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Churches, 1892

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Miss Ackerman's Mission

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 4

A Temperance Demonstration was held in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday night. The temperance bodies aud Salvation Army, with band, formed a procession and walked to the…

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Sympathy by the Anglican Synod

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1892 · page 4

At yesterday's meeting of the Anglican Provincial Synod. Rev. Dr. Corlette said that he desired to move a vote of condolence in…

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Wesleyan Church Foreign Missions

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1892 · page 2

The Rev. J.E. Moulton, who for over 20 years has been engaged in Missionary work in Tonga for the Wesleyan Methodist Church, who is now visiting this district,…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 8

It has been decided to open several Parish Roods mentioned below to be maintained at the expense of the parishes through which they pass: and…

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The Roman Catholic Party

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 2

The Duke of Norfolk, who is the recognised leader of the English Roman Catholics and is president of the Catholic Union of great Britain, and who describes himself…

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Late-comers to Church in New Clothes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 6

THE following notice has been distributed in the pews of a Massachusetts church:—" It may not be inappropriate to call the attention of the audience to the bad habit they…

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Scene in a Sydney Church. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THE usual solemnity of the service at the Stanmore Congregational Church was rudely disturbed to-day. The minister, the Rev. Thos. Kench, was reading the day's notices…

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The Failure of the Mission to Fez. London, July 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 3

It was at first believed that the failure of the British mission to Fez. under Sir Charles Euan-Smith, was due to French influence. It is now. however, stated that the fanatical…

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Sir George Dibbs in England. Criticisms by the Financial Times. His Mission Pronounced a Failure. London, July 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 2

THE Financial Times, in discussing the title conferred upon Sir George Dibbs expresses the opinion that knighthood has been given him as a compensation for the failure of his…

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The Church of England Bazaar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1892 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

THE ladies who have undertaken the management of the above bazaar, to be held in show week, are exercising all their fuculties to make the function a brilliant success…

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Churches Struck by Lightning. Fifteen Persons Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1892 · page 5

NOT less than three eases of churches being struck be lightning, and in two instances with disastrous results, occurred on Sunday, Juno 12 in the Spanish provinces. The…

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Situation in Afghanistan. Lord Roberts Heads a Mission to the Ameer. London, Aug. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 2

IN consequence of the serious state of affairs in Afghanistan, and of the fighting which has taken place between Afghan and Russian soldiers on the north-cast frontier, the…

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Church of England Bazaar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the heavy down pour of rain which fell between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening a large crowd visited the bazaar which opened in a large store at the corner…

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Church of England Bazaar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 6

THE Church of England Bazaar has been continued throughout the week most successfully. On each evening the large hall lent by Mr. Shaw for bazaar purposes, has…

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Church of England Bazaar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 2

THE bazaar, which has been held in Messrs. W. Shaw and Co.'s market store during the past week in aid of the Wagga Church of England, was brought to a successful…

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Confirmation Service at St. Columba's Church

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 2

On Sunday morning last there was a very large assemblage of the Catholic comununity, with a fair sprinkling of visitors, at St. Columba's Church, the…

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A Chat with Sir George. Replies to Questions About His Mission. the Colonel Campbell Incident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 3

A representative of the Echo boarded the R.M.S. Mariposa as she slowly drifted down the harbour towards the quay. The vessel entered the Heads at about 9.30 a.m…

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Cootamundra Presbyterian Church

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 11

MR. Duncan Wright, an Evangelist from New Zealand, conducted service on Sunday last in the Presbyterian, Church to a large and interested audience. Mr. Wright is a…

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