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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1862

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Presbyterian Sabbath Schools, Jamberoo

Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1862 · page 2

PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH SCHOOLS, JAMBEROO.—Tea meetings seem to have become one of the institutions of the age Is there a church to be built, there must be a ten meeting.—[?] there a school to be examined, there…

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Destruction of a Roman Catholic Chapel

Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1862 · page 2

DESTRUCTION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL.—On Friday, Panbula and neighbourhood was visited with a most disastrous fire, which resulted in the complete destruction of the Roman…

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New Wesleyan Church, Kiama

Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1862 · page 2

According to previous announcement, the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of this building took place on Wednesday, the 12th instant. The arrangements had evidently contemplated…

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Church Society

Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1862 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Church Society for the Diocese of Sydney, was held on Tuesday evening, in the St. James' Infant Schoolroom. The room was well filled, and among those…

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Catholic

Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1862 · page 3

The following are the Regulations and Dispensations for the Lent of this present year, 1862. 1. The general law of the Church, which ordains Abstinence from Flesh Meat during the entire Lent, is…

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Church Meeting

Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1862 · page 2

On Monday week an adjourned meeting of the seat-holders in Christ's (Episcopalian) Church was held in that building, for the consideration of several parochial matters; the Rev. Mr. Wilson in…

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Congregational Church at [?]otany

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1862 · page 3

Yesterday the found [?] of a Congregational Church was [?] at Botany. The site chosen for this building is on a rising ground, between Captain Cook's Hill and the Water Works. The view from…

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Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 May 1862 · page 4

The Annual meeting on behalf of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society was held in the Wesleyan Church, York-street, last evening. The chair was taken by the…

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Church and School Lands

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 June 1862 · page 2

The following is a copy of the despatch [?]ng instruction upon the subject of the Church, and School Lands, transmitted by his Excellency Sir John Young to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle…

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Topics of the Week. the Church and School Lands Bill

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 June 1862 · page 2

HAS occupied the Assembly the greater portion of two evenings, and only one clause has been agreed to in Committee. The first clause provided, in a rather inefficient manner, for the mode…

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Topics of the Week. the Church and School Lands Bill

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1862 · page 2

CONTRARY to the expectations of its friends, and to the sore disappointment of its enemies, has passed the Assembly with the objectionable word "religion" in its second clause. This result is…

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Colonial Extrcts. Wesleyan Church Extention. Society

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 July 1862 · page 4

Last evening the annual meeting of the Sydney east branch of the Wesleyan Methodist Church Sustentation and Extention Society, was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, York-street. There was…

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Party Agents for the Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 August 1862 · page 4

Their (the Established Church's) agent-in-chief is one Mr. Nott, once known as a stationer of the firm of Beilly and Nott, of Birmingham, but now the regularly-appointed watchman of the Church…

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To the Wardens of Christ Church, Kiama

Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1862 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—I take the liberty to address you publicly upon a matter in connection with your duties, and in reference to which, as it appears to me, you have exhibited great want of attention…

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Church of England Parsonage

Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1862 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last a meeting of the members of the Church of England in this parish was held in the church, for the purpose of considering the propriety of erecting a…

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A Series of Jobs in the Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 November 1862 · page 4

The well-known "S. G. O." of the " Times"—in other words, the Rev. Sydney Godolphin Osborne—writes to expose some gros instances of nepotism:—…

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Church Society and Gold-Fields Missions Funds

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1862 · page 2

In St. Michael's on Sabbath last the Dean of Sydney preached instructive and profitable discourses in behalf of the above objects. The collections amounted to about £11…

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Wesleyan Methodist Sustentation and Extension Society

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1862 · page 4

Last evening the fourth annual meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Sus[?] and Extension Society, was held in the Wesleyan Church, York-street,Amongst [?] pre[?] obs[?] the…

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The New Wesleyan Church, Kiama

Examiner · Tuesday 25 November 1862 · page 2

THE NEW WESLEYAN CHURCH, KIAMA.—This buildding, which has engaged much interest and zeal during the year, is rapidly approaching completion. The internal walls have been neatly plastered and lined in…

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Topics of the Week. the Church and School Lands Bile

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1862 · page 2

Is again the centre of attraction in the political world. The Assembly, on Wednesday last, took up the consideration of the Legislative Council's amendments in the Bill. The first of these…

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