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Churches, 1875

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The Alleged Case of Kidnapping by a Catholic Priest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 July 1875 · page 27

OWING to a notice of question in the Assembly on the 9th instant by Mr. G. Smith, public attention has been directed to an extraordinary case of alleged kidnapping of two children by a Roman…

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The New John Knox Church, George-street, Dunedin, N.z

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 24 July 1875 · page 8

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The New John Knox Church, Dunedin

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 24 July 1875 · page 7

OUR illustration of this building, now in course of erection in Dunedin, gives the view which will be presented to the spectator from the angle of George-street and Frederickstreet, at which point the principal entrance and the spire…

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Presbyterian Church Extension in City and Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1875 · page 5

AN adjonrned meeting of Conference on the above subject was held, last evening in the Phillip-street Presbyterian Church, The Rov. Mr. Tait presided. The proceedings were commenced with the singing of a portion of the 104th…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1875 · page 7

June 30.—The corner-stone of St. Paul's Church, Murrumburrah, was laid by Mrs. D. H. Campbell, of Cunninghame Plains. July 6.[?]A meeting was held in St. Peter's schoolroom,…

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The O'connell Centenary. Meeting at St. Joseph's Church, Newtown

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1875 · page 11

A meeting was held at St. Joseph's Church, Newtown, on Sunday evening last, for the purpose of making arrangements for the coming celebration, Mr, J. G. O'Connor was called…

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America. a Church Burned-nearly One Hundred Lives Lost

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1875 · page 6

THE most-terrible disaster in the history of Western Massachusetts, save the Hill River flood of last May, and one of the worst ever known tin New England, occurred in our…

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New Congregational Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1875 · page 136

THE foundation stone of a new Congregational Church at Point Piper Road, "Woollahra, was, on Saturday, laid by the Hon. John Fairfax. A large number of visitors attended at the ceremony, including ministers of various…

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Burning of a Church and Great Loss of Life

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1875 · page 138
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Springfield, Mass., May 27.—A terrible disaster visited Holyoke this evening, in the burning of the French Catholic Church, which was so fatally swift that sixty-six men, women, and children were either burned or crushed to…

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Some Elements of the Labour Question. (From the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 August 1875 · page 3

[AMONG the "signs" of our time a conspicuous and ominous one is the rapid advance, both in its extent and intensity, of that deplorable antagonism between labour and cnpital which has for some years been a recognised…

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Opening of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter at Armidale. (Abridged from the Australian Churchman.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 August 1875 · page 5

THIS church, the erection of which has been contemplated for some years, and the foundation stone of which was laid just two years ago, was opened for Divine offices on the 3rd July, by the Bishop of the diocese. Though the…

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Madame Adelaide Ristori As "Marie Stuart, the Catholic Queen."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1875 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening, Schiller's tragedy, "Marie Stuart, the Catholic Queen," was produced to a large audience. This is a piece which differs materially from that which preceded it, namely, "Elizabeth, Queen of England;" the…

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The Orange Roman Catholic Soiree. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 August 1875 · page 2

SIRS, -- You lately made some just remarks with reference to a Protestant minister who attended the above soiree. As his name or denomination did not transpire in your article, I…

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New Church, Tumut

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 August 1875 · page 17

The correspondent of the Southern Argus writes:— The church building committee met last week. The chairman, Rev. C. Twomey, submitted to…

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Burning of a Church in America. Dreadful Loss of Life

Evening News · Saturday 7 August 1875 · page 5

THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE gives the following details of the burning of the Roman Catholic Church at Holyoke, in Massachusetts, when over 100 lives were lost and a very large number…

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Poetry. the Roman Church Alone Hungers for Blood

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 August 1875 · page 2

There is peace among nations, There is quiet everywhere, Though armed men by the million stand, The shock of war to dare…

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The New High Church Schism. (From the Christian World, May 28.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 August 1875 · page 3

WE are threatened with a new ecclesiastical division, and no less distinguished personages than Dr. Pusey and Canon Liddon are its instigators, while it seems not at all improbable that Archbishop Trench may be…

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P[?]vincial Synod of the Church of England in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1875 · page 6

THE third session of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England in New South Wales commenced yesterday. Divine service was held at the Cathedral in the morning, after which the Holy Communion was administered…

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Some Elements of the Labour Question. (From the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 August 1875 · page 7

IT cannot be denied that among labourers the feeling of dissatisfaction with their relations to capitalists and employers is deep and widespread, whether with or without reason. It is impelling to a vague unrest and uncertainty;…

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