Wesleyan Sabbath School Recreations
YESTERDAY an anniversary holiday was held by the members and children of the Wesleyan Sabbath School. An excursion to Lake Bathurst was the means by which they had a day's recreation…
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Schools, 1885
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Pomeroy Public School
Some time since a petition from residents of Pomeroy was forwarded to the Department of Public Instruction asking that a new public school might be erected at the village reserve…
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IN compliance with the petition of residents of Lower Boro, the Minister for Public Instruction has directed Messrs. C. H. Roberts, J. Cooke, and A Barrett to have a…
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THE many friends of Mr. John Lumsden, head master of the Superior Public School, Bourke-street, will be sorry to learn that he has been transferred to the Grafton Public School, where he will occupy a…
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WE understand that two boys and no girls presented themselves for the entrance examination on Tuesday last; and we have been informed that very few of the present scholars intend to return…
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MR. JOHN LUMSDEN, who was appointed head master of the Grafton Public School, has exchanged that position for that of head master of the South Goulburn Public School, from which he was…
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A handsome trophy has been presented to be shot for by the Public school cadets, the donor being Mr. J. Condy, of Oxford-street. It is in the form of a silver shield,…
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As the above building is now lighted with gas, divine service will be held in it in future every Sunday morning and evening. A public meeting of the parishioners of the West…
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ON Easter Monday the pupils of the Bowning public school, who are under the charge of Mr. J. Mitchell, were presented with prizes and entertained at a picnic by their teacher, parents,…
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The Goulburn high school re-opened on Wednesday with a new staff of teachers, Mr. R. C. Smith B.A., from the Sydney high school, being master of the boys' department, and Miss Higgs, also from the…
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THE following pupil teachers gained promotion by examination in December last:—Robert Gall, Marulan Public School, promoted to class I; William J. Liggins and…
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On Thursday the lady boarders of the Convent of Mercy, Goulburn, had a picnic at the racecourse. There were 35 young ladies present under charge of Mrs. O'Brien. A luncheon was laid out in the…
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The following teachers gained promotion by examination in December last:—Robert Gall, Marulan, promoted to class 1; William J. Liggina and Annie K. Jessop, South Goulburn, promoted to class…
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On Friday the cadets of the above school had a day's shooting at the butts, with the following result. At 100 yards and 200 yards with rifles and carbines:—Sergeant Cochrane, 31; Color-sergeant…
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Great enthusiasm prevails among the youth of the colony at present. Applications for enrolment of cadet corps in connection with the schools under the Department of Public…
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On the occasion of a public dinner given by the electors of Shoalhaven to their member, Mr. F. T. Humphery, at Nowra, on Tuesday last, Mr. W. J…
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The position of a Public school teacher is (says the Echo rapidly becoming a grostesque one. Some time ago it was deemed advisable for departmental reasons to charge the teacher with the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Argus. Published in Goulburn. Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man.—CAMPBELL. Goulburn: Thursday, May 7. Our Schools and Their Work
The Minister of Public Instruction has evidently great faith in the merits of the system of education which obtains in this colony. In holding to this view, he is only following…
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In the course of a speech made by him at the annual meeting of the Randwick School of Arts, Mr. Trickett made some pointed observations, a few of which will be found in the extract…
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Last Saturday Binalong was the scene of festivity in the form of a combined school picnic, which took place on the spacious ground opposite the railway station house. About eleven a.m. the children, to…
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