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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1891

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Primitive Methodist Annual Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1891 · page 5

THE annual assembly of the Primitive Methodist Churches in the Newcastle district opened its session in the Brown-street Church on Saturday morning. A goodly…

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Primitive Methodist Annual Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 5

THE annual sessions of the Annual Assembly of the Primitive Methodist Church were resumed yesterday, in the Brown-street Church. The president (the Rev. J…

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Merewether. St. Augustine's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1891 · page 8

Special services in connection with the unveiling of the memorial pulpit, which is erected to the memory of the men who lost their lives in the Hamilton pit disaster, were…

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Primitive Methodist District Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 3

A public meeting in connection with the above was held at Wickham last night. The chair was taken by Mr. D. M'Michael, who expressed his gratification that he was…

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The Anglican Cathedral. The Proposed New Edi[?]ce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 5

A CONTRACT for the erection of the new Church of England Cathedral, upon the site marked out for it many years ago, has been let to a contractor, and it is proposed to…

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Latest District News. Adamstown. Primitive Methodist Convention

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1891 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting, under the auspices of the Primitive Methodist District Convention, was held in the Primitive Methodist Church on Wednesday night. The district vice-president…

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 11

THE Pope intends to issue an Encyclical letter advising the French Catholics to adhere to the Republic. Bishop Doyle, of the Grafton diocese, has…

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Christ Church, Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 February 1891 · page 5

CHRIST Church, Newcastle, now about to be demolished, is the oldest church in Australia, and a few particulars concerning it may not be out of place at the present time. It…

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 9

THE Catholic church building at Crookwell is approaching completion. It is expected that it will be opened on Easter Sunday. The building is the best of the kind in the…

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Collapse of a Church Roof

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 11

FIVE men were engaged on the roof of a Presbyterian Church, known as the Scotch Church, in North-bridge-street, Sunderland, England, taking out rafters with a view to…

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Suicide in a Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 12

AN extraordinary case of suicide is reported from Havre. A stranger, who was attending the devotions in the Church of St. Michel, was suddenly seen in flames. The…

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Methodist Free Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 5

THE anniversary tea and public meeting in connection with the Cook's Hill Methodist Free Church took place last evening at the church, Laman-street. Tea was provided by…

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Latest District News. West Wallsend. Presbyterian Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1891 · page 8

The attendance at the opening service in connection with the bazaar in aid of the building fund of the Presbyterian Church, which took place on Thursday last, was…

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Wickham Primitive Methodist Tea Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 5

A TEA and public meeting in connection with the Primitive Methodist missionary services was held in the Wickham Primitive Methodist Church last evening. Tea was set out…

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Smedmore. Laying a Church Foundation Stone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last the foundation stone of a new church in connection with the Primitive Methodist body was laid on a piece of land purchased by the above-named…

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Lambton. Primitive Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 3

The anniversary services in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church were held on Sunday, when the Rev. J. Penman preached morning and night, and the Rev…

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Burglars in a Church. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 5

EARLY this morning, the church, schoolhall, and parsonage of St. Thomas', Balmain, were entered by burglars. The vestry was ransacked, and property to the value of £20…

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Church and Religious News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 9

THE Rev. George Hill, of Leeds, Yorkshire, has accepted the co-pastorate of the Collins-street Baptist Church, Melbourne. The Record says:—"How many people…

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Proposed Visit of Lord Randolph Churchill to Mashonaland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—It is announced that Lord Randolph Churchill will leave England in the spring on a visit to Mashonaland, in South East Africa, where he will remain six…

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An Unsuccessful Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 4

THE result of the visit of the Dowager Empress FREDERICK of Germany to Paris has been sadly disappointing, not only to the illustrious visitor, but to all who believe that…

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