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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1891

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Telephones and Church

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 January 1891 · page 4

The Rev. Canon Wilcox of Christ Church, Birmingham, has (says an exchange) consented to allow the telephone to be introduced into his…

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An Exciting Scene in a Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 3

On Sunday, November 23, at the ten o'clock mass at the Italian Church, Hatton Garden, which was crowded, :here was an extraordinary scene. After the reading…

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The Church of England and the Unemployed

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1891 · page 4

An important scheme (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph) is being initiated by the clergy of the Anglican Church in the Sydney Diocese for ameliorating the…

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The Shoalhaven Presbyterian Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1891 · page 4

NOWRA, Friday.—A meeting of the congregation of the S[?]oalhaven Presbyterian Church was held in the church at Nowra yesterday, when the attendance…

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Congregational Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1891 · page 2

The Congregational Church, on Sunday, was crowded, both morning and evening. At the evening service especially there was a very large attendance, the building being…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 4

ON Sunday, November 23, (reports a London coutemporary), at 10 o'clock mass at the Italian Church, Hatton Garden, which was crowded, there was…

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Presbyterian Manifesto on the Irish Crisis

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 4

All important manifesto has just been issued by the Committee on the State of the Country of the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church to the…

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New Presbyterian College at Croydon. Speech by Lady Jersey

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 2

THE new building erected for the Presbyterian Ladies College at Croydon at a cost of £25,000 was opened on Tuesday by the Governor and Lady Jersey. The Earl of…

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Australian Roman Catholic Hierarchy, and the Irish Question. an Important Declaration

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 3

The Roman Catholic prelates of the Australian colonies, through some of their chief representatives, Cardinal Moran awing the number, have during the…

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Presbyterian

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1891 · page 2

The Presbytery of Illawarra met in the Nowra Presbyterian Church on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock (Says the Shoalhaven Telegraph). There were present, the…

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The Parish Boundary Question

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1891 · page 2

The following letter, addressed by the Incumbent of Bulli (Rev. H. W. Taylor) to the churchwardens of St. Michael's Wollongong, has been handed to us for…

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The Proposed Australian Ironworks. Success of Mr. Mitchell's Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1891 · page 2

A cablegram to the Herald says :—The mission of Mr. Joseph Mitchell, M.L.A., of Illawarra, who is interesting himself in the proposed establishment of ironworks in…

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Roman Catholic Picnic and Sports, Jamberoo

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 2

THE success of outdoor gatherings in our climate so largely depends on the weather that a shower of rain in the morning often determines the fate of…

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St. Michael's Church. Vestry Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 2

The usual Easter vestry meeting was held in the C. E. School-room, Market-street, on Tuesday evening. The Attendance was rather meagre, a fact due no…

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Church Social

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 2

On Wednesday evening last, a social gathering connected with the Congregational Church, took place in the Church-street Hall. Although the evening and…

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Bulli Parish

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1891 · page 2

The Primate will visit Helensburgh, Lilyvale, and Oxford on the 14th instant, and probably receive deputations at those places in re thier formation into a mission…

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Original Correspondence. the Parish Question. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 2

SIR,—As I assured "H.W.T." privately several days ago, I will assure him publicly that I have no ill-feeling whatever in this little affair, and that I am actuated…

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Christ Church, Kiama. Easter Meeting

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 2

THE adjourned Easter meeting of the parishioners of Christ Church, Kiama, was held on Thursday evening last, the incumbent, Rev. H. Guinness, presiding,…

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The Parish Question. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 3

Sir,—An important explanation needs now to be made, and then I have authority to say the correspondence in re the parish question will cease. For some time past…

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An Eloquent Priest. the Greatness of a People—mission of Public Amusement—the Truest Federation

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 4

FROM time to time, vigorous and dignified addresses on public occasions from a clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church, the Rev, Father Gallagher,…

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