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Schools, 1875

206 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 11

Opening of St. Benedict's Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 July 1875 · page 2

THE new Schools of St. Benedict's (erected in the spacious p[?]ceincts of the Roman Catholic church of that name) were opened, on Saturday afternoon, by the Coadjutor-Archbishop V[?]ughan, in the presence of a very large concourse of…

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Archbishop Vaughan, Public Schools, and the League. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1875 · page 5

SIR,—It is scarcely worthy of an educated gentleman, not to speak of an Archbishop who is preaching charity, to speak of other gentlemen without the slightest regard to the truth of what he alleges. In your report of Archbishop…

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Schools and Legislators. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1875 · page 5

SIR,—The Coadjutor-Archbishop thinks our legislators quarrel at least as much as the clergy do, and ought to take the lend in setting a better example. But he should remember that very few of the present members of the…

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Reading-room at the School of Arts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1875 · page 5

SIR,—It is a great pity for the subseribers in the readingroom at the School of Arts, while they are devoting their attention and study to books and papers, to hear a most unpleasant sound when individuals enter the door, and…

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Another Schoolboy Letter!

Sydney Punch · Friday 30 July 1875 · page 3

THE literature of New South Wales is becoming, daily, more and more enriched, by a species of biographical correspondence, in which some of our leading men desire to make their deeds known to the present world, and to hand them down to posterity, without the…

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Opening of St. Benedict's Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 July 1875 · page 8

St, BENEDICT'S new schools, the foundation stone of which, as it will be remembered, was laid on 26th September, 1874, by his Grace the Archbishop Coadjutor, on which occasion he…

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Sydney Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1875 · page 5

THE following is the Annual Report of the Trustees, Sydney Grammar School, to the Minister of Justice and Public Instruction:— Sydney Grammar School, 5th July, 1875…

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School Holidays. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1875 · page 3

SIR,—At the commencement of the year the Council of Education had it in contemplation to abolish the midwinter vacation of one week, and in lieu thereof to tack on an extra week to the midsummer holiday…

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St. Benedicts Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 August 1875 · page 7

At the opening of these schools a report was read by a Popish priest to the effect that £2200 bad been expended on their erection, and that before all the requisites…

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Provincial Synod Report— Denominational Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 August 1875 · page 3

SIR,—I ask for a short space in your columns to correct the report of my remarks upon the question of the maintenance of Denominational schools, which appears in this morning's issue…

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A School Teacher Fined for Beating a Boy

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1875 · page 2

The Albury Banner states that, during the week, Mr. D. Quinlan, [?]cecher at the Dry Creek State school, appeared at the Children Police Court to answer the charge…

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Ryde Public School Demonstration

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1875 · page 2

The teachers and children of the above named, gave the second entertainment of the kind on Friday evening the 13th instant, in the school-room, which had…

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Public School, Dubbo

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 21 August 1875 · page 18

THE subject of our sketch is one of several buildings recently erected, or in course of completion, by the residents of Dubbo, for the mental, moral, and religious advancement of the district, all of which reflect the highest credit on the…

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The New Grammar School, Toowoomba, Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 August 1875 · page 21

THERE is no University in Queensland, but there are Grammar Schools established, or about to be established in the principal towns, which may be said to be nurseries to be affiliated to a future University, which…

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Conference on Sabbath Schools

Evening News · Wednesday 25 August 1875 · page 4

A conference of the General Astenbly's committee with some two hundred and fifty Sabbath School teachers of the Presbyterian Church in Sydney and the suburbs, was held last evening in the New Temper"…

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School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Wednesday 25 August 1875 · page 5

School of Arts Debating Club-" Which was the greater poet, Bryon or Milton?' was the subject of debate of this club last Monday evening the Byronites Messrs Williams Phillips, Carment…

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Rector for Normal School, Canterbury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 August 1875 · page 2

The Government of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, require the services of a RECTOR for the Normal School in the city of Christchurch. The salary will be £500 per annum, to include house…

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Injustice to a Public Teacher. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 11

SIR,—I wish to submit to you a case of injustice which has been inflicted upon me by the Council of Education. Since 1860 I have been an approved teacher…

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The Sydney Signed Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 31 August 1875 · page 4

THE fifteenth annual meeting of the subscribers to, and others interested in, the Sydney Ragged Schools was held in the Temperance Hall, last evening. The attendance, which was composed chiefly of ladies,…

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The School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Tuesday 31 August 1875 · page 2

" Was the execution of Charles I. justifiable," was the question which this club debated last evening, Not only did it prove interesting, but alse highly instructive, involving as it did the constitutional rights…

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