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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1897

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Carrington. P M. Church Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1897 · page 8

On Sunday last the Primitive Methodists held their anniversary services. In the morning the Rev. E. Crozier preached to a small but appreciative audience. The Rev. J. E…

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Carrington Seamen's Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 8

There was a large attendance of mariners at the entertainment given in the Bethel on Tuesday night. The Rev. R. M. Bowles, seamen's chaplain, occupied the chair, and…

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Burwood Wesleyan Church Affairs. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 2

Sir,—I beg space for a line to assure my friends, who may mi interpret my silence, that I feel no concern, and they need feel none, as to the strictures to which I have…

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The Anglican Cathedral. Report of the Building Committee. the Difficulty with the Architect

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 5

AT the meeting of the Anglican Synod last evening the Very Rev. Dean Selwyn moved, "That the report of the cathedral building committee be received, and that it be printed…

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Correspondence. Burwood Wesleyan Church Affairs. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 8

SIR,—Under the above heading there appears in your issue of this date a letter from the Rev. W. H. Beale, of which I am sure that even he—after having seen it in print—must…

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The Synod. Fourth Day. Establishment of a Church Aid Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 2

THE third session of the eleventh synod was concluded at the schoolroom next to the Pro-Cathedral yesterday. The Right Rev. Dr. Stanton, Bishop of Newcastle, took the…

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Burwood Wesleyan Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT states, inter alia, that at a meeting of the committee of management of the Independent Presbyterian Church, attention was called by Captain Davis to the…

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Correspondence. Burwood Wesleyan Church. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 8

SIR.—In answer to the charge in Saturday's Herald that I wrote Mr. Fraser a letter which. "18 gentlemen present" at some meeting "were unanimous in characterising as an…

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The Congregational Mission Fund. Sale of Work and Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 5

THE sale of work held during last week, in aid of the Congregational Mission Churches, concluded on Saturday evening with a concert at the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Hunter-street…

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Chinese Presbyterian Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

IN August last year a deputation of the Presbytery of the Hunter waited on Mr. Jesse Gregson, to ask for a site of land for a Chinese church on the A.A. Company's land…

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Cablegrams. the Cretan Difficulty. a Combined Mission to the Insurgents. the Question of Autonomy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Latest advices from Crete state that the admirals commanding foreign fleets and the foreign Consuls are arranging to send a…

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Church of England S.S. Teachers' Union. a Successful Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

THE bi-monthly meeting of the Church of England Sunday-school Teachers' Union was held in the Pro-Cathedral school-room last evening. There was a large attendance of…

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St. Andrew's Church. Choral Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 5

SELDOM, if ever, has a larger congregation gathered in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church than was present last night at the choral service. The service was a special one and…

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Good Friday. Special Church Services. Prayers for Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 5

GOOD FRIDAY was observed yesterday in the customary quiet way. Special services were hold in the English and Roman Catholic Churches, and the Salvation Army had three…

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Wallsend. Wesleyan Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 6

At the Wallsend Wesleyan Church quarterly meeting, the Rev. T. R. M'Michael in the chair, the following resolution was carried by 11 to 1:—"That this meeting…

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Maitland District. St. Mary's Parish

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 8

WE have received a copy of the report of St. Mary's Church, West Maitland, for the year ending Easter 1897. It is intended as a memorial of the Queen's diamond jubilee, and…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Crookston Accepts the Call

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 5

SINCE the retirement of the Rev. T. A. Gordon, a little over a year ago, the pulpit at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church has been filled by visiting ministers. It now seems,…

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The Situation in South Africa a British Fleet for Durban a Mysterious Mission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—It is announced to-day that nine British men-of-war have been ordered to immediately proceed to Durban, South Africa. The…

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St. Mary's R.C. Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 5

The services at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church were of the customary impressive and at the same time joyous character peculiar to the Eastertide festival, and were…

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Eastertide at the Churches. The Pro-Cathedral

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 5

THE services at the Anglican Cathedral yesterday were in marked contrast with the sombre character of those held on Good Friday. Yesterday everything was gay and…

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