School Question
IT is generally supposed that when the number of pupils in attendance at a certified Denominational school fall below thirty the certificate is withdrawn, and no further…
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Wesleyan Sunday School Picnic
On New Year's Day, the children attending the Wesleyan Sunday School in town were, in accordance with the usual custom, entertained at a picnic by their teachers and friends. The…
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In accord men with the practices for several years past, the scholars of the Congregational Sunday School had their annual picnic on New Year's Day, Tom Thumb Bowers being the…
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SIR,—Why the Wollongong School of Arts should have been allowed to remain in the dormant state it has been in for years past, I am not in a position to satisfactorily explain. At present…
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SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday last, Mr. Keegan asks, "why the Wollongong School of Arts should have been allowed to remain in the dormant state it has been in for years past?" and says, "at…
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"We learn than on Monday the Council, of Education will take into consideration the advisability of appointing a Professor of Elocution to the Public schools of the…
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ON Friday, the 19th December, the Local Board of the above school met, and carefully examined the children's work. The number of children on the roll was 36…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. The School of Arts. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—So Mr. Keogan will not become a member of the School of Arts. That will be his own less. When he has acquired a little more wit and experience he will come to the opinion that he…
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A meeting of member of the School of Arts took place in the Institution, on Tuesday evening last, according to advertisement, the attendance being very meagre…
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As we said in our issue of last Friday, the distribution of prizes to the pupils of this school (after being postponed on account of the unfavourable weather from the…
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A MEETING in connection with the above was held at Mrs. Jackson's, on Tuesday evening last. Present — Messrs. Major, Nicholls, Craig, J. Weston, a Beckett,…
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A PUBLIC meeting to establish a School of Arts at Kiama was held in the Court house on Friday evening last. Mr. Black, as Mayor, presided, and among those present…
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A MEETING of the committee of the Kiama School of Arts was held on Tuesday night at Mrs. Jackson's Present—The President (Mr. Black), Vice-President (Mr. Whit…
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A PUBLIC meeting of those interested in forming a School of Arts at Kiama was held in the Courthouse. The attendance as usual was very limited, but this was partly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Comments on Current Topics. Opening of the Sydney School of Arts on
THE opening of the Sydney School of Arts on the Sabbath has for some time past been the cause of considerable agitation in Sydney . A little while back a movement…
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The attempt to combine the Sunday school and the theatre is always a doubtful experiment. The two ingredients can rarely be united so as to produce a…
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A SPECIAL meeting of committee of the Kiama School of Arts was held at Mrs. Jackson's on Tuesday night the 6th instant. There were present Messrs. J. Black J…
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A MEETING of the committee of the Kiama School of Arts, took place at Mrs. Jacksoa's on Tuesday night. There were present, J. Black, Esq., President; J…
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This society held a meeting in the Public School, Dapto, on Saturday last. There were a fair number present. After some preliminary matters had been gone through. Mr. Wilson, of Albion Park…
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The Bishop of Melbourne was present at the celebrations in honour of the Rev. Mr. Thomas taking charge of St. Mary's Church, Kangaroo Flat, and in the course…
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