Diocesan Church Festival. Successful Gatherings
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 8
The annual festival in connection with the Diocese of Sydney took place yesterday, and, despite the inclement conditions prevailing and the torrents of rain which fell throughout the day, led to the…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 7
Lord Hampden presided at the public meeting held in the Town Hall last night in connection with the Annual Diocesan Church Festival. Upon his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tornado in the Suburbs. Damage to Property. A Church Blown Down. Through Greenwich and Leichhardt. A Road Cut-- Houses Unroofed
The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 6
This morning, shortly before 10 o'clock, a tornado struck the North Shore and western suburbs, and from accounts to hand has done a great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Diocesan Festival. Annual Meeting of the Church Society. Speech by the Governor
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 7
The wet weather yesterday interfered in no sense with the success of the Diocesan Festival, which was held in connection with the 41st annual meeting of the Church Society. Holy Communion was administered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Mission to Seamen. Christening a Mission Launch
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 3
A large party of friends accepted invitations yesterday afternoon to bo present at the ceremony of naming the launch lately purchased for the Sydney Mission to Seamen. Among those…
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Evening News · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 7
An interesting ceremony was performed yesterday by Lady Hampden, who named the new launch recently acquired by the Sydney Mission to Seamen. Some time ago a movement was…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 3
For some time past the need of a launch in connection with the work of the Sydney Mission to Seamen has been a pressing one, It has been found that, unless the mission workers are able to board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Presbyterian Synod. Ian Maolaren on Spiritual Doubt. the Charge of Heresy Thrown Out
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 8
The proceedings in connection with the Synod of the English Presbyterian Churches were returned at Sunderland on Wednesday afternoon, 28th April, and much enthusiasm was shown when the Rev. Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Rev. George Grimm, M.a. a Pioneer Presbyterian. an Old Sidney Journalist
Evening News · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 2
By the death of the Rev. George Grimm, M.A.. of Balmain West, the Presbyterian Church has lost one of those who may be rightly called her pioneer ministers and one who has rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wesleyan Church Concert
Evening News · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 8
A concert in aid of the trust funds was held in the Glebe-road Wesleyan Church, last night. An augmented choir and an orchestra, under the direction of Mr. J. Lowden, contributed several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Church and School Lands. the New Bile Before the Assembly. Mr. Carruthers Moves the Second Reading
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 6
Mr. CARRUTHERS (Minister for Lands) moved the second reading of the Church and School Lands Bill. The object of the bill was, he said, to bring the Church and school lands under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Britain and Abyssinia. the British Mission
Evening News · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 6
LONDON, June 3.—King Menelik of Abyssinia showed extreme cordiality towards Mr. James Rennell Rodd, C.M.G., the British Special envoy, during his visit to Abyssinia…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 5
King Menelik of Abyssinia showed extreme cordiality towards Mr. Jas. Rennell Rodd, C.M.G., the British special envoy to Abyssinia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bourke-street Congregational Church
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 3
In celebration of the forty-third anniversary of the Bourke-street Congregational Church tea and public meetings were held yesterday. Both gatherings were largely attended. At the public meeting held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Church of England Association of N.s.w
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 6
A meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday evening at the rooms of the association, [?] Barristers'-court, Sydney. The president (Mr. Thomas Hungerford) presided. The secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Church News. Anglican
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 11
The Primate and Miss S[?]owdon Smith arrived at Brighton, England, the residence of their father, the Rev. Prebendary Smith, on the 30th April. The Dean received a cable message on Tuesday from the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Granville Primitive Methodist Churches
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 4
On Thursday night a very successful coffee supper was held in the Granville Methodist Church, and there was a large attendance. A number of good items were ably given by the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 11
Bishop Higgins administered the sacrament of confirmation at Bookwood on Sunday last. The Redemptorist Fathers commenced a mission at St. Peter's Church, Surray Hills, on Sydney…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 11
A social evening was held in the Granville Primitive Methodist Church on Tuesday evening. Besides the choir the following also contributed to a good programme of vocal and instrumental music:…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 14
OUR travelling correspondent, "Killeevy," writes:—A most successful Mission has been held here by Father Oswald, one of the Passionists. The Mission was brought to a close on Sunday evening. In…
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