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Churches, 1875

17 stories in Illawarra's papers

Extraordinary Scene in a Church. (Liverpool Albion. Oct. 13)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1875 · page 3

AN extraordinary scene of violence took place in the Preston parish church on Tuesday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock on the occasion of a wedding…

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Roman Catholic Allegiance and the Pope's Infallibility

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1875 · page 4

The controversy raised by Mr Gladstone gathers volume and force as it progresses, and this morning we have to present our readers with an unusually large instalment of it. If this…

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Presbyterian

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 2

It will been on reference to our advertising columns, that the Presbyterians of the neighbourhood, and those who may attend the services at the Presbyterian…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1875 · page 4

A correspondent writes:— "On Sunday morning the service at the Irringite Cathedral at Albury, near Guildford—a building which was erected at a cost of £60,000, by the late…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1875 · page 4

A correspondent writes:—"On Sunday morning the service at the Irvingite Cathedral at Albury, near Guildford—a building which was erected at a cost of…

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Extraordinary Assault in a Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1875 · page 1

AT the Emerald Hill Police Court, on Saturday, an extraordinary case was investigated, when Father O'Callaghan, a Roman Catholic priest, appeared to…

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[?] Church Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1875 · page 2

We are requested [?] has written for to state that [?] Murphy. [?] of commenting the [?] Rev…

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Church and State in Prussia

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 May 1875 · page 4

The Berlin correspondent writes under date February 27th :— The Cstholio Church Proparty Bill is likely to prove the event of the session. Less directly…

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A Church Crushed In.—the Congregation Overwhelmed

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1875 · page 3

A TERRIBLE solemnity, attended with a deplorable loss of life, and occurring in circumstances of impressive solemnity took place in New York on the 26th…

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Churches Built by Fancy Work

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 May 1875 · page 4

In an essay on Fancy Work by 'M. or N,' which appears in the Australisian, the following remarks occur:—But, besides gratifying their own taste for the beautiful, and affording innocent…

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Church Money

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 July 1875 · page 4

The London Spectator, in its "Easy Chair" column, has the following:—"I talked, a week or so ago, about 'the miraculous number of threepenny bits, with…

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Burning of a Church in America

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1875 · page 3

THE New York Tribute gives the following details of the burning of the Roman Catholic Church at Holyoke, in Massachusetts, when over 100 lives were lost and a very…

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Local News. Presbyterian Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 September 1875 · page 2

The annual tea meeting connected with the Presbyterian Church took place in the Temperance Hall, on Tuesday evening last, and notwithstanding the day being very wet and cold, and the roads…

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Roman Catholic Riots in Montreal

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 November 1875 · page 4

The Times' Correspondent, under date Toronto, September 6, supplies the following particulars:— The riot which broke out in Montreal on…

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The Roman Catholic Riots at Montreal

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 November 1875 · page 4

It is a sad thing that, after a man has fallen into the sleep of death, his body should be made the subject of fierce strife. But such has been the fate of poor Joseph…

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Local News. The New Church of England, Macquarie River

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 December 1875 · page 2

The opening and consecration of the new Episcopal Church at Macquarie River, or Albion Park, took place on Wednesday last, according to announced arrangements. The attendance on all…

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What They Do at Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1875 · page 4

It was after the evening service Mrs. Coonton and the three Misses Coonton had arrived home. They sat listlessly around the room with their things on. Mr…

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