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Churches, 1890

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The Imperial Institute. Sir Somers Vine's Mission

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 26.—A meeting of the organising committee of the Imperial Institute was held to-day, at which a report was read showing that marked…

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Mission to Chinese

The Australian Star · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday.--About 100 Chinamen were entertained at tea by a committee of ladies, and they seemed to appreciate the event. A meeting was afterwards held,…

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Meetings. the Church Society Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 6

The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Church Society for the dio[?]s[?] of Sydney was held at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, last evening, his Honor the Chief Justice presided…

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The Church Society. Annual Meeting

The Australian Star · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 3

SIR FREDERICK M. DARLEY, Chief Justice, presided at the 34th annual meeting of the Church Society, held on Thursday night at the Y.M.C.A. Hall. The report showed…

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News by Cable. Local Option. Churchill's Bill. Discussed in the Commons. Objections to Compensation Raised. LONDON, February 27

The Australian Star · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

Lord Randolph Churchill's bill providing for the investment of power in popularly elected district councils to grant licenses for public houses was discussed in the…

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The Church Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Church Society for the diocese of Sydney was held last-night in the Y.M.C.A-hall, Sir Frederick Darley, Chief Justice, presiding…

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Mr. George and Pittstreet Church. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

Sir,--Mr. W. Ellard in a letter in to-day's Telegraph expresses his opinion that tho handing over of the Pitt-street Congregational Church to Mr. George for the advocacy of his…

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The Licensing Laws. Lord R. Churchill's Amending Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons last night a discussion took place on the bill introduced by Lord Randolph Churchill conferring upon popularly elected…

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Presbyterian Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 2

We are pleased to learn that a very high honour has been conferred upon the respected minister of the Presbyterian Church of this town, the Rev. T. E. Clouston, B.A., in his election as Moderator of the…

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Primitive Methodist Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 8

The anniversary of the Rose-street Church, Darlington, Sydney, 1st Circuit, was held on Sunday and Tuesday last. The preachers on the former day were the Rev. J. A. Foggon, morning and evening, and Rev…

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The New Guinea Catholic Missions

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 15

BY the " Maranoa," which leaves Sydney for Thursday Island to-day, the Archbishop and Bishop of New Guinea—his Grace Dr. Navarre, and his Lordship Dr. Verius—-take their…

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Irish Comments on Mr. Dillon's Antipodes Mission

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 3

The Daily Express, of Dublin, writes about Mr. Dillon's Parnellite mission:-- It may be worth while to consider the manner in which the Irish question is…

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A Leading Presbyterian Divine. the Rev. James Lyall, of Adelaide. [?]Oderator of the Presbyterian Federal Assembly. (See portrait on page 20.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 10

It is a good many years since the idea of federsting the Presbyterian churches of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, West Australia, and Tasmania…

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The Education Question in England. the Endowment of Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 16

London, Feb. 24.—A debate has taken place in the House of Commons on the subject of free education. Mr. John Morley, acting in Mr. Gladstone's absence as leader of the Opposition,…

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Catholic Right Rev. Dr. Higgins. the Assistant-bishop at Brisbane Water

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 15

ST. Joseph's Orphanage, Kincumber, was en fete on Monday, 24th February, to welcome his lordship the Assistant Bishop of Sydney on the occasion of his first visit to the locality. The severity…

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Catholic. Cardinal Moran on Father Damien. Proposed Memorial to the Hero Priest in Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 18

ON Monday night his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop lectured on "Father Damien, the Apostle of the Lepers." The lecture, which attracted a large audience, was the first of the…

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The Church in the United States. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 17

SIR,—The late Very Rev. Father T. N. Burke, in one of his lectures in America, said the Catholic Church would be the crowning blessing of that great western land. Already in the prediction of…

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Church Festival

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 2

THE anniversary of the Rose-street Church. Darlington, Sydney first circuit, was held on Sabbath and Tuesday last. Preaches on former day : Rev. J. A. Foggon morning…

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News by Cable Social Distinction. Soldiers Excluded From a Theatre. Lord Randolph Churchill's Inquiry. LONDON February 28

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 March 1890 · page 4

In reply to Lord Randolph Churchill, who asked in the House of Commons last night whether the Government was aware that private soldiers and potty officers had been…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 March 1890 · 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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