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Churches, 1916

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East Maitland Methodist Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 4

Last night at the East Maitland Methodist Church a meeting was held in advocacy of the home mission work of the denomination. Rev. F. E. Fletcher M.A.,…

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Congregational Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

The first quarterly church rally in connection with the! Congregational Church was attended by a fine large gathering in the school hall last evening. A…

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Catholic Hall in the Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

At a meeting of the building committee for the erection of a Catholic hall in the camp, held last evening, in St. John's School, a plan of the building, kindly prepared by Mr…

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Methodist Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

At the West Maitland Methodist Church to-morrow the services will be conducted by the minister. Mr. Howard's theme in the morning will be "Admiral Beatty's Message."…

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The Catholic Soldiers' Hall

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 2

A largely-attended meeting of the parishioners of St. John's Cathedral was held in St. John's School on Sunday evening for the purpose of providing a structure for…

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Catholic Federation. Aims and Objects

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 12

The Town Hall was well filled on Monday night by large and representative attendance from all parts of the district assembled in public meeting. for the purpose of hearing…

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Catholic Hall at the Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

The work of erecting the Catholic Hall in the camp was begun to-day. Messrs, Thomas and Clarence Burg had arranged the preliminaries for the good number of…

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Roumanian's Ex-premier. Mission to Austria Petrograd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 13

M. Carp, an ex-Premier of Roumania, has gone to Vienna on a confidential mission to ask Austria for territorial. concessions in Bukovina and Transylvania. He is giving…

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St. Mary's Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

Services at St. Mary's Church to-morrow will be as follows:—At 7.30 a.m. there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion, also at the 11 a.m. service. Evening prayer…

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Air Services. Place for Mr. Churchill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 5

The "Observer" strongly advocates the appointment of Mr. Winston Churchill (he is now with the British Forcies in France with the rank of major) as Minister of Air…

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St. Mary's Church. Annual Vestry Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 6

The annual vestry meeting of St. Mary's Church was held last evening in the Parish Hall. There was a fair attendance and much enthusiasm was shown in the…

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St. Mary's Parish, Rector's Letter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 3

The usual notes by the rector and financial report in connection with St. Mary's parish, West Maitland, have been compiled and printed in pamphiet form and…

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St. John's Catholic Club. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

The 28th half-yearly meeting of the above club was held in St. John's school-room on Wednesday evening, when Mr. M. Hayes presided over a good attendance of…

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War and the Churches. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 5

The Baptist Handbook for 1916 shows a decline in the membership of the churches of 3176, partly owing to tho war. Many Anglican training colleges have…

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Methodist Church

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

The services in the Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted by Rev. S." Varcoe Cock, of Newcastle who will also conduct a service at Homeville Church in the…

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Methodist Fair

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

At a meeting of the ladies of the East Maitland Methodist Church the final arrangements were made for holding an autumn, fair in the Mechanics' Institute on March, 22 and…

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St. Mary's Parish. Rector's Letter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 5

The usual notes by the rector and financial report in connection with St. Mary's Parish, West Maitland, have been compiled and printed in pamphlet form and…

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Air Services. Place for Mr. Churchill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 13

The "Observer" strongly advocates the appointment of Mr.Winston Churchill ( he is now with the British Forcies in France with the rank of major) as Minister of Air…

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Sir Rider Haggard. Dominions' Mission Defended. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 5

Before Sir Rider Haggard sane[?] on his mission to the overseas dominions, he received a wire from Earl Grey saying: "I am sorry that certain newspaper and cities…

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A Church Pamphlet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 5

A pamphlet issued on Saturday by the Redfern Congregational Church says:—"There are a fair number of eligible men, some of them possessed of military…

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