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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1887

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Courtship in Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 4

A YOUNG gentleman happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining one in which sat a young lady for whom he conceived a sudden and violent passion was…

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Congregational Church, Gerringong

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 2

The Rev. G. Heighway conducts services every Sunday as follows:— Gerringong, at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. [The editor requests that the various elergymen of the…

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Thrown on the World. Chapter Xx. a Perilous Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 4

"Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stinga you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains."…

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Thrown on the World. CHAPTER XX.—(Continued) a Perilous Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 22 December 1887 · page 4

Constantinos had been busy in arranging for the loan of two stout mules, to convey the gold when it should have been procured, and for disguises in which he and the two boys…

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Thrown on the World. CHAPTER XX—(Continued) a Perilous Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 4

During the meal, a girl, one of the party, offended the rough, brutal kind of follow who appeared to be the leader of the lot, and a quarrel ensued, in which the man, losing…

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Congregational Church, Gerringong

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 24 December 1887 · page 2

The Rev. G. Heighway conducts services every Sunday as follows:— Gerringong, at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m…

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