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Churches, 1886

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British Mission to Tahiti

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 10

LONDON, June ll.—Earl Granville, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has decided to send Mr. Clement Hill on a mission to Tahiti, for the purpose of inquiring into alleged British grievances…

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Wesleyan Mission in Fiji

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 41

On Monday the Rev. A. J. Webb, missionary from Fiji, delivered an interesting lecture on the Fiji Islands, the characteristics of its inhabitants, and the work of the Wesleyan missionaries among…

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A Musical Evening In the Presbyterian School Hall

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 3

The above was given by the choir of the Presbyterian Church, Campbell-street, on Wednesday last, and was the full success we predicted in last issue. Long before the…

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From Sydney to San Francisco. Chapter Iii. Sunday at Sea.—mr. Whittle's Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 18

MARCH 1, Sunday.—It is lovely weather—a clear cloudless sky above and underneath a placid sea. The long swell of the ocean is scarcely perceptible, and does not affect the ship, which glides on her…

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Catholic. the Cardinal in the Country. the Practical Work and the Pleasant Incidents of the Diocesan Visitation

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 14

IN setting out upon the performance of what his Eminence regards as one of the most sacred and most important of his duties—the diocesan visitation—the Cardinal-Archbishop with a desire that…

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Catholic. Death of the Archbishop v f Melbourne. the Most Rev. James Alipius Goold O.S.A., AGED 74. an Account of His Life and Labours

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 17

WHEN the Plenary Council was held in our Cathedral a few months ago, and the mitred chiefs were gathered together from all the colonies for the first time, it was remarked in these…

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Exhibition in aid off St. Mary's Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 2

The scientific exhibition and conversazione which was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last in the Adolphus-street Schoolroom for the purpose of raising…

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Church Parade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 1264

THE following general order has been issued from the Brigade Office for the Church parade, on Sunday, the anniversary of the accession of the Queen to the throne of Great Britain:— "Headquarters, Sydney, 11th…

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Baptist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 3

ON Friday, 11th instant, a tea in connection with the Scripture Union was held in the Granville Baptist Church. At 6 p.m. a number of the scholars of the school sat down to a…

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A Geyser in a Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 28

AUCKLAND, Monday Morning.—There still exists the greatest difficulty in obtaining accurate informations as to the present state of the volcanic district. Telegraphic communication with the lake district…

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Special Church Parade of the Military Forces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 4

The special Church parade of the military forces took place in the Outer Domain, yesterday afternoon. Although the weather was cold and threatening in the forenoon, the wind freshened up considerably and speedily…

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St. Stephen's Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 4

At St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, the service, as might have been expected, attracted a very large congregation, in fact, the accommodation of the church was taxed to its fullest extent. The centre of the church was…

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Other Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 4

Throughout the diocese, at various churches, episcopalian and nonconformist, special reference was made to the jubilee. At St. Philips's, St. James's, St. Barnabas's, St. Simon and St. Judo's (Surry Hills), All Saints' (Woollahra),…

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Extraordinary Proceedings in a Scotch Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 5

Great excitement has been caused in the village of Friockheim, Forfarshire, by a dispute arising out of the introduction of instrumental music to the parish church. Some time ago the parish minister experimented with a…

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Church Parade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 4

In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria, there was a church parade yesterday of our local defence forces, They "fell in" early in the afternoon, the…

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At St. Stephen's Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 6

Opportunity was afforded those of our forces not connected with the Anglican or Roman Catholic Churches to attend service at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Phillip-street,…

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The Queen's Jubilee. Church Parade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 June 1886 · page 5

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the British thor[?]e, a grand Military demonstration was engaged in yesterday by our local defence forces. Nearly…

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Gundagai Roman Catholic Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--After mass yesterday, a well-attended meeting of the Roman Catholic congregation was held for the purpose of taking steps to get a community of nuns to take…

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Manifesto by Lord R. Churchill

Evening News · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 5

LONDON, Jane 21.—Lord Randolph Churchill has published a political manifesto, in which he denounces the "boundless egotism" and "senile vanity" of Mr. Gladstone, and exhorts the electors…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Political Manifesto by Lord Randolph Churchill. London, June 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 7

Lord Randolph Churchill has issued a political manifesto, in which he denounces the boundless egotism and senile vanity of Mr. Gladstone. He exhorts the electors of…

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