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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Schools

Schools, 1898

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

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 6

SIR,—Kindly permit me, through your widely read journal, to draw attention to the unsatisfactory state of the accommodation at the Jerrawa Public School. The northern windows are so placed that they focus…

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Public School Teachers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 August 1898 · page 4

Referring to the action of the Public Service Board in connection with the annual increments to salaries of certain portions of the service a correspondent asks if the teachers in the Education…

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Carcoar Church and School Lands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 August 1898 · page 4

A number of applications have been received by the Minister for Lands for the conversion of large areas of church and school lands in the Carcoar district held for…

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S. Nicholas' Schoolroom

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 August 1898 · page 2

adjoining the church, is approaching completion. It is expected that the opening ceremonies will take place early in October…

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Public Schools Athletic Association

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 August 1898 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting was held at Mr. Inspector Cooper's office on Saturday. The principal business was the decision to recommend the general meeting to affiliate with the Public…

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Goulburn Diocese School Competitions

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 August 1898 · page 2

Year after yea, bursaries have been open for competition in connection with St. Patrick's College, but in 1895 a new scheme was devised for improving primary schools…

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Goulburn District Public Schools Athletic Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above was held this morning in one of the class rooms of the Bourke-street Public School. Mr. D. J. Cooper, M.A., district inspector,…

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Public Schools Athletic Association

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 September 1898 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Goulburn District Public Schools Association was held at the boys' school, Bourke-street on Saturday morning. Mr. D. J. Cooper M.A., president,…

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A Schoolmistress Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 September 1898 · page 2

Paterson, Monday.—News was received hero yesterday that Miss Annie MacInnes, teacher of Carrabolla school, had been missing since Thurs. day. Owing to heavy rains no school was held on…

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Patrician Brothers' School, Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

THE teaching staff in connection with the Catholic Boys' Primary School, Goulburn, is about to be changed (says the Freeman.) For several years the school has been in charge of the Patrician Brothers,…

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R.C. Primary School (Sisters of Mercy)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1898 · page 2

THE R.C. Primary School, under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, was examined by the Diocesan Inspector, the Rev. J. W. Dwyer, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, with a result which is very…

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Abolition of School Fees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1898 · page 4

THE Minister for Education says he has under his consideration the important question of abolishing school fees in the New South Wales Public schools. He says it is a reform of great importance…

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Goulburn Public Schools' Athletic Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 September 1898 · page 4

AT a meeting of the committee of the above held at the Superior Public School, Goulburn, on Monday afternoon it was resolved to alter the date of the annual sports meeting from 28th October to 4th…

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Was Mr. Sydney Smith Both Too Late or Too Early? Captain Macarthur and the Merino Sheep.—no Reflection on Moral Character If When Creeping Unwillingly to School Mr. Smith Conceived Ideas Already Acted On.—but Why Carry Them Out When No Longer Nelessary and at the Country's Expense?—stud Horses, Sheep, Dogs, Cats, and Mice, and Their Claims to Be Brought Here at the Public Expense

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 2

IF about the time that the late Captain Macarthur conceived the idea of importing merino sheep Mr. Sydney Smith had sent to the United…

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Roman Catholic. Primary School

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 2

THE R. C. primary school under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, was examined by the Diocesan Inspector, the Rev. J. W. Dwyer, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, with a result…

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Promotion of Teacher

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

As the result of the examination of teachers held in June last, Mr. Ernest Cameron, teacher of the Public School at Nubba, and late teacher at Bendick Morrell, has been promoted to Class 2,…

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Measles in the Public Schools

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 September 1898 · page 1

THE experience of the Education Department is that the epidemic of measles is passing away. At any rate, that is what is shown by the records of the attendance at the Public schools. The diminution…

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Tipperary School Picnic

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 2

LAST Saturday was truly a day for enjoyment, being an exceedingly might Springlike one. a real picnicing day And so it was that there was a large attendance of children, parents, and…

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The Teaching of Shorthand in Schools

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 2

PERHAPS no branch of learning has received so much attention during the last year or two as shorthand. Till recently it occupied no more honourable…

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Back to School

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 September 1898 · page 2

IT is not often that men leave school, put in a dozen years or so in pursuit of knowledge and experience in the outside world, take part in business life, and stirring political scenes,…

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