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Schools, 1858

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5.—FINANCE. For information on this head we beg to refer to the annexed Balance Sheet (Appendix C). 6.—Non-vested Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1858 · page 2

We now address ourselves to a subject which has given rise to a controversy unhappily resulting in the loss of Mr. Plunkett's services as the President of our Board; and we feel it our duty to lay before your…

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No. 1. Report upon the Model National Schools, for the year l857

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1858 · page 2

1. The following table will show the condition of these schools during the past year, as regards the attendance of pupils and the amount of their payments:—…

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2. Report Upon the Condition of National Schools During the Year 1857

Empire · Tuesday 13 April 1858 · page 2

1. The number of schools inspected during the year 1857, exclusive of the Sydney schools, was twenty. My visits were confined to this small number, first, on account of the lateness of the period when I received my…

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Parramatta School of Arts. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1858 · page 8

SIR,—Allow me to correct an error which appears this morning in one of your Parramatta correspondent's paragraphs. The Vice-President of the School of Arts is there represented as announcing that, on the…

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Non-vested Schools. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 20 April 1858 · page 5

SIR—I am acquainted with the fact that you have closed your columns as to the dismissal of the Chairman of the National Board—a subject which I do not wish to refer to; but I trust you will be good enough to insert…

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Windsor. [From Our Correspondent.] School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1858 · page 6

PURSUANT to adjournment on the previous Monday, a public meeting of the subscribers and friends to the proposed Windsor School of Arts and Literary Institute took place in the long room of the Fitz R[?]y…

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The School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1858 · page 5

A SUE-COMMITTEE of this institution was recently appointed to consider the state of the classes in connection with this institution, and to devise means of their more active operation. It was admitted that they did…

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School of Arts at Bathurst

Empire · Wednesday 28 April 1858 · page 2

Mr. SUTTOR moved—"For leave to introduce a bill, to enable the trustees of the Bathurst School of Arts and Mechanics' Institute, to surrender a certain piece of land, and accept other land in lieu thereof."…

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Roman Catholic Schools in New York. Their Origin and Importance

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 5 May 1858 · page 4

During the last twenty-five or thirty years. there has been a large increase in the number of Catholic schools in the city of New York and vicinity. In fact, previous to the year 1830 there…

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Wonders of Nature, Science, and Art. Extracts From a Lecture on the Above, Delivered by Mr. Kennedy, of the Windsor Commercial School, Before the Windsor Literary Institute

The Band of Hope Journal and Australian Home Companion · Saturday 8 May 1858 · page 13

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Non-vested National Schools. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1858 · page 5

SIR,—By your report of the Church Society Meeting in the Herald of Wednesday, it appears that the Bishop of Newcastle devoted a large portion of his speech to the consideration of non-vested National schools. He…

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National Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1858 · page 2

RETURN to an address (ordered by the Council to be printed, 14th April, 1858) from the Honorable the Legislative Council of New South Wales, dated 15th Decomber, 1857, praying that his Excellency…

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L. S. D. Sketch the First.—the Schoolboy

The Band of Hope Journal and Australian Home Companion · Saturday 19 June 1858 · page 9

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School of Arts.—introductory Lecture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1858 · page 2

SUBJOINED is the Introductory Discourse of the School of Arts' leoture season for'1868, written by the Governor-General. His Excellency not being able to attend, owing to an attack of illness, the lecture was…

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The School of Arts. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 June 1858 · page 3

SIR,—I wish to avail myself of your columns to inform those of your readers who are interested in the progress of this institution what the committee have recently resolved to do, with a view to render it more…

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Sydney Grammar School. to the Parents of the Scholars. (Per favour of the Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1858 · page 5

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—The writer of this letter, like yourselves, has children at the school, and desires to call yonr attention to the following facts:- Our children have been sent home for six weeks'…

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Parliamentary Paper. Letter From the National Education Board on the Subject of Non-vested Schools. the National Education Board to the Colonial Secretary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1858 · page 3

SIR,—In the letter of the Chairman of this Board, dated 18th December last, transmitting additional rules for the extension of the aid of the Board to non-vested schools,…

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Sydney Grammar School. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 29 June 1858 · page 4

SIR—It has been announced to the general public, by advertisements in the Sydney daily journals, that the "Midsummer holidays" in the above-named seminary commenced from and after the 21st instant, and that…

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School of Arts' Concert. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1858 · page 8

SIR, —An advertisement appeared in your Saturday's issue, to the effect that Mr. Chizlett's Monthly Concert would be given on Monday night, June 28. Intendinig to attend the same, I started from home on the above…

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Parliamentary Paper. Sydney Grammar School. (Third Report of the Tru[?]tees.) the Honorary Secretary of the Sydney Grammar School to the Colonial Secretary. Sydney Grammar School. 24th February, 1858

Empire · Thursday 1 July 1858 · page 2

SIR—By direction of the Trustees of the Sydney Grammar School, I have the honour to transmit to yo[?] the third report of their proceedings, and of the condition of the school, for the year 1857, to be laid before…

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