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Churches, 1912

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Church of England

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

We have been requested to state that services will be held at Under bank on Sunday morning next, instead of Melbury, this notification…

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Parish Magazine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

We have received a copy of "St. Paul's Parish Calendar" for June, which makes special mention of the fixtures in connection with the anticipated visit to Maitland…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

By the death of Rev. William M'Gregor, D.D., in his seventy-seventh year, the Church has lost a distinguished missionary and a man of wide culture. He went out…

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Methodist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

Rev. J. H. Chin, of Melbourne, who expected to reach England last week, has had a most interesting and happy visit to the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, and Japan…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

The erection of a new Franciscan Church of Mary immaculate, in Victoria-street, Waverley, has been decided upon, and tomorrow Archbishop Kelly intends to bless…

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Welsh Disestablishment. Presbyterian Views. London, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has decided to petition Parliament against the bill for the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Wales…

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News of the Churches. Church of England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

The contributions to the Australian Board of Missions for last year amounted to £11,855 as compared with £8661 the previous year. Much credit is due to the organising…

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St. Mary's Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

There will be three services at this church to-morrow. At 7.30 a.m. there will be a Corporate Communion for the Church of England Men's Society; morning prayer…

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Church of England Bazaar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

The ladies of the local church of England are busy making preparation for a bazaar which is to be opened early next week. Proceeds are to be devoted to the rectory…

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Congregational Church. Valedictory to Rev. E. L. Coulter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 14

Despite the teeming rain of the afternoon and evening, about 50 persons assembled last week at the valedictory meeting to Rev. E. L. Coulter at the School of Arts, West…

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St. 'Patrick's Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

An impressive ceremony took place at St. Patrick's Church yesterday at the 11 o'clock mass, when the devotion known as the 40 hours' adoration to the Blessed Sacrament…

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Scottish Church Union. Comment by the "Times." London, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 4

The "Times" states that the discussions in the respective assemblies in regard to Scottish Church union have been memorable, having resulted in unanimity in one case and…

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Paterson Presbyterian Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 4

The sixth anniversary of the re-opening of St. Anne's Presbyterian Church, Paterson was marked by a special service last Sunday (says a correspondent). The church was…

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Presbyterian Womens' Missionary Association. Bi-annual Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 June 1912 · page 2

The bi-annual conference of the Women's Missionary Association was held in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, yesterday afternoon, when between 70 and 80 delegates…

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Chanman-Alexander Mission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 4

These world renewned evangelists are delintely dated to visit West Maitland. On Wednesday last the central committee of management in Sydney decided to include West Maitland in the places to be…

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Presbyterian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

The Victorian Church is, through its foreign mission agency, doing fine work in Korea. There are now 56 native workers, three elders, one fully-organised church, [?]…

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Methodist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

The trustees of the Methodist Church at Newtown, Toowoomba (Queensland), decided that the building was far too near the road, and resolved to have a working…

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Roman Catholic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 6

Addressing his congregation at St. John's Roman Catholic Church Camberwell, on Sunday evening, the Rev. Father Robinson put forth a novel idea for the building of a…

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Methodist Circuit Publication

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 4

We have received copies of the "Monthly Messenger," the organ of the West Maitland Methodist circuit, and the "Singleton Methodist Church Record," the quarterly publication issued by the…

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Presbyterian Women's Missionary Association. Bi-annual Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 5

The bi-annual conference of the Women's Missionary Association was held in the Mechanics' Institute, East Mainland, on Wednesday afternoon, when between 70 and 80 delegates…

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