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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1897

20 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Official Correspondence. New School for Wanaaring

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 2

The [?] addressed to Mr.E.D.Milles, M.P., has been [?]wanted to us for [?] [?]…

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Sunday School Picnics

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

THE annual Sunday school picnics on Easter Monday have become as great an institution as the holiday itself. It is looked forward to with…

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Barringun Public School

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 2

Department of Public Instruction, April 27, 1897. Sir,—Your letter, dated 20 thinst., re inviting attention to the necessity for repairs and improvements at the Bsrringua Public…

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Told by Ii. M. Inspector of Schools

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 2

THE following incidents, humorous and pathetic, were recently related to the writer by one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools. At a school in the Midlands on one occasion the…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with opinions expressed under this heading.] Schools of Arts and Mechanics Institutes. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Liberal.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 2

SIR,—I am glad to see that a school of arts has been opened at Brocklehurst. This is a good thing. I hope the reading room will be open to the public without payment…

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Departure of Mr. Fred Skinner. Public School Demonstration

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 3

MR. FRED SKINNER, who (as stated in our last issue) has been promoted to the headmastership of the Neutral Bay Public School, Sydney, was on Thursday, during…

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Sunday School Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 3

AT Holy Trinity Church on Sunday evening the Ven. Archdeacon Wilson preached a spacial sermon on Sunday work. He took for his text—" And these…

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The Convent High School. Annual Entertainment

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

The annual entertainment given by the pupils of the Convent High School are always looked forward to with a great deal of intereat, consequently the Bijou Theatre oa…

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Church and School Lands. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 3

The Church and School Lands Bill, second reading, was passed, and committed proforma…

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High School Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 3

THE annual concert given by the pupils of the Convent High School came off on Wednesday evening, when a capital entertainment was presented. The hall was…

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Scarlet Fever and the Public School

The Western Herald · Wednesday 17 November 1897 · page 2

The announcement recently made that scarlet fever [?] in town has naturally occasioned some little excitement. The Council being an authority under the Public…

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Dubbo School of Arts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 2

ON Thursday, in the Assembly Mr. S. Phillips, M.P., gave notice that he would move on Wednesday next--"That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the exemption by…

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R[?] School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 3

THE " breaking " up for the usual midsummer vacation at Rothsay school, which is conducted [?] the [?] of England school room by Miss Henderson, was…

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[?] School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 3

THE pupils of this school, which is conducted by the sisters of the Convent of [?] Patrick, [?] celebrated their " breaking up " for the [?] holidays by giving…

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Convent Primary Schools

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1897 · page 3

AT the Ma[?] Hall on Wednesday evening the pupils of the Convent Primary Schools gave their annual entertainment. There was a fair attendence,…

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The Dubbo Grammar School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 2

THE "breaking up" of this school. conducted by Mr. Harold Hunt, B.A, took place on Friday, when the result of the half-year's work was posted and prize awarded. The dux prize fell to F. Morgan…

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Convent Primary Schools

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 2

PREPARATORY to the breaking up for the mid summer holidays the prizes were distributed at the above schools on Friday morning. After a short and amsing programme had been gone through,…

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Catholic Boy's School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 2

BEFORE being dismissed for the Christm a holidays the boys of the above school gave a capital entertainment to their friends on Friday afternoon. Some musical and comic items were introduced and…

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R.c. Boys' School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1897 · page 2

IN distributing the prizes to the Successful pupils at the R.C. Boys' School on Friday last, the Very Rev. J. Dunne, V.G., said it was quite evident from the splendid…

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Convent High School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 4

THERE was a large attendance of parents and friends at the Convent High School Entertainment on last Tuesday, prior to the breaking up for the Christmas holidays. All seemed to be greatly…

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