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177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
The new building erected by the committee of the School of Arts in this town was formally opened on Wednesday at 12 o'clock. There was by no means a numerous assemblage to hear the inaugural address, but those who were present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr and Mrs Gourlay have appeared during the week in a new entertainment, or rather two entertainments "rolled into one," hearing the names of "The Rose and the Thistle," and "Pickings from the Waverley Gallery."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ENGLAND is a small village comfortably seated on the banks of Newfoundland, bounded on the north by Ireland, on the south by Central Africa, on the west by South America, and on the east by Tarban Creek. It is 100 miles long and 500 miles broad. Its principal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following bonny specimen of orthography appears in a conspicuously written notice of a "penny reading," issued by the teacher of a public school not one hundred miles from Wellington, and exhibited at the post office in that town :--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT will be in the recollection of our readers that, at the last annual meeting of the members of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, a committee was appointed for the purpose of presenting a testimonial and address to Mr. John Thomas `…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN a despatch from the Secretary of State, received by the last mail, his Grace the Duke of Buckingham expresses the following opinion on the Public Schools Act:- "With regard to the Act No. 22, to make better provision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—None welcomed mere than I did, as a step in the right direction, and supplying a want universally admitted, the Act 30 Victoria, No. 2, for the relief of destitute children. It is a measure which, in the estimation of every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I perceive in your issue of Friday last, a communication signed C. J. K., which I presume that person intends as a critique on the concert recently given in aid of the Camperdown School of Arts. Who your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When Henry VIII., with doubtfully pious zeal, suppressed the monasteries throughout his realm, he remembered kindly the Grammar Sohool that, from time immemorial, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN a despatch from the Secretary of State, received by the last mail, his Grace the Duke of Buckingham expresses the following opinion on the Public Schools Act:— "With regard to the Act No. 22, to make better provision…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It will be in the recollection of our readers that, at the last annual meeting of the members of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, a commission was appointed for the purpose of presenting testimonial and address to Mr. John Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gourlays have continued to hold their own at the School of Arts, their new entertainment having proved very attractive, Mr Gourlay's characteristic rendering of Baillie Nicol Jarvie, Dumbicdikes, and other of Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is our volume for 1865 we referred to a meeting of homeless boys which was held in the Great Queenstreet Refuge. Casual ward, and slum, and den were invaded, to collect this assembly of strange lads with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harrow and Rugby, with hardly an exception the youngest of the great schools of England, have gained a reputation equalled by none. The gifts of obscure individuals,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE annual meeting of the Sydney Rugged and Industrial Schools took place last evening in the Temp[?] Hall. Not[?]standig that the weather was so unfavourable to out-door traffic, there win a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rugby, the most widely known, is generaly considered the best of the great English schools. It has no old historic associations clustering about it, like Winchester, Eton, or Shrewsbury;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I am requested by the House Committee of the Destitute Children's Society to correct a statement reported to have been made by the Rev. Thomas Johnson, in his tptech at tho Ragged Schools Meeting, which, if allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE distribution of prizes to the most diligent and success ful scholars in Camden College School during the post half year, took place yesterday prior to the commencement of the mid-winter vacation. The pupils were in their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual meeting of the Sydney Rigged and Industrial Schools took place on Tuesday in the Temperance Hall. Notwithstanding that the weather was so unfavourable to out-door traffic, there was a good attendance…
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