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Churches, 1889

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Unitarian Church

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 December 1889 · page 7

A MEETING of the Social Union was held on Tuesday evening, December 10. The business of the meeting consisted in the election of officers for 1890, and a short…

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Meetings. Church of England Temperance Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 December 1889 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the central committee of this society was held on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. T.B.Tress brought up the report of the Church Home, showing that there are 24 women in[?]ates at…

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Primitive Methodist Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 6

The anniversary services in connection with this church were celebrated last Sunday by special sermons, in the morning by the Rev. Mr. Horburry, and in the…

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Catholic School Anniversary

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon the young ladies attending the school of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Balmain East, gave at the Convent an exhibition of fancy work…

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A Roman Catholic Bank. Capital of .£20,000,000. the Report Discredited

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 16

London, December 8.— The NEW YORK HERALD asserts that a Roman Catholic bank is being , formed under the auspices of the authorities of I the Vatican, with a capital of £20,000,000…

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Catholic. the City Jesuit College. an Afternoon Wi the St. Aloysius' Boys

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 14

THE pupils of St. Aloysius' College entertained their Mends, prior to the break-up for the Christmas holidays, in the new Masonic Hall on Wednesday afternoon. As in former years the…

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Catholic. the Sisters of Mercy at St. Peters. Opening of the New City Convent. Speech by Bishop Donnelly

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 17

THANKS to the earnest efforts of Father M. E. O'Brien, the pastor of St. Peter's district, the Catholics of Surry Hills have now a convent and a commnnity of the Irish Sisters of Mercy in…

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Congregational Church Social

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 6

On Thursday last, in accordance with an advertisement in our last issue, a very enjoyable social was held in the schoolroom connected with the above church. It took…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 9

Under this heading, sermons by eminent 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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News by Telegraph. New Catholic Church for Crookwell

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 December 1889 · page 5

CROOKWRLL, Saturday.--Dr. Lauigan, the Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, met with a hearty reception on his arrival in town today. A large number of Catholics in vehicles and on…

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Pionics. Pyrmont Presbyterian Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 December 1889 · page 5

The annual pionic in connection with the above Sunday school took place at Clontarf on Saturday. At an early hour in the morning the children and others assembled at the school, off Harris-street, and marched…

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New Roman Catholic Church at Crookwell. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Crockwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 December 1889 · page 8

Dr. Lanigan arrived this afternoon, and was met by a large number of Roman Catholics, who escorted the Bishop to Crookwell. An address from the laity will be presented to the Bishop at the Presbytery to-morrow…

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Church, for Crookwell

The Australian Star · Monday 16 December 1889 · page 6

CROOKWELL, Monday. -- Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn, arrived at Crook well on Saturday afternoon, and was escorted by a number of buggies and horsemen. On his…

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The Catholic Church

Evening News · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 5

CROOKWELL, Monday.—Dr. Lanigan, the Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, in the presence of about 500 people, laid the foundation-stone of a new church on Sunday…

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New Roman Catholic Church at Crookwell

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 5

CROOKWELL, Monday.--About 800 persons were present at the demonstration in connection with the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Roman Catholic Church yesterday…

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The Eight-hour Bill. Gladstone Sympathetic. Lord R. Churchill's Views. protection from Foreign Paupers. LONDON, December 16

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 5

Mr. Gladstone has written a letter stating that the increasing infirmities of old age will prevent him from initiating the Eighthour Bill which it is proposed to introduce…

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The English Eight-hours Bill. Mr. Gladstone's Sympathy. Opinions of Lord R. Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Gladstone has written a letter stating that the increasing infirmities of old age will prevent him from initiating the Eight-hours Bill which it is…

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Presbyterian Ladies' College

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 December 1889 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The annual distribution of prizes awarded to the pupils attending: the Presbyterian Ladies' College took place at the college at Ashfield yesterday afternoon. The attendance was very lartre. The Rev. Principal…

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Colleges and Schools. Sydney Church of England Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 December 1889 · page 6

The first annual prize-giving in connection with the newly-formed Church of England Grammar School, North Shore, was held yesterday afternoon in the presence of the very…

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