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Murray · Churches

Churches, 1900

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Roman Catholic Church

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

Last week the Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, D.D., Bishop of Wilcannia, arrived in Hay for the purpose of paying a visit to this part of his large diocese, and…

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Presbyterian Centenary Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 3

THE winter social (the first of the season) held in the Corowa Presbyterian Church last Tuesday evening was chiefly distinguished by the appearance thereat of the…

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Darlington Point. Sunday Morning at the Mission

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 15

Many of your readers, and especially those interested in missions, will be pleased to learn that the Sabbath is strictly observed at the Warangesda Mission Station, that there are…

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Presbyterian Church. the Centenary Thanksgiving Fund. the Commissioner in Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 24

Tho Rev. John Walker, the General Assembly's commissioner for the Centenary Thanksgiving Fund, reached Albury by way of Bungowannah on Thursday, 14th inst. A…

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Massacre of Mission Aries. London, Sudsy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 3

Forty British American Missionaries, including five ladies, were massacred at Tientsin. During the bombardment of Tientsin…

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Church Matters at the Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 28

A meeting was held at The Rock Church after service, by the Rev. G. A. Caver, on Sunday 17th June. There were present: Messrs C. Hardy, junr., W. B. Morison…

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Church Amid Perpetual Snow

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 1

The highest church in Europe is the pilgrimage chapel of St. Maria de Zoteil, above Salux, in the Swiss Canton of Granbunden. It lies 2,434 metres above the sea…

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Children in Church

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 5

Perhaps I shall shock some of my readers when I say that I do not approve of taking children of tender years to church. There are two objections to…

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The Boer Mission. London, June 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 26

It is announced from New York that Mr. Abraham Fischer, ex-State Secretary of the defunct Orange Free State, who has been on a visit to America, together with his…

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A Mission Station Burnt. London. June 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 27

The Chinese rebels have burnt a Protestant mission station at Weihsien, the most important town in the province of Shantung…

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The World's Strangest Church

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 25

Though we sometimes expect quarrels over church matters we never desire to see them perpetuated as in the accompanying sketch. This is a view of Ormskirk Church, and the…

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The Catholic Ball

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

The ball in aid of the funds of the B[?]rrigan Romanc Catholic Church and School, suffered nothing on account of [?] postponement that was rendered…

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Presbyterian

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

THE second of the Winter Socials, in connection with the Prosbytorian Church, took place in the School Hall on Thursday last, when a very enjoyable evening was spent…

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The Church of England Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 3

The Church of England Show Carnival opened [?] Tuesday night last when the grand plain and [?] dress ball was held, arid an immense crowd of [?] and adults in their gay coloured fancy…

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Sudden Death in a Church. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 2

A man named William Hunter dropped dead during a service in the Mortlake Church last night…

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A Venerable Church Tower Upon a Hill

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

The old. church, situated in a hollow, a little distance from the town of Kirkos[?]vald possesses the peculiarity of having its site over a well or spring called…

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Church of England Carnival

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

The closing nights of show week were de[?] the committee of management of the Church [?] England Carnival, to a bazaar and sale of [?] the affair was very successfully conducted [?]…

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A Venerable Church Tower Upon a Hill

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 1

The old church, situated in a hollow, a little distance from the town of Kirk—oswald, possesses the peculiarity of having its site over a well or spring called…

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A Catholic Mission Attacked. London, July 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 27

General Li Ping Heng, a noted anti-foreign leader, who is advancing with a large force to Peking, has attacked the Catholic Mission at Hsuchaufu…

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Roman Catholic

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 4

It is stated that with the accomplishment of federation, a new Roman Catholic diocese, with Albury as headquarters will be established. With this view, steps are being…

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