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Churches, 1891

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The Church Society

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 3

The 35th annual meeting of the Church Society for the diocese of Sydney was held at the Y.M.C.A. hall last night. There was a very large attendance. His Excellency the…

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Meetings. Sydney Church Society.—annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 6

The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Church Society for the Diocese of Sydney was held yesterday evening in the hall of the Y. M. C. A. Building, Pitt-street. The chair was occupied by his Excellency the Earl of…

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Queensland. Mission Settlements

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--sir Samuel Griffith to-day informed a deputation of Presbyterian ministers, representing the Aboriginal Mission Committee, that he favored the Batavia…

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COUNTRY. Wesleyan Foreign Mission

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 6

BATHURST, Tuesday. -- The annual services in connection with the Wesleyan Foreign Mission were held in the William-street Church on Sunday. In the afternoon there…

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The Wesleyan Mission to New Guinea

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 3

The extensive series of meetings to be held in Sydney and the suburbs, and to be addressed by the native Wesleyan teachers now on their way to New Guinea, promises to be most, successful…

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Newcastle Anglican Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 May 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The Anglican Synod resumed its sittings this morning, the Bishop of Newcastle presiding. The principal business was the discussion of a motion…

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The Newcastle Anglican Synod. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 May 1891 · page 5

The Synod resumed its sittings this morning at halfpast 9 o'olock. The Bishop of Newcastle presided, and there was a large attendance. After formal business had been transacted, the…

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Newcastle Anglican Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The Church of England Synnod met again this morning. After further discussion the report of the Diocesan Council was adopted. The…

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Outrage in China. Mission Station Attacked and Burned

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

LONDON, May 14.—News has been received of a serious outrage committed in China, upon a European mission station. A body of fanatical Chinese made a furious…

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The Newcastle Anglican Synod. Diocesan Council's Report. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 5

The debate in the synod on the diecosan council's report was continued to-day by Major Bolton and Mr. J. D. Pr[?]tice. Mr. W. Swindlehurst said that nothing had been…

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Riots in China. Foreigners Expelled From a Town. a Mission Station Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Serious native riots have taken place at Woohoo, a river port in the province of Ngan Whi, China, and situated on the Yang-Tze River, about…

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Attack on a Mission Station in China. the Station Burned by Chinese. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 5

Intelligence has been received from Hongkong to the effect that the Chinese attacked the Roman Catholic mission station at Wuhu, on the river…

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Newcastle Anglican Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Very little business was transacted at the Anglican Synod to-day. The greater part of the day was occupied with the consideration of the draft ordinance…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 15

Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, celebrates his silver sacerdotal jubilee on Sunday next. He was ordained priest in 1866. ON Monday afternoon next the prizes won at…

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A Catholic School Band

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 14

A VERY successful concert was given in the Royal' Standard Theatre on Tuesday evening in aid of St. Mary's High School Band Fund. An enthusiastic audience filled the building, and a…

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Catholic Festival at the Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 14

ON Sunday, May 24. the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christiana will be celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral, with the Cardinal presiding and Bishop Higgins as the prencher. Cherubini's…

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Granville. Primitive Methodist Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 2

THE third anniversary in connection with the Granville Primitive Methodist Sunday school was celebrated on Sunday by special services and on Tuesday by a public meeting…

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The Wesleyan Mission to New Guinea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 9

The extensive series of meetings to, be held in Sydney and the suburbs, and to be addressed by the native Wesleyan, teachers now on-their way to New Guinea, promises to be most successful…

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The Newcastle Anglican Synod. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 10

The Anglican Synod resumed at 9.30 this morning, the Bishop of Newcastle being in the chair. Until 2 o'clock the synod was occupied in discussing a draft ordinance for providing pensions for aged and infirm…

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The Wesleyan Champion of Catholic Nuns. His Advice to Protestant Families

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 16

THE Rev. Guy Mark Pearse, whose tribute to the Catholic sisterhoods in his address at the Wesleyan Hall we published last week, was on Wednesday interviewed by a Sydney DAILY…

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