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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1886

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His Excellency at Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 5

Lord and Lady Carrington surprised the attendants at St. Phillip's Church by attending service yesterday morning, without notice and without ceremony,…

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The Anglican Bishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1886 · page 5

Bishop Barry leaves for Auckland on Thursday…

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High Church at Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 12

A CORRESPONDENT writes from New Zealand:—"There was a little flutter in ecclesiastial circles at St. Thomas' Anglican Church one Sunday evening lately. At the…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1886 · page 2

Shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the teachers and scholars belonging to the Sunday school assembled at the church in Watt-street, and, after religious exercises, were placed in…

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Items by the Mail. Lady Churchill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 12

LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL knows how to handle an interviewer. She was asked what arguments she employed in her canvass for her husband…

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Baptist Church, Sydney-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 3

THE Sabbath School anniversary of the above church was celebrated on the 25th and 26th ult. On Sunday morning, at 11, the Rev. Seth Jones…

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Wickham Primitive Methodist Sabbath School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1886 · page 8

ON Monday evening a tea and public meeting in connection with the above was held in the lower hall of the School of Arts. An excellent tea was provided, and the…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School. Annual Examination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 3

ON Sunday afternoon the annual examination in connection with the above school was conducted in writing. The mode of procedure was as follows:—Each candidate had…

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Lord R. Churchill. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1886 · page 3

Lord Randolph Churchill has taken his name of the books of the St. Stephen's Club. He had proposed a Jewish usurer as a member, who was blackballed by the…

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Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1886 · page 2

THE Gospel Temperance Union held a fruit soiree in the school-room on Monday evening. The attendance of children, their parents, and friends was large, filling the room; and a brilliant…

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The Tongan Church. Wesleyan Church, Tyrell-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 February 1886 · page 2

THE Wesleyan Church, Tyrell-street, was crowded yesterday morning, when the Rev. J. C. Moulton (chairman of the Tonga District) preached. The rev. gentleman took his…

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Christ Church Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1886 · page 2

Last evening a most enjoyable evening's entertainment, under the auspices of the committee of the above club, took place at the Lyceum, which was crowded with a most…

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Christ Church Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1886 · page 3

ON Tuesday evening a very successful entertainment took place at the Lyceum, Newcastle, under the auspices of the committee of the above…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Lord Churchill on Ireland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1886 · page 5

Lord Randolph Churchill, who is now on a visit to Ireland, last night addressed a meeting at Belfast, where he was received with the utmost enthusiasm. In…

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The Christ Church Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1886 · page 4

THE entertainment given at the Lyceum on Tuesday night (reported on page 3), inaugurated a movement well worthy of the support and countenance of all who…

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The Church and the Stage. Address by the Rev. G. North Ash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1886 · page 3

A MIDDAY service was held lately at St. James's Church Sydney. The service was opened with prayer and hymn, after which the following…

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Presbyterian Fracas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 5

A free fight occurred at Grafton Presbyterian Church last night. The Rev. Mr. Mackay broke in the vestry doors with an axe…

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Presbyterian Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1886 · page 5

The Rev. A. Gardiner has been elected Moderator for the ensuing year of the Presbyterian Assembly…

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The Welsh Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 5

Last night, in the House of Commons, the motion of Mr. Dillwyn's, member for Swansea, for the disestablishment of the Church of Wales, was rejected by a…

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Presbyterian Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1886 · page 5

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, New South Wales, has resolved to petition the Queen against the annexation of the New Hebrides by…

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