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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1889

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News by Cable. a "Strike" of School Children. LONDON, Oct. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 4

A peculiar "strike" has occurred in Scotland, where the children attending some of the board schools have refused to attend school. They assert that they have grievances and will not…

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Goulburn Technical School

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

SOME three years ago a building erected by the committee of the mechanics' institute was opened as a school for the technical classes established in Goulburn. These for whose benefit these classes…

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Visit of the Hon, J. H. Carruthers to the Public School

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 2

THIS morning the Superior Public Schools were visited by the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, Minister for Public Instruction. He was accompanied by Mrs. Carruthers and Master and…

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Goulburn Technical School

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 10 October 1889 · page 2

SOME three years ago a building erected by the committee of the mechanics' institute was opened as a school for the technical classes established in Goulburn. Those for whose benefit these classes were…

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News by Cable. The School Strike. LONDON, Oct. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 4

The agitation of school children has spread to London, where the movement has already established itself in several localities. Up to last report a dozen of Board and other schools have…

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Eastgrove Church of England Schoolroom

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 4

A musical and literary entertainment in aid of the building fund of the above institution was given in the schoolroom last evening. There was a fair attendance and the Rev. A. T…

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Attempted Strike of Schoolboys in Wellington

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Sunday.—The boys at one of the largo Wellington schools resolved to strike a few days ago for the abolition of home work and longer play hours. All but two joined in the…

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Concerning Public School Teachers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 October 1889 · page 4

IN a supplement to the Government Gazette issued on Saturday, additional and amended regulations in substitution for those gazetted on 12th of February, 1886, and 25th September,…

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The Schoolboys' Strike. LONDON, Oct. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 October 1889 · page 4

The strike movement begun by boys in various parts of Great Britain against the teachers and the system of punishment, home lessons, and school fees, has not been supported…

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Mr. John Dillon's Visit to the Schools

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 October 1889 · page 2

MR. DILLON M.P., Irish national delegate, spent a great part of Tuesday in visiting the Roman Catholic schools of the city. He was accompanied by the Bishop and several of the…

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St. Saviour's Sunday-school Picnic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 4

A MEETING of teachers was held in the school-room on Thursday evening to consider matters in connection with the usual annual picnic of this school. The Rev. A. T…

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Primitive Methodist Sunday-school Picnic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 October 1889 · page 2

THE annual picnic of the above school was celebrated yesterday in Mr. Grunsell's paddock, adjoining the Mulwarree Gardens. The scholars, accompanied by their teachers, marched in…

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St. Saviour's Schoolroom

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 October 1889 · page 2

THE anniversary social gathering will be held this (Thursday) evening in the schoolroom. Refreshments will be provided for all the adult members of the congregation who will be admitted…

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Primitive Methodist Sunday-school

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 October 1889 · page 4

THE anniversary services in connection with the Primitive Methodist Sabbath-school were held on Sunday last and were very successful, though the rain interfered with the attendance. The…

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Carlyle As a Schoolmaster

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 November 1889 · page 4

A writer in the Scotsman has unearthed an amusing anecdote of Thomas Carlyle as a country "dominie," for the accuracy of which he vouches. It…

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The School Teacher's Regulations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 6

IN the Government Gazette of the 12th instant appeared an amended regulation prohibiting public school teachers from taking an active part in meetings of a political or sectarian character…

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St. Saviour's School-room. Proposal to Settle the Cathedral Dispute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 3

THE anniversary of the congregation worshipping in St. Saviour's School-room was celebrated on Thursday evening by a social ten, followed by a public meeting and…

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Free Meals for Scholars. LONDON, Nov. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 November 1889 · page 2

In consequence of representations made by the parents of some of the scholars under the London School Board system as to their inability to provide the children with meals from home…

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Public School Regulations. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 6

SIR,—A lot of now regulations in connection with our Public Schools have been adopted by the head of the Public Instruction Department lately. Amongst them is an old one renewed…

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