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Churches, 1891

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Church Extension Fund

Evening News · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 5

The third annual meeting of the Centennial Church Extension Fond was held in St. Andrew's Chapterhouse last evening, the Primate presiding. The report showed that the total promises…

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The Church and the Labour Question

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 18

THE encyclical which has been issued by his Holiness Pope Leo the Thirteenth, dealing with the relations between employers and employed, ac-cording to a Melbourne Argus message, maintains…

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Centennial Church Extension Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The third annual meeting of the subscribers to the Centennial Church Extousion Fund was held yesterday evening, in the Chapter House of St. Andrew's Cathedral. The Primate occupied the chair. The…

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Shoalhaven News. The Primate's Visit. Berry Memorial Church. Reception to Stanbury. NOWRA

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 4

The Bishop of Sydney will preach in Nowra on Thursday evening next, and lecture in the Public Hall on Friday evening, taking for his subject, "Reminiscences…

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News of the-Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 10

The newly-elected Bishopof Newcastle will visit West Maitland and preach in St. Mary's Church on Sunday, June 7. He will be accorded a welcome and entertained at a soiree on June 8…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 9

"Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date May 10: The Rev. A. J. Webb preached the first of a series of special sermons to young people on Sunday evening, in the Albert-street Wesleyan…

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Church Finances. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1891 · page 6

Sir,—In common with many Churchmen, I beg to thank "Stipend Reform" for his able letter in to-day's issue. If the scheme sketched out by him were only adopted, it would be the means of bringing…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 May 1891 · page 7

The sixth anniversary of the Croydon Park Wesleyan Church was celebrated on Wednesday evening. Opportunity was also taken to welcome the Rev. R. Caldwell, one…

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Pillaging Mission Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--From China it is reported that an organised native mob has made a raid upon and pillaged the Christian mission houses at Nankin…

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A Mission Schooner for Norfolk Island

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 4

The Seventh Day Adventists' Mission schooner Pitcairn is expected to visit Norfolk Island shortly. The vessel recently put into Apia, Samoa, on route to the island. She…

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Distress in Ireland. MR. J. R. Cox's Mission

Evening News · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 2

A convention comprising representatives of the Irish National League, Hibernian Society, and Shamrock Club, met at the National League Rooms on Tuesday and discussed the condition of…

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Chinese Attack on a Mission Station. London, May 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 7

The Chinese have made an attack on the Christian mission at Nankin, and pillaged the station…

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The Irish National League. a Convention in Sydney.--mr. Cox's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 3

A convention, comprising representatives of the Irish National League, the Hibernian Society and the Shamrock Club discussed the condition of the Irish tenants and the mission…

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Social Gathering at St. Andrew’s Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 2

THE first of a series of “social gatherings” in connection with St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church took place in the hall at the back of the church on Friday night last, when there was a…

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Sydney City Mission

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 May 1891 · page 2

LAST Tuesday evening the Mission Hall, Queen-street, Chippendale, was crowded on the occasion of the monthly children's festival in connection with the Bund of…

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The African Trouble. the Pungwe River Closed to Traffic. Views of Lord Randolph Churchill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--From the Cape it is reported that the Portuguese authorities have again closed the passage of the Pungwe River as regards persons…

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Walgett Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Saturday 30 May 1891 · page 6

WALGETT, Friday.—The concert held on the second night of the Walgett Show, in aid of the Presbyterian Church, under the special management of the Rev. George Hay, realised £50, of…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 May 1891 · page 15

THOSE who wish to lend a helping hand to the work of charity carried on by St. Mary's conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, will have an opportunity on Tuesday evening. A…

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America. "Scene " in a Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 May 1891 · page 7

A young lawyer of Washington was the hero of a very strange scene in one of its chief Catholic churches a few days ago. During the recital of the Stations of the Cross he rose from his seat and…

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