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166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 9
[The following account of the massacre of the crew and burning of the schooner Pearl, of Anatam, is furnished by a lady whose husband was a passenger on board the Clarence Packet, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âObserving in your issue of the 24th instant a letter headed as above, and signed by " One of the Committee," may I request, in justice to the character and motives of the individual aspersed in that article, that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY evening, a public meeting was held at the School of Arts, for the purpose of taking into confederation the advisability of retaining the existing duties on tea and sugar, as a fund for the promotion of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following is the lecture delivered at the opening of this institution, by Sir William Westbrook Burton, on Monday evening last:â It would be trite to enlarge upon the utility of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Classics. Mathematics. Physids. Cowlishaw[?] Garland Qualfe Garland Cowlishaw Garland Quaife Tom Gibbes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SIR,—At the late meeting held in the School of Arts to consider Mr. Jenkin's scheme for promoting universal education, the motion proposed by Sir A. Stephen not only affirmed the expediency of retaining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON occasion of opening the now building of the town Mission Ragaed Schools in Nottingham the Earl of Shaftesbury, by invitation, took part in the proceedings. In the evening, there was also a public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN English edition of the Biglow Papers, with a preface by the author of Tom Brown's School Days, has just been published by Messrs. Trubner, of Paternoster-row. The Biglow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—On perusing your report of the proceedings of the meeting held in Sydney relative to "Chaplains on the Gold-fields," which appeared in your impression of the 18th instant, I was greatly astonished to find…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—I shall feel obliged by your inserting the following letter in your next impression of the Freeman's Journal.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A few days ago this school, which numbers about 90 pupils of both sexes, underwent the usual half-yearly examination, which was conducted by the respected Catholic pastor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Some three years back, I believe, a prize was offered, or agreed to be offered, by the committee of the Sydney School of Arts for the best design for a house for a working man. Knowing how much the working men need houses better adapted to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I see that it is to be proposed by Mr. Eager, the treasurer, at the annual meeting of the subscribers, on Tuesday next, to raise the half-yearly and quarterly subscriptions from 5s. and 10s. to 6s. and 11s. This seems very absurd, when, as I understand,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I, see there is a moiton to be brought forward as the meeting to-morrow evening (Tuesday), to raise the quarterly and half-yearly subseription from 5s. and 10v., [?] 6s. and 11s., which I think is very injudicious at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE promotion of the physical and moral health of the metropolis is an object of national interest, and no effort designed for so high an and should be unnotiesd or unaided. While, therefore, the Parliament and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAST night the annual general meeting of the members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held in the hall of that institution, the Hon. G. K. Holden, Esq., in the chair. The ballot for the officers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE usual yearly meeting of the members of the Mechanics' Institute, was held last night, during the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, when the officers of the Institution for the ensuing year were balloted for. A meeting for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE 16th of February being the anniversary of the foundation of the King's School, the prizes for the past year were distributed by his Excellency the Governor-General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LECTURE was delivered in this institution, last evening, by Mr. James M'Leod Robertson, on "the Gallantry of the ages of Chivalry contrasted with that of modern times." To set in a clearer light the noble and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN interesting lecture was delivered yesterday evening at the St. leonard's School of Arts, by Thomas Harris, Esq., on the Elements of Mechanics, illustrated by models and diagrams, to a numerous attendance of…
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