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Churches, 1892

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Wesleyan Church Conversazione

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 2

A conversazione to conclude the anniversary celebration services of the Wagga Weslevan Sunday School was held at the church yesterday evening…

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Mr. Dibbs' Mission

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1892 · page 3

MR. Dibbs has gone to London to arrange the financial affairs of Australia (says a writer in the Argus), and a better man could not well have been selected—at any rate so…

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Catholic Schools' Railway Excursion Picnic

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1892 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED and final meeting of the Catholic Schools Children's Picnic Committee was held on Friday night last at St. Joseph's Schoolroom, when a report and…

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The USE and ABUSE of Literary Societies. (A paper read at the Waverley Presbyterian Mutual Improvement Society by the President, Mr. P. D. McCormick.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1892 · page 3

ONE of the best signs of the progress of education and culture is the vast increase there has been of late years in the number of literary and debating societies in our…

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The Ex-premier's Views of Mr. Dibbs's Mission

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 May 1892 · page 3

Sir Henry Parkes, the ex-Premier of this colony, is living a life of retirement, but certainly not of inactivity, in Hampton Villa, Balmain. Surrounded (says the Herald) by…

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Church Affairs at Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1892 · page 2

THE following is the close of the correspondence between the vicar-general and Canon Puddicombe:—From the vicar-general to Canon Puddicombe: "My dear…

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Bazaar in aid of St. John's Church

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 2
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A meeting of ladies was held in St. John's Hall yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and notwithstanding the pouring rain at the time the following ladies attended:—…

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Bazaar in Aid of St. John's Church. [To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 2

SIR,—Your published report of a meeting to get up a bazaar "in aid of St. John's Church" is likely to mislead anyone not acquainted with the facts, who would…

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St. John's Church Bazaar

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 2

Concerning a report of the meeting relating to the forthcoming bazaar in aid of St. John's Church, the following communication signed "Churchman" has been received:—…

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Confirmation at St. John's Church

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1892 · page 2

The Right Rev. Dr. Liuton, Bishop of Riverina, conducted a conformation service in St. John's church on Tuesday afternoon. The church was well filled and the choir rendered some excellent…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Church of England Bazaar. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 3

SIR,—In your last issue "Pew Holder" takes exception, and justly to, to the initiation of a proposed bazaar in aid of St. John's Church, Wagga, and as he asserts truly no…

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St. Saviour's Church, Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

The following correspondence appears in the Goulburn Herald:— Sir—I forward the two following letters for publication, that all who are concerned may…

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St. Johns Church

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 5

Concerning the bazaar in, aid of St. John's Church to be held during show week, "Churchman writes: "If I allow your footnote to my letter in your issue of Thursday…

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Confirmation at St. John's Church

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

A CONFIRMATION was held at St. John's Church last evening, at 7.30. The Lord Bishop of Riverina performed the ceremony. The Dean of Goulburn acted…

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Church Music: Its Offices and STUDY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 9

THE office of ordinary music is to provide a high intellectual enjoyment. Church music is distinctly an offering dedicated to God. A general knowledge of the former is…

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Tea and Public Meeting. Church of God

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 4

The following is a report of the seventh anniversary tea and public meeting of the Church of God, Wagga, held in the Temperance Hall on 24th inst.:—…

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Miss Jessie A. Ackerman's Mission

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 2

MISS Jessie A. Ackerman is visiting Wagga to conduct a mission in connection with the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the world. The mission will begin on…

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Mr Dibbs' Mission

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 2

IT transpires-- or is transpiring-- what our Premier's visit to the Imperial city was for. We do not know why Me DIBBS conld not have taken fellow…

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Miss Ackerman's Mission

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 2

A TEMPERANCE demonstration was held in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday evening. The temperance bodies and the Salvation Army formed a procession and marched to…

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