a beautifully…

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LOCAL & General News Church Services. Sunday, September 20, 1903

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2

CHURCH of England: St. Alban's, 7.30 a.m. (H.C.); M., 10.30 a.m.; E, 7.30 p.m. S. Mark's, Aberdeen, 3 p.m. St. Andrew's, Kayuga, 3 p.m…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 11

The Catholic missionary authorities have purchased the schooner Young Rock for work at New Guinea, and have renamed her Raphael. The Pope's yearly income exceeds £480,000. But…

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St. Andrew's Church and Manso

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 4

The members and adherents of St. Andrew's Presbytorian Church have entered into the movement for the erection of a new church and manse very…

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Visit of the Irish Rifles. Church Parade at St. John's

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1903 · page 2

Members of G and H (Newcastle) Companies of the Irish Rifles held a church parade in West Maitland yesterday morning. The event attracted considerable attention, despite the…

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The New Guinea Mission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 5

An advertisement in another column makes reference to the straits of the New Guinea Mission. The funds of the mission are seriously depleted; and, oh the ground that the…

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Churches with Drawing Rooms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1903 · page 7

In most English churches, the need of a really homely room, in which social meetings could be held, is often keenly felt by its absence. In America, however, such a room…

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Union of Churches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 3

In the Sydney Diocesan Synod, on Thursday, Mr. John A. J. Perry moved "That in view of the powerful influence for good which…

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The New Guinea Mission

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 13

An advertisement in another column makes reference to the straits of the New Guinea Mission. The funds of the mission are seriously depleted ; and, on the ground that the…

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LOCAL & General News Church Services. Sunday, September 27, 1903

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 2

CHURCH of England: S. Alban's, 7 30 am.; M, 10 30 a.m.; E, 7.30 p m S. Mark's, Aberdeen, 3 p.m. Holy Trinity, Muscle Creek, 3 p.m…

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Church Intelligence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 7

Archdeacon Lingard, one of the oldest of the Anglican clergy of Canterbury, New Zealand, is dead. Bishop Stone—Wigg, of New Guinea, considers that…

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