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Churches, 1884

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St. Peter's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 5

The formal opening of St. Peter's Mission Hell, Woollocmooloo, look place Lat evening. The building in questions was erected about 20 years age and was first used in connection with a…

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Presbyterian General Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 5

Melbourne, Thursday.--The Presbyterian General Assembly was occupied all day considering an appeal by the Rev. Groundwater Fraser, against the decision of the Melbourne Presbytery…

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Lower Bourke-street Mission Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 5

Last ovening a mission hall, in connection with St. Peter's Church, was opened in Lower Bourke[?]treet, Woolloomooloo, for the purpose of carrying on evangelistic work among non-churchgoers. The building, which has been adapted…

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Return of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 5

The Right Rev. Dr. Quinn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, who tare been absent for two years in Europe, is a passenger by tho F. and O. Company's R.M.S, Mirzupore, which is to arrive…

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The Melbourne Presbyterian Assembly. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 8

The report of the special commission appointed to defend the interests of the Church, as against the Scots Church would-be secessionists, was laid before the Presbyterian Assembly to-day. It expresses…

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Church of England Endowment Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 November 1884 · page 5

A meeting of the subscribers to the Church of England Endowment Fu[?]d was hold at the Church souoty s House yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of the Bishop of Sydney, for the purpose of considering the question of the…

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Roman Catholic Bazaar

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 2

THE Bazaar, opened on Monday last at the Temperance Hall, in aid of the South Creek R. C. School has so far been fairly successful. Considering that the members of this denomination and their…

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Catholic Teachers and Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 13

OUR Archbishop has been taken to task for his assertion that Catholic teachers are more successful than others; and, therefore, if Catholics are employed in the Public schools…

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Honouring the Memory Op a Catholic Navigator and a Catholic Missionary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 8

AN event of more than ordinary interest occurred on Thursday— a visit of the officers and seamen of the French warship Bruat, together with a number of the leading French…

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The Men's Mission at the Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 15

THE Redemptorist Fathers have been conducting the Mission at St. Mary's during the week with their accustomed devotedness. All the Masses have been well attended, and the attendance at…

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The Melbourne Presbyterian Assembly. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 1016

The report of the special commission appointed to defend the interests of the Church, as against the Scots Church would-be secessionists, was laid before the Presbyterian Assembly to-day. It expresses…

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Mary Anderson, the Great Catholic Actress

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 6

A special reporter of the PALL MALL GAZETTH, describing in a recent issue of that paper an interview with Miss Mary Anderson, says:— I found Miss Anderson in her pretty…

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Catholic. the New Gable of St. Mary's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 14

THE workmen have been busy during the week erecting the necessary scaffolding, and when the masons commence work we shall hear again the once familiar thud of the mallet and the ring…

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Correspondence. Sunday in Balmain. St. Augustine's Church. to the Editor

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 3

SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a little space in your, next issue to supplement what you said last Saturday in your report of a visit to St. Augustine's Church. The early history of…

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Australasian Wesleyan Methodist General Conference. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington (N. Z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 November 1884 · page 7

At a sitting of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist General Conference at Christchurch, yesterday, the Rev. W. Morley, president of the New Zealand Conference, moved,—"That the conference accede to the…

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Presbyterian Assembly of Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 November 1884 · page 9

During the greater part of to-day the Presbyterian General Assembly sat in camera to discuss a number of resolutions propounded by Mr. Harper, M.L.A., on behalf of the special committee, respecting the future…

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The Blue Ribbon Gospel Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 November 1884 · page 5

ORANGE, Wednesday.--Mrs. E. M. E. Browne held a must successful meeting in the English Church, Lucknow, last night, which was densely crowded many coming for miles around the…

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Scenes at a Paris Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 November 1884 · page 4

The church of Saint Nicolas des Champs, Paris, has been the scence of a conflict between the temporal and spiritual power. A new street having been projected, the old sacristy of the church will, it is found, en[?]roach upon…

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Australasian Wesleyan Methodist General Conference. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 November 1884 · page 8

At the sitting of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist General Conference to-day, a deputation was appointed to proceed to the Friendly Islands for the purpose of interviewing King George in roference to the…

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North Shore Congregational Church

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 November 1884 · page 6

The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the North Shore Congregational Church is to be [?] on Saturday next at 3 o'clock. The Congregationalist have celebrated divine service…

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