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Churches, 1871

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New Congregational Church, Marrickville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1871 · page 4

YESTERDAY the foundation-stone of a new Congregational Church was laid at Marrickville, by Miss Holt, of "The Warren," in the presence of a large assemblage. This new place for public worship is to be built of stone; it will…

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Gold-mining on Church and School Lands

Evening News · Thursday 13 April 1871 · page 3

A DEPUTATION, comprising Messrs. R. Driver, S. Samuel, and W. Church, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. M'Millan, of the Forest Reef diggings, near Carcoar, had an interview with the Hon. J. B. Wilson, Minister…

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Marrickville Congregational Church. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1871 · page 3

SIR,—On Easter Monday the foundation stone of a Congregational Church was laid at Marrickville, the ceremony being followed by a tea and public meeting. In your report of one of the speeches then delivered…

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Arrival of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Armidale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 203

ON Saturday a number of persons left the town and its neighbourhood to meet Archbishop Folding and Bishop O'Mahoney, on their way to Armidale by the Great Northern Road. At the point whence the Great Northern…

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New Zealand. Cosecration of a Catholic Chapel in Taieri

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 11

We learn from our contemporary, the Greymouth Freeman, that:— The Eight Revernd Dr. Moran, Bishop of Dunedin, yesterday consecrated the Catholic…

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New Congregational Church, Marrickville

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 216

ON Monday last the foundation-stone of a new Congregational Church was laid at Marrickville, by Miss Holt, of "The Warren," in the presence of a large assemblage. This new place for public worship is to be built of stone; it…

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Gold-Mining on Church and School Lands

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 5

A DEPUTATION, comprising Messrs. R. Driver, S. Samuel, and W. Church, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. M'Millan, of the Forest Reef diggings, near Carcoar, had an interview with the Hon. J. B. Wilson, Minister…

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Election of Churchwardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1871 · page 2

AT the annual vestry meetings hold on Tuesday, the following gentlemen were elected as wardens for the churches mentioned for the current year:- ST. JAMES'S.—Messrs. J. P. Mackenzie, Charles Nathan,…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1871 · page 7

MARCH 9.—The first session of the second Synod of the Diocese of Goulburn commenced. On the evening of the 13th, a meeting was held for the promotion of the design of rebuilding St. Saviour's Cathedral, in the course of which…

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The Church Temporalities Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1871 · page 5

THE Easter election of Churchwardens in every parish of the Church of England has followed swiftly the session of the Synod of the diocese of Goulburn, and has been a practical commentary…

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Yass Roman Catholic Church Land Bill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 2

Mr. FITZPATRICK moved,—1. That the Yass Roman Catholic Church Land Bill be referred to a select committee for consideration and report. 2. That such committee consist of the following…

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The Irish Catholic Directory

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 6

The value of books of reference can only be fully appreciated by those who have been helped out of a perplexing strait by the aid of one. How often have people been…

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Victoria. the Catholic Picnic

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 11

The Catholic picnic Held in the Botanical Reserve on Monday was, considering the unpromising state of the weather in the earlier part of the day, and the multiplicity of…

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The Presbyterian Church and the Pope. Extraordinary "Scene" in the Lancashire Presbytery

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 April 1871 · page 2

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.--An exciting and extraordinary scene occurred at the monthly meeting of the Lancashire Presbytery of the English Presbyterian Church, hold yesterday, in the hall…

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The Little Church Round the Corner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1871 · page 3

A WRITER in the Leader relates the following:— "George Holland, a well known English comedian, died recently at New York, at a good ripe age. He was a man of reputably blameless life, the husband of…

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Three Boys Suffocated in a Church

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1871 · page 3

ON Saturday evening, February 4, about half-past 9 o'clock, three boys, Charles Edward, aged thirteen, John William, aged eight, and Frederick, aged five, sons of Mr. J. Lumb, of Little Horton-green,…

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Opening of a Presbyterian Church at Rome. Jan. 9, 1871

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 3

My Dear Sir,--I have at length the pleasure of informing the Committee that our new church is completed and opened. We had arranged for its opening on the first Sabbath of the year; but…

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Forest Reefs. Mining on Church and School Lands

Evening News · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 3

A LARGE and influential meeting of miners was held at the Royal Hotel, Forest Reefs, on Saturday, the 22nd instant, to hear the report from the deputation appointed at a previous meeting to wait on the M[?]istcr for L[?]s, in reference to…

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Little by Little, and a Church Dedicated to Judas Iscariot

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 7

The following is from Mr. Mackonochie's (Puseyite) speech at the Bradford Meeting of the Church Union, and contains germs of thought which should be amplified and applied to some…

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Three Boys Suffocated in a Church

Empire · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 4

ON Saturday evening, February 4, about half-past 9 o'clock, three boys, Charles Edward, aged thirteen, John William, aged eight, nnd Frederick, aged five, sons of Mr. J. Lumb, of Little Horton-green,…

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