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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1896

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The Church and the Stage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 4

In America the Church and Stage approach each other differently than they do in England. Mdlle. Jane May, the well-known Paris actress, has had an interesting…

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Lambton. Primitive Methodist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 August 1896 · page 7

The Sunday-school anniversary in connection with the above church was held yesterday, consisting of recitations and singing by the children,…

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Islington Baptist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 3

AT a special church meeting convened last Wednesday evening, the pastor (Rev. S. Sharp) tendered his resignation of the pastorate. He explained his reasons for the…

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Lambton. Lay Methodist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1896 · page 8

The Sunday-school anniversary services of the above church were held yesterday in the Music Hall, and notwithstanding the inclement weather there was a good attendance…

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District News. Stockton. St. Paul's Church Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 8

At the Temperance Hall last night a very excellent and high-class concert was given in aid of the funds of St. Paul's Church. There was a crowded house. Alderman Rees, the…

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Further Outrages. Zihni Pasha's Mission a Failure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The latest reports from Crete state that pillage and the burning of houses and crops are rampant at Candia. The mission of…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Pan-Anglican Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Dr. Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, has issued an invitation to the bishops of the Anglican Church throughout the…

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For the Benefit of the Parish

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 3

AN extraordinary custom is the annual public pea-picking at Swanston, near Cambridge. By condition of lease, it is enacted that the occupier of…

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Hamilton Wesleyan Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 5

THE annual conversazione in aid of the Wesleyan Sunday school was held in the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute yesterday afternoon. The interior of the building was…

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Church Parade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1896 · page 8

To-morrow morning a military church parade will be held at the 11 o'clock service at St. Paul's. The Maitland Half Squadron Lancers under Captain Markwell, the Lancer…

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Catholic College at Oxford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Duke of Norfolk has purchased a site at Oxford for a Catholic college in connection with the University…

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Church Music in Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1896 · page 4

Archbishop O'Reilly has been discoursing on this theme, and his heart is sore. The worthy prelate would have two distinct classes of musicians, one for ecclesiastical…

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Annual Meeting of the Zenana Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 5

THE annual meeting of the Zenana mission, an undenominational body worked in connection with the London Missionary Society; was held at the residence of Mrs Ireland, in…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. New Roman Catholic Orphanage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 August 1896 · page 5

CARDINAL MORAN to-day opened and blessed the new orphanage at West Mead, Parramatta. The building is a fine one. CHARITY FETE…

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Church Parade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 August 1896 · page 8

A military church parade was hold at West Maitland yesterday forenoon. At half-past 10 O'clock the Maitland Half-squadron New South Wales Lancers, under Captain…

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More Outrages in China. Thirty Catholic Mission Schools Destroyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Intelligence has been received from China stating that further outrages have been committed by Chinese secret societies on mission…

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General News. Destruction of Mission Stations in China

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 4

The news of the outbreak of fresh disturbances in China shows that it is high time for Li Hung Chang to get back to his country again. The old diplomat has…

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Church-street Railway Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 September 1896 · page 8

Some time ago the attention of the Railway commissioners was called by a newspaper paper paragraph to the wretched condition of the roadway on the railway premises in front…

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District News. Minmi. Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 7

THE anniversary of the United Methodist Free Church was celebrated by three special services on Sunday, 30th ult. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. W…

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Merewether. Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1896 · page 6

On Thursday evening, in the School of Arts, the Merewether branch of the Independent Presbyterian Church celebrated their first anniversary with…

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