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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1889

259 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 13

Evening Dress Prohibited in Churches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 November 1889 · page 8

THE Archbishop of Canterbury's objections to evening dress in church are raised less against the white chokers and swallow-tails of the male creation than towards the low-out…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 5

MR. HENRY VARLEY, the eminent evangelist, continues to draw the public in an almost unprecedented manner, the Victoria Theatre being filled every evening by those anxious…

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Monastic Orders in the Church of England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 3

THOUGH the proposal to establish monastic orders in the Church of England has found favour in high quarters, it will not be carried into effect without much heated controversy…

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District News. Stockton. Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 7

The memory of the visit of the Rev. War-law Davies, M.A, to Sockton, and his excellent preaching in the above church on Sunday last, will leave a lasting impression on the…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

THE Victoria Theatre was again crowded last evening, when Mr. Varley, the eminent Evangelist, delivered his ninth address in Newcastle. He based his remarks on the…

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Plattsburg. Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 3

On Thursday the Primitive Methodists will open the long looked for bazaar in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute as previously announced. The ladies have…

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Redfern Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Rev. Mr. Binds, pastor of the Congregationalist Church at Dumfermline, has accepted the call of the congregation of Redfern Church, Sydney…

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Mr. Varley's Mission. Last Night's Address

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 5

THE inclement weather of last night did not deter a large audience from assembling at the Victoria Theatre to hear Mr. Varley, the Evangelist. Before commencing his address,…

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District News. Plattsburg. Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 7

THE above bazaar will be formally opened to-day at 3 p.m. in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute. Neither expense nor trouble has been spared to ensure success,…

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Greta Wesleyan Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Sunday-school anniversary and picnic was held in the Wesleyan Church on Monday night. Mr. Middenway, who…

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Catholic Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Catholic Congress at Baltimore has adjourned. It was decided to hold an international convention in 1892 in the locality of the world's…

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Mr. Varley's Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 4

THE picnic which was to have been given to Mr. Varley yesterday had to be abandoned, owing to the state of the weather. Yesterday evening Mr. Varley addressed another…

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Plattsburg Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 3

THE grand bazaar in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church was opened yesterday in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, in the presence of a…

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Mr. Varley's Mission. His Final Appearance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 5

MR. HENRY VARLEY, the eminent evangelist, closed his mission in Newcastle last evening, when he addressed a huge meeting in the Victoria Theatre. The place was literally…

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District News. Plattsburg. Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 7

The bazaar will be again opened this afternoon and evening, and judging from the success so far, the result promises to be highly successful. The financial result on the…

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District News. Plattsburg. Primitive Methodist Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 2

THE attendance at the Primitive Methodist bazaar during the past few days has been very good, and the financial result considering the dull times, fully up to expectations,…

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The Roman Catholic Church. Its Strength in Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 3

CARDINAL MORAN, speaking on Sunday at Ryde, alluded to the fact that on the 10th of the present month the Roman Catholics of the United States celebrate the centenary of…

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Burwood. Primitive Methodist Church, Old Racecourse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 7

The anniversary in connection with the above church was hold on Sunday last in the church, and each service was very well attended, the morning, afternoon, and evening…

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Silver Reading at Sydney-street Baptist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 7

ON Tuesday evening last the members of the Band of Hope, assisted by the choir, held the first of a series of silver readings in the above church. These meetings are being…

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Christ Church Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 8

THE annual picnic of the Sunday-school scholars of Christ Church (Pro-Cathedral) was hold at Sendgate yesterday. The children mustered at the church in the…

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