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Hunter Valley · Churches

Churches, 1906

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

The Rev. David Fenwick, of Surry Hills, was on Tuesday night appointed Moderator of the Presbytery of Sydney for the ensuing six months, vice the Rev. W. H. Ash, who…

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Methodist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

An handsome portrait of late Rev.Rainsford Babin was recently unvelled by Rev. W. G. Taylor, of Sydney, and is to be hung in the Central Mission Hall, Newcastle…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

An address and a purse of sovereigns were presented to the Rev. Father Reade, at Palmer's Island, on Saturday, to commemorate his retirement, after 30 years missionary…

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Alleged Ritualism. Anglican Vicar's Teaching

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 1

In connection with the alleged ritualism at St. Peter's Church, Ballarat, it is stated that those who resigned objected to the teaching of…

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LOCAL & General News. Church Services. Sunday, January 14th

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

Church of England: S. Alban's, M., 10.30 a.m.; E., 7.30 p.m. Muscle Creek. 3 p.m. Presbyterian: Rev. George Chalmers will preach at St. John's, Muswellbrook, at 11…

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News of the Churches. Church of England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

The contract for the new cathedral to be erected in Brisbane, at a cost of £36,000, has been secured by a Victorian firm. The Rev. D. D. Carruthers, organising…

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Bells Cast in Churchyards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 3

Bells were frequently cast in churchyards in the days of our early bellfounders. The English country roads were little better than miry lanes. full of rats and holes, and where the moistures of…

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Prince Arthur's Mission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 5

Prince Arthur of Connaught, who started a special mission for the King to decorate the Emperor of Japan with the Order the Garter, will also be the bearer of the…

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Church and State

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 5

The Government of Italy in disendowing. The religous orders in 1873, allotted 16,000 sterling for the maintenance of orders abroad. The Pope refused to accept…

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The Methodist Church. Anniversary. Celebrations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

Great rejoicing ,was manifest amongst the Methodists of West Maitland last evening, when the forty-seven anniversary of the opening of the church, and the removal of an incubus in the…

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Reform of Russian Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 5

The czar has instructed the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Russian Church to convoke an extraordinary National council for the settlement of ecclesiastical affairs and for…

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Publications Received. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

We have received from Rev. R. M. Walker, clerical secretary, the official report of proceedings of the general synod of the Church of England diocese in Australia and…

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Russian Revolution Church Reform In Russia. Fighting in Siberia. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 2

The Czar has instructed his Metropolitans to convoke an extraordinary National Council for the settlement of ecclesiastical-affairs and…

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Willow Tree R. C. Church Laying the Foundation Stone

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

On Sunday last the most success­ful function in the annals of Willow Tree—laying the foundation of a Roman Catholic Church—took…

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Amusing Speech by Mr. Winston Churchill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

Mr. Winston Churchill, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, was entertained at dinner recently by the members of the City Liberal Club, London…

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Methodist Church

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

To-morrow the Rev. E. Crozier, of Mayfield, will preach in the above church both morning and evening, and at Reedy Creek in the afternoon…

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