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Churches, 1887

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A Church in a State of Stage

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 2

A RATHER exciting episode occurred in Goulburn on Tuesday. From the Goulburn Argus we learn there is some dispute as to the pos[?]sion of a building known as St. Saviour’s…

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Memorial to the Anglican Bishops

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1887 · page 4

To the Most Rev. ALFRED BARRY, D.D., D.L.C., Lord Bishop of Sydney, Metropolitan and Primate, and to the Right Reverend the Bishops of the Dioceses in Australia and…

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Presbyterian Sabbath School Tea-meeting

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 2

THE annual tee-meeting in connection with Bio above-school was held in the old schoolhouse, Broughton Creek. on Saturday last (New Year’s Day.) At about 12.30 a.m. a dumber of the…

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The Tanja Church Mspute. ( To the Eight of the [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 4

SIR.— References was were that age made in year a letters to the disputed question whether the church an Tanja is a Union Church or before giving to the…

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Presbyterian View of Christmas Day

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1887 · page 4

THE Glasgow Herald of December 28 contains a report of some remarks made on the previous Sunday by the Rev. J. Primmer, of Dumforlme, which show that the Rev…

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Church of England Missions to the Heathen

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last a meeting was held in the School Church, Nowra, the object of which was to create a deeper interest in the matter of "Missions to the Heathen." The Rev…

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Roman Catholic Picnic

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 2

LAST Thursday, St. Patrick’s Day, was celebrated in Broughton Creek by a picnic and sports, which was hold on the race-course kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. D. Berry. It will…

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St. John’s Church. Easer Meeting

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1887 · page 3

THE Easter annual meeting of parishioners of St. John’s Church of England was held in the Sunday School room on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o’clock, about 10 persons…

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Presbyterian Church

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1887 · page 2

THE Annual Meeting of the Presbyterian Church, Moruya, was held on Friday afternoon, May 20, Rev. J. H. Archibald presided. After devotional exercises, the chrirman made a few introductory…

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Church of England

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1887 · page 2

ON Thursday last, a meeting was hold at the Falls C. E. Church, to consider the best means of carrying on the completed of the now church at that place. The Rec. J. Best, Incumbent…

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Farewell and Presbyterian to Mr. F. Thorpe

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 2

As announced by the Rev. J. Boston Sunday last, a meeting of the friends of Mr. F. Thorpe Cateclust, was held at the C. E. School Church, Nowra, on Monday evening last for the purpose…

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The State and the Catholic Church

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 2

A [?] of the Catholic Church supplies the delivering as a [?] of a [?] by these Henly on Sunday last, and as the [?] was delivered as…

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Free Church Assembly, Thursday, May 19

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 4

The Rev. Dr. N. A. Somerville, Glasgow, the retiring Moderator, opened the proceedings with a sermon, in the course of which he referred to the loss the Church had sustained by the…

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Corunna Wesleyan Church To the Editor of the Moruya Examiner

Moruya Examiner · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 2

SIR—In looking through your last issue. I was rather shocked to see such an unqualified misrepresentation of facts as presented by your correspondent. ‘An…

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A Red-Letter Day. Blessing the Corner Stone of Catholic Church, Moruya

Moruya Examiner · Friday 26 August 1887 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon last, according to previous arrangements the corner stone of the Porch of the new Roman Catholic Church was [?] laid. As our readers had been…

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A Red-Letter Day. Blessing the Corner Stone of One Catholic Church, Moruya. (Moruya Examiner.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 4

ON Sunday afternoon last, according to previous arrangements, the cornet stone of the [?] of the new Roman Catholic Church was solemnly laid. As…

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Church of England

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 2

On Thursday last, the annual tea-meeting and Harvest Thanksgiving Service in connection with the Church of England in Shoalhaven, took place. At 4.30 p.m. the tea-meeting was…

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Wesleyan Church Bazaar

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1887 · page 2

THE bazaar, in aid of tho funds of the Wesleyan Church, was opened yesterday afternoon, in the Lyceum Hall, by His Worship the Mayor, Mr. M. J. Poden…

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Wesleyan Church Bazaar

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 2

OWING to several causes, tho bazaar in aid of the funds of the Wesleyan Church did not commence as auspiciously as might have been wished. On tho opening…

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Presbyterian Ten Meeting

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 2

THE members of the local Presbyterian body have been roured into a state of activity during the past week, owing to the special visit of the Rev. James Adam,…

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