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Churches, 1884

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Fire in Church Street

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1884 · page 2

ON Sunday night last at about 9.15 a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. W. McDonough, tailor, in Church-street. The building was a very old fli[?]usy…

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Presbyterian

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 2
Also in The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser

THE Monato Presbytery met at the Bega Presbyterian Church, on 6th February, at half-past 7 p.m. Present, Revs. Wm. Baker, J. H. Archibald, and W. Gardner…

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Biography. FEBRUARY 17, at the Catholic Presbytery, Campbelltown, in the 6[?]th year of his ago, Right Rev. Monsignor Lynch. Requiescat in pace

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 2

THIS a brief record of the close of an active life in the service of his church. By the kindness of an esteemed correspondent we are able to give a few interesting…

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Letters to the Editor. [Our columns are open to all, but we do not in any way identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] Bega Presbyterian Church

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1884 · page 2

SIR,—In the interests of the abovenamed Church we deem it our duty to correct a misleading local published in the Bega Gazette of the 9th instant, headed…

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Opening of the Colombo Catholic Church

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1884 · page 2

ON Sunday last, April 27th., the second Sunday after Easter, the Catholic residents at and around the township of Colombo had the proud satisfaction of…

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The New Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Rome, dated 7 p.m. on Thursday night, announced to us the definite appointment of the Most Rev. the Bishop of Ossory to the Archiepiscopal See…

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Nowra Wesleyan Church

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 2

As announced in the local papers lost week, the anniversary services, teameeting, and service of song, in connection with the anniversary of the opening of the Nowra Wesleyam Church, took…

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The new Roman Catholic Archbishop

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 4

The new Archbishop of Sydney (says the London Weekly Register of 5th April) leaves Ireland almost immediately after Easter, and proceeds to…

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The Churchyard by the Sea. a Memory

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 31 July 1884 · page 1

ACROSS the waste of years I see One spot for ever soft and green, Which, shrined with in my memory, In evening glow or morning sheen,…

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Original Correspondence. (We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] Presbyterian Church. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,—I beg through the columns of your paper to take objection to a paragraph that appeared in the STANDARD of August 2nd, in which you state, on the authority…

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Parish and [?]her Roads

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1884 · page 3

“COMPLAINTS have been some what numerous of into in this district of p[?]rtes fencing an parish and other ponds and doubt existed as to who was the proper officer to…

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Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,—It appears Mr. Moorhead is much exercised about the Presbyterian Church being now called St. Andrews. I may state for his and general…

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Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] Presbyterian Church. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,—I observed a letter in your paper from Mr. J. Malcolm, written evidently to air his position of secretary to the so called committee of management, and another…

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Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 2

SIR.—In your last issue I notice another attempt by Mr. James Moorhead, of Moorland, (or perhaps his tutor), to dispute the legality of naming the…

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Letters to the Editor. [Our columns are open to all, but we do not in any way identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by corepondents.] PRESBYTERIAN

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,—As one who has heard many delectable discourses lately from those eloquent clergymen the Rev. Mr. Macky, and the Rev. Mr. James, I am grieved to see…

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Presbyterian

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 September 1884 · page 2

A VERY pleasant and most successful social gathering took place at the School of Arts, Bega, on Friday last, to welcome the Rev. J. M. Ross, who, as General…

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Inspection of the Catholic Schools

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1884 · page 2

On Wednesday the 1st inst., the Catholic Primary and Infant Schools of Moruya were for the first time visited by the Inspector for the Archdiocese of Sydney,…

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Kangaroo Valley. the New Wesleyan Church

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 23 October 1884 · page 2

THE foundation stone of the new Weslyan Church at Kangaroo Valley was laid on Friday, the 3rd of October. This event had been looked forward to with a considerable amount of…

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Presbyterian Bruce Auction and Tea-meeting

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 2

Monday the 10th. inst. will long be regarded as a [?]red-letter day,’ in the history of the Presbyterian Church of Moruya. On that day a Bruce Auction and Tea…

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