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Mid North Coast · Churches

Churches, 1899

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Roman Catholic Ball

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

AFTER the many disappointments met with by promoters of the ball in aid of the Roman C[?]ic Church Funds, it was hardly thought that success would attend the ball on…

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Church of England Concert

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

THIS concert which was postponed owing to the wet we[?]her came off on Monday night in the School of Arts. The audience was not so large as it ought to have been when…

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A Laugh in Church

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

She sat on the sliding cushion, The dear, wee woman of four, Here feet in their shiny clippers Hung dangling over the floor;…

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Presbyterian Sale of Gifts

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 4

The annual sale of gifts in aid of the Presbyterian Church was to be opened at 3 o'clock on Wednesday by the Mayor and the affair continued up to Thursday evening…

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A Laugh in Church

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 15

She sat on the sliding cushion, The dear, wee woman of four, Here feet in their shiny slippers Hung dangling over the floor;…

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Varieties. Church Clock Stopped by Birds

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 2

Romford Parish Church clock has just been stopped under very strange circumstances. A bird built its nest on the top of the clock, and part of the nest consisted of a…

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Wesleyan Church

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 10

THE Quarterly Meeting of the Wesleyan Church was held in the Smith-street Church on Tuesday afternoon. The various parts of the circuit were fairly…

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Divine Services. Church of England. Parish of Taree

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 7

Oct. 15.—(20th Sunday after Trinity.)—Taree 9 (H.C.) and address, Cundle 11 (H.C.), Oxley 3, Taree 7.30, Rev. R. H. Phillips. Scott's Creek 2.30, Harrington…

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Varieties. Church Clock Stopped by Birds

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

Romford Parish Church clock has just been stopped under very strange circumstances. A bird built its nest on the top of the clock, and part of the nest consisted of a…

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Church of England—Parish of Taree. Parochial Council Meeting

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 5

A PAROCHIAL Council meeting was held on Wednesday last in the Parish-room, Taree, whon a statement of accounts was presented in connection with the late Rose and Pansy Show. It was seen that…

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Local News. Primitive Methodist Church

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 8

A very pleasant social evening was held at the above church, West Kempsey, on Monday evening last. The occasion was the closing of the annual…

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Church Meeting Wingham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 7

A meeting of Parishioners was held in St. Matthews Church Wingham, on Monday night, with reference to the Church Aid Fund…

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N.s.w. Aborigines' Mission

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 9

Spasmodic efforts have been made from time to time in different parts of this colony to do something in the shape of Christianising its sable…

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A Notable Parish Church

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

No Parish Church in England has save the " Sunday Header," during this century, : gained a greater reputation than has that of St. Peter's, Leeds. Yet this is not owing to…

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Divine Services. Church of England. Parish of Table

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 7

Nov. 10.—(24th Sunday after Trinity.)—Cundle 9 (H.C.) Taree [?] (H.C.) 3 (Children's Service and Baptisms) and 7.30 Rev. R. H. Phillips Oxley 2.30…

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Visit of the Rev. R. M. Walker. Lecture on Church Aid Fund at 'Taree

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 6

ACCORDING to announcement in our advertisement columns, the Rev. R. M. Walker, Diocesan Registrar, lectured in the Belmore Hall, Taree, on Saturday evening last,…

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A Notable Parish Church

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 2

No Parish Church in England has, says the "Sunday Reader," during this century, gained a greater reputation than has that of St. Peter's, Leeds. Yet this in not owing to…

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Presbyterian Centenary Thanksgiving Fund

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 7

A PUBLIC meeting to inaugurate this fund was held in the Town Hall, Sydney, on Wednesday evening last—Sir Fredrick Darley, Chief Justice and Deputy-Governor, being in the chair…

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Bo Union Church. Nov. 14

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 7

THE Union Church Committee at the Bo Bo met at the church on Saturday night last, when a large amount of business in the interest of the church was gone through. The first item brought before the…

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The Presbyterian Moderator's Visit. the Eight Rev. W. M. Dill-macky

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 3

THE Right Reverend the Moderater of the Presbyterian General Assembly of Now South Wales (the Rev. W. M. Dill-Macky), arrived at Tares on Friday last by the s. s. Coraki, and was then driven up to…

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