Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Churches, all years

New England · Churches

Churches, 1897

60 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 3

Anglican Church Statistics

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 5

THE Year Book of the diocese or Grafton and Armidale has just been published (at the modest price of 1s.), and besides being a most important little publication to g…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Sleeping in Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 3

"DOCTORS are consulted for strange reasons sometimes,"remarked a physician the other day, "but seldom has my professional aid been…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

How to Get People to Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 3

IN a recent number of the FORUM, the Rev. W. B. Bale give the following methods which have been adopted in America for attracting…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Mission Agent

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 3

The Rev. R. W. Thompson, Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society, arrived yesterday from Samoa by the steamer Moana…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Revolvers Used in Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 6

THE Canadian papers state:—"One of the most sensational tragedies ever enacted in North Texas took place in the Methodist Episcopal Church,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Church and the Stage

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 4

The Theatre, in an interesting article, states that it has been reserved for the year of the Diamond Jubilee to bring about a remarkable exhibition of mutual friendliness between the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Peculiar Mission

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

M. Lonis Ganne, the well-known composer of popular music, and author of "Pere la Victoire" and "Lorraine Marches," has just been charged by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Thanksgiving Services. Roman Catholic Church

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 4

Cardinal Vaughan and Monsignor Perraud, the Popes nuncio in England, conducted thanksgiving services at Brompton Oratory on Sunday in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Church-yard Terror

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 4

WE have been favored with a picture of an apalling invention--literally 'made in Germany' --having for its object the prevention of premature burial. The machine is well calculated…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Church Congress. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 5

AT a church congress at Nottingham, attended by the Archbishop of Sydney and several other colonial prelates, the federation of the churches and interchange of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

London. Wednesday. Church Federation

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 3

At the Church Congress in England, Bishop Barry said he considered the free federation of the Churches to be the best realisation of the Anglican idea visible…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Roman Catholic Order. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 5

THE Pope has instituted at St. Sulphice an order of confraternity for the conversion, of England. Cardinal Vaughan says that converts…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Methodist Union. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 5

AT the East Sydney Wesleyan District Synod, yesterday, a strong recommendation against Methodist Union was carried, while the vote at the West Sydney District…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Sketcher. Henderson's Mission

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1897 · page 2

Up to the present no official account has appeared of the mishap which befell the British Mission which was sent up to Samory in the hinterland of the Gold Coast, and was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire in a Church. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1897 · page 5

A FIRE occurred during a service in A church at Khnieliff, Russia, and a panic ensued, 54 persons being kilted and 80 injured…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

A Church of Millionaires

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 November 1897 · page 3

Cheques for 5,000 dollars are said to be quite common on the plates passed round the pews on Sundays at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York. This church the presiding…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dead Bodies in a Church

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 3

A HORRIFYING and mysterious discovery has just been made in the church of St. Peter at Seville. A choir boy chanced to find open the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions.) Holy Trinity Church Finances

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 2

SIR,--I am at a loss to understand the statement contained in the paragraph referring to the above appearing in your issue of Tuesday last, when we have the emphatic assertion of the treasurer to the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

'Good bye' in the Presbyterian Church

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 2

THE Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening was filled comfortably with a representative gathering, which had there assembled to wish 'Good-bye and God speed' to Mr., Mirs., and Miss…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Selling a Church

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 6

The Grafton Argus states that on Saturday the Sheriff submitted for sale the Union Church on the Nana Creek road. The church had been…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →