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Churches, 1889

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The Church Scandal at Kempsey. This Churchwardens Force the Church Doors. a Ritualistic Incumbent. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--The annual meeting of the vestry and parishioners of the Church of England, West Kempsey was to have been held this afternoon. On arrival at the church doors…

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St. Mary’s Church Wentworthville

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 2

On Easter Monday the foundation stone of St. Mary’s Church, Wentworthville. was laid by the Primate. The new church in to be erected on a slight eminence, about midway…

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Sydney Church Congress. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 3

Sir,—Will you allow me, through your columns, to make a suggestion which comes, I think, opportunely at the present time, whon the Sydney Church (that is, I presume, Church of England) Congress is about to…

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Churchill and Chamberlain a Violent Quarrel. London, April 23

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 5

Lord Randolph Churchill has had a violent quarrel with Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P…

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A Political Quarrel. Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Lord Randolph Churchill has had a violent quarrel with Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., over the letter's action during the recent election…

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A Church Scandal

Evening News · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 8

KEMPSEY, Friday.-In defence of the position taken up by the Rev. C. F. Turner, in connection with the West Kempsey Anglican Church, he declares in a letter to the local paper that the…

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The Kempsey Church Scandal. Defence of the Incumbent. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Thursday.--The Rev. C. F. Turner, in defence of the position taken up by him in connection with the West Kempsey Anglican Church, asserts in a letter to the "Macleay…

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United Methodist Free Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 3

On Friday evening last, a tea and public meeting was held in the above church, Elliott-street, in aid of the funds of the circuit. There was a very good attendance…

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Catholic. Diocesan Synod

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 14

THE Dioceaan Synod of the clergy of the archdiocese will be held at St. Patrick's Ecclesiastical Seminary, Manly, on Wednesday next. The special steamer for the clergy will leave…

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Catholic Buildings in Armidale

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 18

ARMIDALE has been very appropriately designated the Cathedral City of the North; for a visitor is at once struck by the splendid buildings of the different denominations devoted to divint…

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The Anglican Ritualistic Scandal at Kempsey. the Churchwardene Force the Church Doors

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 18

A TELEGRAM from Kempsey to Wedaesday's Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH says:— The annual meeting of the vestry and parishioners of the Church of England, West Kempsey,…

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God Speed John Dillon. His Mission in Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 6

The prayer which heads this leader (says UNITED IRELAND, March 9) echoes to-day from Irish hearts the wide world ever. As he himself so eloquently declared, while circling the…

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The Catholic Maoris of Christchurch. a Touching Scene

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 15

ON Tuesday (writes the Christchurch correspondent of the New Zealand CATHOLIC TIMES, April 12) the Bishop and the Rev. Father Cummings went to Little River, where his Lordship gave the…

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Catholic. Death of a Venerable Nun. Fifty Years a Sister of Charity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 17

O'BRIEN.—April 20,1889, at St. Vincent's Convent, Victoria-street North, Mother Mary Joseph O'Brien, Sister of Charity, in the 70th year of her religious, and 50th year of her religious profession. Requioseat in pace…

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Christ Church Castlereagh

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 5

The Easter Tuesday meeting was held in the church at 4 o'elock in the afternoon, the Rev. H. Fryer being Chairman, and there was a fair attendance of the parishioners. Mr. F. Lowe, treasurer,…

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A Strange Scene in a Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 6

While Father P. Byrne was reading in the Church of Clonmel the Pastoral of the Right Rev. Bishop of Lismore, in which that patriotic prelate referred to the deadly attack made on the…

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A Political Quarrel. Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 9

London, April 25.—Lord Randolph Churchill has had a violent quarrel with Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., over the latter's action during the recent election of a Parliamentary…

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At the Passionists' Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 15

THE Church of St. Bridget, at Marrickville, was not half large enough to accommodate the crowds who went from all parts of the city and suburbs to be present at the solemn Good Friday service,…

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Meetings. Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 8

The 33rd annual meeting of the Church Society for the di[?]cese of Sydney was held at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, last evening. There was a very large attendance, which included a considerable number of the clergy…

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General Boulanger in England. Interview with Lord Randolph Churchill. [By Carle.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 11

Lord Randolph Churchill visited General Boulanger yesterday, and spent half an hour with him…

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