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Churches, 1908

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Reformed Church of England. Victoria Refuses Proclamation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 1

The Chief Secretary for Victoria, on Monday dealt with a peculiar application by the Rev. George Gladstone. Church of England minister, who…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

The congregation of St. David's Ashfield, is taking steps to hear candidates with a view to giving a call toi a minister. Mr. Hugh Paton, evangelist conducted a…

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Methodist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

Rev. J. Gatland, Methodist missionary, has retired from work in New Guinea, on account of his wife's illhealth. It is expected that the debt on the…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

The Rev. A. B. Tobin, of Wentworth, has been appointed to the charge of the Catholic mission at Moama. The Rev. A. Hennessy, of Broken Hill, goes to Wentworth, and the Rev…

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Church News. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 2

One of the parishioners of St. John's. Parramatta, has just presented to the church a very handsome cloth, with monograms, for the Holy table, mats, carpets,…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 6

The congregation of St. David's Ashfield, is taking steps to hear candidates with a view to giving a call to a minister. Mr. Hugh Paton, evangelist conducted a…

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Methodist

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 6

Rev. J. Gatland, Methodist missionary, has retired from work, in New Guinea, on account of his wife's illhealth. It is expected that the debt on the…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 6

The Rev. A. B. Tobin, of Wentworth, has been appointed to the charge of the Catholic mission at Moama. The Rev. A. Hennessy, of Broken Hill, goes to Wentworth, and the Rev…

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The Churches and Labour

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2

"LABOUR," the political variety, is prepared to take all it can get from the Churches. But it is not quite certain that it can give anything in…

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News of the Churches Church of England

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 6

One of the parishioners of St. John's, Parramatta, has just presented to the church a very handsome cloth, with monograms, for the Holy table, mats, carpets…

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Church's Great Thankoffering. £333,000 Placed on Altar of St. Paul's Cathedral. Solemn Pageant

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

The great thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral was the last magnificent act of the unprecedented and most successful Pan-Anglican Congress. The Archbishops…

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Anglican Illegalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 3

In receiving a non-party deputation of members of the House of Commons, Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister, promised carefully to consider and bring before his colleagues the…

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Methodist Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the general committee of the forthcoming Methodist Fair was held last night in the School Hall, when, despite the wet night, there was a good attendance…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

An appeal for prayer has been issued by Dr. David Brook, president of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches, in regard to the following subjects:—…

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Methodist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

The fund opened by the president to recoup the Rev. E. W. Briscombe's loss, estimated by him at £700, though the foundering of the S.S. Bega, has been closed,…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

The Parkes church committee is, with Father Campion considering the question of extensive improvements to St. jarlath's Church, which, when completed, will cost about £400…

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The Late Pan-anglican Congress Some Impressions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 3

The formal proceedings of the Pan-Anglican Congress closed on June 24 with the great thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral, a service of almost unparalleled interest…

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Church News. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 2

Rev. E. Hargrave has resigned the office of rural dean of Berrima. A faculty has been issued authorising the erection in St. Paul's, Sydney, of a stained…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 6

An appeal for prayer has been issued by Dr. David Brook, president of the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches, in regard to the following subjects:—…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 6

The Parkes church committee is, with Campion, considering the question of extensive improvements to St. Jarlath's Church, which, when completed, will cost about £400…

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