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Schools, 1875

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The Bible and the Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1875 · page 7

SIR,—If we may judge of the utterances of those who have spoken on either side of the recent controversy, we must conclude that both the League and the Church of England Defence Association profess to have the same end in view,[?]…

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Panic at the School of Arts

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 2

Considerable alarm, amounting almost to a panic, was created at the School of Arts that night, during the exhibition of the Hibernica in that building, ana the performance of the comedy company. While the…

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Balmain School of Arts—annual General Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 8

THE annual general meeting of the Balmain School of Arts was held in the Hall of that Insaution, yesterday evening—Major Jaques in the chair. The meeting was thinly attended…

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Protestant Parents and Popish Schools. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 2

GENTLEMEN.-- You have frequently pointed out the folly of placing children of protestants for education under Sisters of Mercy and religious women of the Church of Rome. In many…

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Stdney Mechanics' School of Arts

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the above institution was held, last erasing, in the readingroom. There was a large attendance, estimated at about 160, amongst which were several ladies…

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Mechanics' School of Arts—annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held yesterday evening, pursuent to advertisement, in the reading-room of that institution; Mr. W. C. Windeyer, M.A. (the President)…

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Public V. Denominational Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 7

SIR,—I see that the Rev. Dr. Barry, in his lecture last night, stated:—" It was admitted by Mr. Stuart, who goes up to Bathurst to give a reason for their being less. He compares St. Philip's, the best of the Church of England…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

Empire · Wednesday 3 February 1875 · page 4

THE annual meeting of members of the above institution was held last evening, in the readingroom. There was a large attendance, estimated at about 160, amongst which were several ladies…

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French Priests and French Schoolmasters

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 5

Schoolmasters in South Australia are a hardly used and poorly paid class of men, but they do riot fare quite so ill as their brethren, of the ferule in France. Here-- the question of salary…

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"Unreasonable" School-board Prosecutions

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 27

At the Clerkenwell Police Court, on Nov. 11, Louisa Maylon, of 2, Rutland Pisco, Hornsey Rond, was summoned by Mr. Saunders, an officer of the School Board for London, Finsbury Division, for neglecting to send…

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Wesleyan Conference and Sunday Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1875 · page 3

YESTERDAY evening the teachers of the Wesleyabn Sunday Schools in this city, and its suburban districts assembled ar a tea meeting in the York-street schoolroom (under the Centenary church) to meet the ministers of the New South…

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Presentation of Prizes to Public and Denominational School Cadets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1875 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon the prises which had been won by the cadets belonging to the Public and Denominational schools, in their matches with the carbine and the Hay[?]lle were presented at the Exhibition Building. The cadets…

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The Treasury, New South Wales, Sydney, 15th January, 1875. Provision Contracts for the Public Service. Protestant and Roman Catholic Orphan Schools, Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1875 · page 6

NOTICE ia hereby given that TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon of TUESDAY, the 23rd February next, for furnishing, on account of the Public Service, the supplice undermentioned, in such quantities as…

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The Treasury, New South Wales, Sydney, 15th January, 1875. Provision Contracts for the Public Service. Protestant and Roman Catholic Orphan Schools, Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1875 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon of TUESDAY, the 23rd February next, for furnishing, on account of the Public Service, the supplies undermentioned, in such quantities as…

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Catholic Parents Approving of Public Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 February 1875 · page 6

WHEN Dr. M'Gibbon, at a recent meeting of the League, remarked that there were many of the Catholic laity who substantially approved of the League, by…

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The Treasury, New South Wales, Sydney, 15th January, 1875. Provision Contracts for the Public Service. Protestant and Roman Catholic Orphan Schools, Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1875 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that TENDERS will be received at this Office, until noon of TUESDAY, the 23rd February next, for furnishing, on account of the Public Service, the supplies undermentioned, in such quantities as…

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professor Huxley on Religion in Schools

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1875 · page 3

The following passageS are from Professor Huxley's "Critiques and Address" (Macmillan): "If I were compelled (he says) to choose for one of my own children between a school in which…

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Professor Huxley on Religion in Schools

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1875 · page 27

The following passages are from Professor Huxley's "Critiques and Addresses" (Macmillan): "If I were compelled (he says) to choose for one of my own children between, a school in which…

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The Compulsory Clauses in the Victorian Schools Act. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—Many persons not themselves having the information at command desire to know what the clauses are which refer to compulsion in the Victorian Schools Act. I beg, therefore, to send these clauses for publication; but…

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Class-rooms and Religious Instruction in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1875 · page 6

SIR,—Some misapprehension seems to prevail about the privilege of separate religious instruction in Public schools according to the present Act. Many seem to imagine that this instruction can only be given in a class-room, and…

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