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166 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9
LESS than twenty years ago a few earnest philanthropists of different religious persuasions, impressed with a strong sense of their duty as individuals and as members of a Christian community, met together…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN address to the members of the Church of England Sunday-school Institute of Victoria was delivered last evening; by the Lord Bishop of Sydney, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, which was filled on the occasion. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN adjourned special general meeting of the members of the Newtown Mechanics' Schcol of Arts was held on Saturday evening last, in the Wesleyan School-room. About twenty gentlemen were present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE anniversary of the Wesleyan Sunday-schools in connection with the Wesleyan Church in Bourke-street, Surry Hills, was commemorated last evening by a tea party and public meeting. Nearly two hundred people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Who steals my purse, steals trash. 'Twere something—nothing; 'twas his, 'tis mine, and has been slave to thousands. But he that filches from me my good name,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Who steals my purse steals trash; T[?]were something, nothing; was his Tis mine, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I shall feel obliged by your correcting a slight error in the report ef the meeting of the members of the Newtown School of Arts, which appears in to-day's Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A GREAT calamity or crime is a great consolation to those who do not suffer by it. It is pretty sure to hit some, folly, ia our social arrangements which, until convicted by actual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR.—In reply to a letter in your paper of August 1st, signed "Frederick William Holland," I beg your insertion, of a few remarks from myself, being the late Secretary of the above Institution, to whom, I imagine, Mr,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âI beg you will permit me to correct a statement in your issue of this morning, referring to the evening "readings" at the above institution. It is said, "that the Waverley School of Arts was the first of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MONTHLY meeting of the Church of England Teachers' Association was held in tbe school-house, Castlereaghstreet, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. BODE occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE visited this institution yesterday. It is situated at the distance of about three-quarters of a mile from the centre of the town of Parramatta, and is separated from the Lunatic Asylum by a lofty stone wall. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I think Ragged Schools might work more good, were Dr. Guthrie's plan to be adopted, of giving the destitute children of the city food as well as education. Many, in consequence of the criminality of their parents,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A PUBLIC meeting, in connection with this School, was held last evening in the Wesleyan Church, Dowlingstreet, Woolloomooloo. The chair was taken by Mr. William Love. After singing and prayer—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE fifth anniversary of the Sunday school in connection with the Primitive Methodist Chapel, in Kentstreet, was commemorated yesterday evening by a teaparty and public meeting. The attendanee was large,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In the report of the proceedings at the public meeting of the members of the Newtown Sohool of Arts, held on Saturday evening last, and published in this day's issue, the following statement appears:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I perceive in your issue of this morning a letter signed "R. Dunlop," in which my name is prominently brought forward, and is calculated to leave a wrong impression on the minds of the subscribers to the Building…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In some remote parts of the country particular seasons have their curious old customs still kept up in form, though shorn of their former significance, and on Shrove Tuesday last any one who happened to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A GEMERAL meeting of members and subscribers to the building fund of the Newtown School of Arts was held on Saturday evening last, in the Wesloyan Schoolroom. Its main object was to lay before…
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