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Churches, 1885

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Lord Randolph Churchill. (From the London Standard, July 31.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 September 1885 · page 4

We do not at all regret the postponement of the Conservative meeting at Liverpool in consequence of the very natural unwillingness of the sitting members, Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. Whitley, to appear on the same platform…

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Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1885 · page 2

A CONSIDERABLE number of persons assembled on Saturday afternoon last to witness the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Granville Presbyterian school-church. Among…

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Presbyterian Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 3

TENDERS are invited for shingling the Presbyterian school church qt Granville, the corner stone of which was laid by Mrs. A. S. Low on Saturday last, a full report of which ceremony…

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St. John’s Church Mission. Inaugural Service

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 9

A SERVICE to inaugurate the special mission in the parish of St. John’s was held in the church on Thursday evening. There was a very large congregation, the church being filled…

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The Mission Schooner Dayspring

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 12

The mission schooner Dayspring returned from her cruise among the New Hebrides Islands yesterday morning, entering the Heads at about 8 o'clock, and berthing at Dibbs' Wharf an hour later. The record of her cruise is comparatively…

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Leo Xiii. on Catholic Obedience

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 17

THE head of the Church, under circumstances of great trial, has asserted his Headship and right to shape the policy of the Church. We publish his correspondence with Cardinal Guibert. One of the…

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Catholic. the Elevation to the Cardinalate of Dr. Moran

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 14

ONE of the most interesting items, to Australian Catholics, contained in our flies by the last mail is that concerning the Consistory at which the Most Rev. Dr. Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, was raised…

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Church Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 578

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the Chord; Society was held on Monday last, the Bishop of Sydney in the chair. The following were elected the sub-committees for the ensuing year:—Finance…

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Federation of Churches

Evening News · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 5

A conference of delegates from the Presbyterian churches of Australia, except New Zealand, will meet in Melbourne on Wednesday to consider the proposed scheme of federation. Queensland,…

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Eight Days’ Mission

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 2

THE eight days’ mission in connection with John’s Church, Parramatta, for which preparations have been made for some time past, commenced on Sunday last. Three services…

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Sir Henry Wolfe's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 5

CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday.-- Sir Henry Wolff has already had four interviews with the officials appointed by the Sultan to discuss with the British…

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Turkish Political Mission to Egypt. Cairo, Sept. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 9

It is reported here that the Sultan is about to send his Grand Vizier (Said Pasha) to Egypt on a political mission…

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Mining News. Mining on Church and School Lands

Evening News · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 4

CARCOAR, Wednesday.—Strong hopes are enter­tained by those interested in mining in this district that Mr. E. A. Baker's motion in the Legislative Assembly with reference to mining on church and…

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A Church Burned at Naples

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 5

The Church of Santa Anna in Vicaria, Naples, was burned down. The interior being draped for the feast of the saint, additional food for the flames was thus furnished. The church, which was only a small chapel in the sixteenth…

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Federation of the Presbyterian Churches of Australasia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 10

The sixth intercolonial Conference respecting the proposed federation of the Presbyterian Churches of Australasia met here to-day. All the colonies were represented, except Western Australia, which sent a…

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Federation of Churches

Evening News · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 4

At the sixth international conference respecting the proposed federation of the Presbyterian churches of Australasia, held in Melbourne on Wednesday, the clauses for the basis of the federation were passed…

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Lord Randolph Churchill

Evening News · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 4

London, September 15.—Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, is seriously indisposed, and has consequently been ordered by his medical adviser to take six weeks' complete rest from Ms official duties…

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Church Federation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A conference of the Presbyterian churches of Australasia for the purpose of considering proposal for federating the Presbyterian churches in the…

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Reuter's Messages. Lord Randolph Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Lord Rantlolph Churchill, the Secretary of State for India, is indisposed, and consequently has been ordered by his medical adviser…

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The Early Church History of Scotland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 6

Despite the untoward state of the weather there was a good attendance of ladies and gentlemen in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, on Tuesday evening, to listen to a lecture by the Rev. Dr. Steel. The subject of the lecture…

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