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Churches, 1896

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The Exiled Catholic Chief Mataafa

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 18

IN the House of commons on Feb. 21, in reply to a question, the Hon. G. N. Curzon, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that her Majesty's Government was not aware that the deported Samoa…

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Methodist Union. the Victorian Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The question of Methodist union was further discussed by the Wesleyan Conference to-day. The Rev. E. W. Nye suggested a compromise, and…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Fourth Day.—friday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 6

The Moderator took the chair at 10 a.m. On the minutes being read the Rev. G. M'Innes moved,—"That there be inserted in the minute regarding the Pitt-street church, after the words…

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The Catholic Church in Great Britain. Pacts As to the Growth. Two Million Catholics

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 7

When the history of the nineteenth century comes to be written—and the date is not far distant—one of its most remarkable features (writes a correspondent of the UNIVERSE, Jan. 12) must relate…

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Baulkham Hills Primitive Methodist S. S. Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 4

On Sunday last the anniversary of the Sunday School (on the toll of which there are 50 children), was celebrated by special services. The Church was very nicely decorated…

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Our Catholic Institutions. No. I. St. Vincent's College

The Catholic Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 7

ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE, Victoria-street, is a fine Gothic building of red brick, occupying a frontage of 120ft. to Victoria-street. It stands on an extensive block of land having four…

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The Presbyterian Moderator. General Assembly, New South Wales, 1896

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 30

The Reverend Andrew Macdonald.Tait, the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, whose portrait is published above, was born in the parish…

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Correspondence. Draft Scheme Foe Methodist Union. to the Editors

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 12

DEAR SIRS.— Pressure of other duties has prevented me from replying earlier to the letters of the Rev. E. T. Baker in your issues of the 1st and 8th inst…

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Catholic. Death of a Soldier-priest. Father Hugh O'neill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 18

IT is my sad duty to record the death of Father Hugh O'Neill, one of the most saintly priests of the Diocese of Maitland. Father O'Neill had been to New Zealand for the benefit of his health, and…

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Catholic. the Bishop-elect of Dunedin. the Appointment Popular in New Zealand

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 15

WE have it on the authority of the Very Rev. P. Le Rennetel, just returned from Maoriland, and through other channels, that Monsignor Verdon's appointment as Bishop Moran's successor in the See of…

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Correspondence. the Land and Income Tax. (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 16

SIR,—A curious and interesting" incidence of the Land and Income Tax Assessment Act worthy of note is the possibility that under its provisions many persons in receipt of large incomes will escape…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Wesleyan Conference. the Question of Methodist Union. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 9

The Wesley an Conference continued the debate on Methodist union to-day in the Wesleyan Church. The president of the conference, the Rev. E. S. Bickford, was in the chair. The Rev…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We are not responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] the St. Patrick's Day Celebration and Irish Dancing. (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 22

SIR,—In your issue of February 29, there appeared a letter in answer to a letter of mine which appeared in your esteemed paper on February 22 last. In that letter I stated that for the past sixteen years I have…

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St. Benedict's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 15

ON Sunday last his Lordship Dr. Higgins presided at St. Benedict's, when 11 o'clock Mass was sung unaccompanied, as is usual in Lent. In the evening, Miss Milly Wynn and Mrs. F. J. Riley sang the…

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The Wesleyan Church Burglary

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 3

At the Parramatta Polios Court on Wednesday, William Downie (on remand) was charged with breaking and entering the Wesleyan Church,…

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Accident in Church-street

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 4

On Wednesday morning. Miss Gray, of Pyrmont. a niece of Mr. E. Purser. of Windsor. road, Parramatta, met with a severe accident in Church-street. The young lady was driving…

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RYDE. Baptist Church. Presentation to Pastor Hicks

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 8

Thursday night last, the pretty little Baptist Church on the Ryde-road, Ryde, was me of a very interesting ceremony, the occasion being the presentation to Pastor…

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Parramatta Churches and Preachers. St. John's, Parramatta

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 8

Ecclesiastical architecture is a wonderful study. In many instances it is an unfathomable mystery and no one ran tell of what it is suggestive in particular. The sanity of…

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Church Sustentation Society

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 11

The splendid rams with which the colony has recently been visited and for which we are all most thankful, happened to fall whilst the secretary…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 3

The Petersham and district Christian Endeavor Union held its quarterly rally in the Presbyterian Church, Marian-street, Leichhardt, on Monday last. Seven societies out of…

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