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303 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 16
A MEETING of the residents fo Ashfield favourable to the crection of a new Public school there was held last night in the rather threatening, but there were, about 100 gentlemen present. Among those present were Mr. Daniel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Public meeting in connection with the Eastern Suburbs Branch of the Pablic Schools League was hold in the Paddington Council-chambers, yesterday evening. About forty persons were preical Mr. W. Hexalett was called upon to take the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting to "promote the erection of a public school building," was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Ashfield, last evening, the Mayer (D. Holborrow, Esq.) presiding. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting, in connection with the Eastern Suburbs Branch of the New South Wales Public-School League, was held in the Council Chambers, Paddington, last evening, at 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A NUMBER of school board prosecutions were disposed of on September 3, at two of the metropolitan police-courts. At Marlborough-street about twenty summonses were heard. Mrs. Rout, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting of the supporters of the Public School League was held yesterday evening, in the Congregational Schoolroom. Burwood, for the purpose of forming a branch of the League. The chair was occupied by Mr. Wynne,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABOUT 100 of the inhabitants of Ashfield, amongst them the honorable the Colonial Secretary, met on Monday night in the Oddfellows' hall, for the purpose of taking steps for the erection…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT is with feelings of extreme regret that we record a most disgraceful riot at the School of Arts on Thursday evening last. The Rev. D. Porteus had announced for that evening the delivery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →SIR,—I am a boy and go to school, and father takes the Town and Country and lets me read it. I see what a fuss everybody is making about our schooling. I suppose that is the game big people are playing at now, and soon it will be something…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →SIR,—I forward copies of correspondence with the Council of Education, with a view to their publication, as the matter is of general interest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting for the purpose of forming a branch of this association was held in Beatson's Assembly Rooms, on Wednesday evening last. The chair was occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE first annual meeting of the Grammar School Athletic Club took place yesterday afternoon, at the Albert Ground. The weather, although dull during the forenoon, gave no indication of rain, and it was thought that the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—Permit me to call attention to a mistake in the telegraphic news in this day's Herald, with reference to a meeting held at Terara, Shoalhaven, on Thursday, 26th instant, in connection with the New South Wales Public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →OCCASIONALLY the members of the School League who are travelling through the country meet with a little interruption to their otherwise triumphal march. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YESTERDAY evening, a meeting of the electors of East Sydney was held in the Temperance Hall, to hear the Rev. James Greenwood examine Mr. Pa[?] speech delivered in the M[?] H[?] last Thursday night. Mr. E. W. Cameron was called to the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Concerted for the correct teaching of the rising generation in the schools of the colony, I consider it my duty to call the attention of parents and teachers to the mischief which must result from the use of books which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIRS,--I beg to subjoin certain extracts from the general reports of the Council of Education, in which they testify to the need of abolishing a large number of competing schools. Vide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE this week present the readers of the Town and Country with an engraving of the above schools. The foundation stone was laid towards the close of last year by the Premier (Hon. Henry Parkes), and the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SIR,—From the Herald of the 30th ultimo I observe that a circular letter has been addressed by the Council of Education to the Public school teachers throughout the colony, requesting them to furnish, from the school records, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—It is a difficult task to speak truth earnestly without giving offence to the parties on whom it impinges. In my letter of the 8th instant, I spoke earnestly; but I did not mean to "sneer" at the…
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