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547 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 28
In the presence of a large and most appreciative audience, a very successful consert was given in the Town Hall, Newtown, on Monday night, by the pupils of the Public school, ssisted by Mr. Andrew Fairfax, Mr. J. C. Fisherr, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1. Having thus clearly stated the leading topics to be treated in these letters, the first question to be settled on the very threshold is--How does the Public Schools Act bear on religious education? Is it, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,--Party feeling has run so high on the education question, and has prejudiced men's minds to such an extent, that even our present Minister for Justice and Public Instruction is reported, in his recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large influential public meeting was held in the pavil[?] on, Ivanhoe Park, on Tuesday eveniug last, pursuant to advertisement, to take steps to have a new Public school erceted at Manly. The MAYOR (Mr. Alfred Hilder, J. P.) took the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. SUTTOR informed Mr. Jacob that there had been 14 Denominational schools certified under section 9 of the Public Schools Act, from its passing to the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large and influential public meeting was held in the Pavilion, Ivanhoe Park, on Tuesday evening last, pursuant to advertisement, to take steps to have a new Public school erected at Manly. The Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—In your issue of to-day appears an account of the proceedings of a meeting at Manly in favour of the new Public school, which was held on the 25th instant. At this meeting, Mr. G. W. Barker is reported to have spoken as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ninth annual meeting of the Public Schools and Artillery Cadet Corps was held at the Paddington rifle range on the 31st October and 1st November. 276 cadets competed. The shooting shows a marked improvement on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Referring to Mr. Wilkins' (secretary to Council of Education) letter in your issue of 28th instant, I find, on inquiry, that the secretary of the Local Board did not forward to the Council of Education the resolution that was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1. Much has been said against purely secular instruction. "Sow secularism," said Dr. Moorhouse the Protestant Bishop of Melbourne, to the people of Victoria,l "sow secularism, and you wil reap…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I do not mean by the above heading what the dictionaries would call "instructors of youth," but rather that higher power which professes to lead everybody--the Press; and to two representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →1. It is a fact of public notoriety that the Church has often raised her voice against Public schools, and strongly condemned secularism. But then it must be remembered that it was the Church dispersed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the leading members of the Church of England, under the presidency of Bishop Barker, will be held within the next few days, to inaugurate a movement throng[?] the colony, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning a deputation from the Synod of Eastern Australia, consisting of the REv. G. Sutherland. Rev. P. Macpherson, Rev. D. K. M'lntyre, Messrs. A. Law and E. A. Rennie, waited upon the Colonial Secretary to present…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Church of England is at last awakening, and at a preliminary meeting, held by invitation of the Bishop of Sydney at the Diocesan Registry, yesterday, to consider what action should be taken in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT has become the fashion of late to cry down the Denominational schools, and to say that their results in secular teaching are not equal to those obtained in the Public schools. We have from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →This evening a troupe of artists, which has recently arrived in Sydney after a very successful tour through New Zealand, makes its first appearance at the School of Arts. The members of this company have styled themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The cost of educating children in the Denominational schools under the present Act has been rather kept in the back ground. Mr. Buchanan, however, partly dealt with it when he said, in the Assembly—"The education…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The second performance by the Hudson's Surprise Party was given in the School of Arts last night, before a large audience, the programme was the same as on the opening night, but was better rendered, inasmuch as many of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. SUTTOR informed. Captain Onslow (through Mr. Jacob) that the number of Denominational schools which were situate at a distance of two miles or over was 10; that the approximate estimated…
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