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144 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 7 of 8
THE Xmas Vacations will commence on Friday, the 15th instant, when, if sufficent funds can be procured in time, there will take place the annual distribution of prizes. An in'eresting programme is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In Saturday’s issue of the Bowral Free Press “One who has subscribed,” or more probably one who has NOT subscribed, writes to say…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—A letter appeared in your issue of the Free Press of Saturday last under the above heading. It has been thought probable that I was the writer of that letter, but I would like to say that I neither…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School examinations and composition writing produce funny results the world over. An Austrian teacher has recently published in Vienna a book called "Humour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is a queer thing that at almost everyone of the big English public schools there has at some time or another been a regular rebellion against all authority. There is a record of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The monthly committee meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening. Present Messrs. Gavin George (vice-president, in the chair), F. P. Dowdell, T.[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—A letter appeared in the Free Press of Saturday last under the above heading. It has been thought probable that I was the writer of that letter, but I would like to say…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DEAR SIR,—I have just been reading Mr. Ebb. Davis's letter re school prizes, etc.—a most sensible letter, and a just one. I am not a bird of passage, having lived up in this district for over 20 years; and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âIn the Southern Mall, of 5th instant, one styling himself "A Friend of the Children," thought fit to criticise in his own way my moderate suggestion, that local booksellers should have the opportunity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six months ago Miss H. Rankin, instructor in cookery to the Department of Public Instruction, was sent to Bowral to teach the girls of the local school the art of cookery. There were five classes of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those who think that local school prizes should be purchased in Sydney do not know much about the book trade. As a rule a book can be bought in Bowral as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday evening, 5th instant present: Messrs Gavin George (chair), R. S. Mackenzie, F. P. Dowdell, J. J.Campbell, G. E. Marston, T. Bonynge, Jos. Stokes, J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The “ Notes and Comments” writer in a local newspaper has quite a choice stook of expressions — very choice and smart to some ears no doubt. He [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE above school broke up for its Christmas holidays yestetday afternoon, and the occasion was availed of to present the children with their prizes. There was a large gathering of parents and friends…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ON the occasion of the breaking-up of the above school for the Christmas vacation, Mrs.Corbett and her pupils gave a charming entertainment in the Bowral School of Arts on Thursday afternoon; 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The present cricket and tennis season promises to be an eventful one for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The breaking up of the Bowral Superior Public School Jot the Christmas Vacation was made the [?] on for the annual distribution of prises to the pupils, which took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring the year the children of this school have been very successful in the various educational competitions arranged by Sydney institutions. Six senior and four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A noted German traveller. Baron von Hesse-Wortegg, has just returned from China, bringing, among other interesting stories, an account of the Chinese schools…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A good story is told of the late Doctor Busby, who one morning, going into the school-room, took with him a bunch of fine grapes for his own eating. Going from the…
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