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Churches, 1900

3,124 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 157

New Guinea Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 3

A meeting of the members of the New Guinea Association was hold on Tuesday afternoon is St. James' parish hall, to meet the Bishop of New Guinea prior to his departure for his diocese…

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Church News. St. Peter's Mission Church, Burwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 6

The fourth anniversary of the above church was celebrated by a tea and public meeting last Tuesday evening. Addresses were given by the rector, Rev. W. H. H. Yarriugton (who presided), the Revs…

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Police Courts. Robbery of Church Property

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 8

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., John Beaumont (40), Laborer, and Mary Beaumont (42), married, were charged with having, in company, stolen one pair of brass vases valued at £2…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 14

The annual meeting of the congregation of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Phillip-street, was held on Thursday evening, the Rev. John Ferguson being in the chair. The reports showed that 71 n[?]w…

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North St. Leonards Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 13
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The annual meeting was held on Wednesday last, and was well attended. Devotional exercises having been engaged in by the Rev. David Bruce, D.D., and the Rev, W. H. Ash, the Rev. Dr. Bruce, senior…

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 17

ARMIDALE letter has reached us too late for the present issue. TUESDAY next will be the 22nd anniversary of the election of Pope Leo XIII. to the Pontificate…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 14

Cardinal Moran, accompanied by the Very Rev. Dr. O'Haran, has left for Melbourne, where he will be the guest of the Archbishop of Melbourne. The Very Rev. Father Vincent Grogan, C.P., has…

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St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Phillip-street

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 13

The annual meeting of the congregation was held on Thursday evening. The reports showed that 71 new names had been added to the roll of communicants, and 22 removed, leaving a total on the roll of 487. The…

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The Churches. Neutral Bay Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 13

The annual meeting of the Neutral Bay Presbyterian Church was held on Wednesday evening. The pastor, the Rev. R. H. Waugh, M.A., presided. The reports of the session, committee of management, Sabbath school,…

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Central Mission Notes

The Methodist · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 3

The Rev. George Martin was on the warpath at the Centenary Hall on Sunday morning. Materialistic philosophers and scientists had a bad…

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Our Catholic Soldiers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 17

ON Sunday last the Catholic troops, who are camped on the Kensington Racecoure, prior to their departure for the seat of war, attended the half-past ten o'clock Mass in the church of Our…

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Mission for the Bushmen's Contingent

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 12

Aa an evidence of the groat solicitude of his Eminence the Cardinal for the spiritual welfare of the Bushmen's Contingent he has entrusted the Franciscan Fathers with the…

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An Anglican Vicar's Bush Reminiscences. Back Blocks Law

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

On Tuesday fin entertaining address of fin original and instructive character was delivered in St. John's schoolroom, Parmmatta, by the Rev. G. Spencer Oakes, Vicar of Kelso…

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Anti-Catholic Books in Public Schools

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 20

Dear Sir,—Will you use your powerful influence to eliminate from the curriculum of the so-called nan-sectarian High School of this city, the study of a book entitled…

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TOPICS. The Mayor and Catholic Workers

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 15

Complaints are being made to us daily that the Mayor of Sydney (Sir Matthew Harris) in carrying out his retrenchment scheme has placed a heavy hand upon the…

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The Presbyterian Church. Its Progress in England. Interview with the Rev. J. B. Meharry, B.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 14

Among the passengers who arrived by the R.M.S. Ophir yesterday was the Rev. J. B. Me[?]arry, B.A., of Crouch Hill Presbyterian Church, London North, who was chosen by the Revs. Dr. Duff, of Glasgow,…

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The Outlook. The "Methodist Times" and the War

The Methodist · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 1

Our able and vigorous English contemporary is very outspoken in its views about the war…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Edited by Playmate. Another Prize Competition

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 8

My Dear Playmates,—I promised to start another prize competition this week, and have boon sorely puzzling which would bo a good subject. I don't want to judge any…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Death of Two Successful Irish Colonists. Munificent Bequests to Catholic and Other Charities. Disastrous Bush Fires. Another, Political Crisis

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 13

FROM almost week to week the pleasing and significant record has to be made of the practical evidence of the marked success of one or more of our Irish-Catholic colonists of the farming and middle…

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