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Churches, 1889

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The Presbyterian Trouble at Kiama. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

KIAMA, Thursday.--The appeal of the Rev. John Wilson was heard at the Presbyterian Church, Kiama, to-day by the Illawarra presbytery and the assessors appointed at the general…

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Overcrowding a Church

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Father Heffernan was fined Is to day for overcrowding St. Francis' Church on Sunday, St. Patrick's Day…

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The New Hebrides Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Presbyterian mission to the New Hebrides was held last evening St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, in the presence of a fair audience. Additional…

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Sydney University. Distinguished Catholic Students

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 15

THE results of the matriculation, as well as those of first, second, and third year examination in arts, &c, have now been published, which disclose the gratifying fact that Catholic students have…

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Catholic. the New Franciscan Church at Paddington. Successful Foundation-stone Ceremony

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 14

UPPER Paddington was on Sunday afternoon the scene of aa interesting ceremony and an important gathering. The time having arrived fur the erection of a church in keeping with the…

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Magnificent Catholic Wedding Lord William Nevill Marries a Spanish Lads: the Prince and Princess of Walks Present in the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

Under a big holding, "The wedding of the [?] son, the PALL MALL GAZETTE, Feb 12, has the following:-The front of the Oratory in the "Brompton-road…

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The Presbyterian Trouble at Kiama. the Rev. J. Wilson Resigns. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

KIAMA, Friday.--The Presbytery resumed at 9 o'clock last night in connection with the hearing of the appeal of the Rev. John Wilson, and was occupied till about…

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Easter Elections in the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

The elections for the various church officers this year in the diocese of Newcastle, are the most important that have ever taken place in that diocese. In…

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Monks for the Church of England--Manchester Church Conference, October, 1888

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 9

The Bishop of Calcutta (reports the English Churchman) took the chair at a meeting to advocate the revival of Monasticism. The Dean of Lincoln urged that Romanists…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 8

Under this heading sermons by emiuent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that, in the remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the miner, the…

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The Wesleyan Church, Waverley

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 9

The Wesleyan Church which was recently opened in Waverley is one of the handsomest yet erectod in the metropolitan circuit. The style is modern Gothic, richly ornamented. The design…

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New Roman Catholic School-hall. Cardinal Moran at St. Benedict's. the Public Instruction Act

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 3

Despite the unfavorable state of the weather, there was a large attendance yesterday afternoon at the blessing aud opening of the now school-hall lately erected on a site adjoining St…

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Catholic Disfranchisement. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 3

Sir,--It seems impossible tor a Catholic to do really anything which will hot in some quarters brand him with suspicion. If he acquiesces to the will of the majority he is working out some…

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Church of England Centennial Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 8

Sir,—The report of the executive committee of this fund is, to say the least of it, disappointing. Making full allowance for the almost unparalleled depression of the times, the result of the first year's effort for the…

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A Bomb in a Church. a Panic. London, April 1

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 5

During the preaching of a sermon in the Church of San Carlo, Rome, yesterday, by the famous monk, Father Angostino, a bomb was thrown into the church. The…

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The Catholic Reconciliation

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 4

CARDINAL MORAN has within the past few days uttered sentiments on the education question which deserve to be noted and remembered. Coming from the head of the Catholic Church in…

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The Church of England Centennial Fund. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 7

At a meeting of the Church of England Centennial Fund board, held last Saturday, the report submitted stated that the total amount promised in this archdeaconry was £1044 10s., of which £227 3s. 6d. had…

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Bourke-street Congregational Church Bazaar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 5

A sale of work in aid of the funds of Bourke-street Congregational Church was opened yesterday afternoon in the schoolroom adjoining the church, by Mr. R. W. Hardie, in the presence of a crowded audience. The…

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The Birmingham Vacancy. Lord R. Churchill Declines to Contest. London, April 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 5

In reply to the invitation asking him to contest the vacant Parliamentary scat for Central Birmingham, Lord Randolph Churchill has declined to be nominated…

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A Presbyterian Divine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--News has just been received by mail that the Rev. Dr. Rainy, principal of the New College, Edinburgh, who has been appointed delegate from the Free…

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