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Churches, 1897

2,606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 131

The Churches. St. John's Church Rockdale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 12

The foundation-stone of a new Church of England at Rockdale was laid yesterday afternoon by the Mayor of Rockdale (Alderman Clayton). There were present the Primate, Archdeacon Langley, the Revs. C. J. Byng,…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 8

The annual income of the Pope, says an English Church paper, is over £380,000. Mrs. Onslow has given a peal of bells and a clock for St. John's Church of England at…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 7

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,…

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Courrier De Paris. Paris, 20 Déembre 1896. A la Chambre.— les Etrangers aux Colonies.—Le Député Mshométen Grenier.—Le Spiritisme et la Soienos.—Le Nouvesu Nonce.—La Mission de M. Legarde.—Ballade du Petit Bébé

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 2

Les miniatres, qu'ils appartiennent à on cabinet modérà, un ministére de conoentration où à un cabinet radical, ont rarement 1'occasion de voir approuver lenurs paroles par…

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Women in the Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 5

The clerk of the Sydney Presbytery, the Rev. Geo. MacInnes, M.A., B.D., gave notice of an important overture to the General Assembly at last night's meeting, relating to the admission of…

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Good Templar Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 3

The Protestant-hill was again crowded on Sunday evening, when Mr. Thomas Walker delivered an address on "The Work of Women in the Cause of Temperance." Mr. Walker dealt with the…

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Methodist Union. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 3

Sir, -- In your issue of Saturday there is a bunch of letters on this subject, in which the startling doctrine is put forth that the forthcoming conference must not "vote according to their…

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City Surveyor's Mission. London, February 8

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 6

Mr. R. W. Richards, City Surveyor of Sydney, is engaged in an inquiry into the abattoirs system, the electric lighting and the method of refuse…

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The Convention Campaign. More Nominations. Still They Come. Mr. Whiddon, M.L.A., Declines to Save the country--Requisitions to Churchmen

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 5

The nominations of candidates continue to come in, and up to yesterday evening 11 had been received. The nominations close to-morrow night at 6…

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The Colonial Meat Trade. Mr. Twopenny's Mission. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 5

The executive committee appointed at the recent conference between the representatives of London business people interested in the colonial meat trade and…

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Church of England Association of N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 7

A meeting of the committee of this association was held on Monday afternoon at the rooms of the association, 11 Barristers'-court. The president (Mr. Thomas Hungerford) presided. There was good…

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Lecture on Mission Work

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

The Rev. Harry Worrall, who recently returned from mission work in the Fiji Islands, gave an interesting lecture on that subject in the Glebe Wesleyan Church last evening, when…

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The Roman Catholic View of the Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

Members of the Roman Catholic section of the community are very indignant at objection being raised to the candidature of the Cardinal. They point to the fearlessness with which Stephen…

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FEDERATION. The Premier's Returns Full List of Convention Candidates. Victoria's List. Last Night's Meetings. Action by the Churches

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

The Premier will return from Melbourne to-morrow, and by his presence will give a new interest to the federal elections in this colony. Although Mr. Reid's absence has been the subject of much adverse comment…

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The Churches and the Cardinal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

The sectarian aspect imparted to the Federal Convention election proceedings by the candidature of Cardinal Moran was discussed throughout the city yesterday to the almost entire exclusion of every…

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Council of the Churches

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

In pursuance of a resolution passed at their meeting on January 19 a special meeting of the Council of the Churches was held on Wednesday, the 10th inst.,…

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Projected Conference of Church Representatives

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

Following on the conference of Protestant ministers held at the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association on Wednesday morning, at which Cardinal Moran's candidature was…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 7

The Rev. A. M. Gauld, the minister elect of Orange, arrived by the Leura yesterday with his wife and family from Towneville. He will preach in Burwood on Sunday…

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Catholic Church Music

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 15

ON Sunday evening last at St. Stephen's Cathedral (says the Brisbane Australian') a new set of Vespers were sung, the arrangement being as follows: Dixit Dominus (1st Tone), Confitebor (3rd…

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