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The Hartley Vale Public School was opened yesterday with considerable ceremony. The Hon. F. B. Suttor (Minister of Education) had promised to be present, but apologies were read at the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Among the multifarious duties which Colonel Anderson, C.M.G. (and some of the Victorian officers) has performed on behalf of his Government during his stay in Sydney has been…
Continued on Trove, page 679 →A CASE of some public interest was heard before the Parramatta Bench last week. David Lee and Dennis Kellehar, two youths of rather unprepossessing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The presentation of a fresh programme at the School of Arts, on Saturday night, by the Kelly and Leon Minstrels, attracted a well-filled house. As on previous occasions the entertainment was a decided success and drew forth an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Poulton, clerk of works to the Council of Education, arrived here yesterday from Dubbo. At 10 o'clock this morning he marked out a site, for the new public school building. The mayor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As several communications have lately appeared in your columns, discussing the application of certain teachers of certifies schools to the Council of Education, for an allowance in Hen of rent, perhaps you will allow an outsider to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A few months ago the friends of education were disposed to hope great things from the projected technical college, which was to hare its habitation in the new burning put up by the School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the most successful and enjoyable entertainments which has been , placed before a Parramatta audience for a very long time took place on Wednesday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Prior to 1867, primary education as administered in this colony was under the control of two Boards, viz., the National and Denominational, the State money received by the latter being distributed amongst the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday evening the Kelly and Leon Minstrels presented a new programme to their patrons, and though the night was so stormy, there was a full house to reward the exertions of this popular company, who have now had a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STILL sits the school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →We understand that the Hon. Sir Henry Parkes, Colonial Secretory, intends leaving town this evening for Sutton Forest, where he will, to-morrow, lay the foundation-stone of a public school…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—As there is a movement at present being agitated by those teachers in Certified Denominational schools, who have no residences provided for them, for obtaining in allowance in lieu of rent, and thereby only asking to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday evening Sir Henry Parkes, K.C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary and Premier), left Sydney, by the ordinary southern train, for Moss Vale, from which place, on Tuesday morning, ho was driven, by the Hon. John…
Continued on Trove, page 789 →SIR,—Allow me, through the columns of your journal, to draw attention to the proceedings of the committee of the School of Arts, at a meeting held on Monday last, when it was decided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Everybody will regret to hear that the Kelly and Leon Minstrels have announced the last week of their season. " H. M. S. Pinafore " has been a great success, and Mr. Punch will be glad on behalf of the Sydney public to welcome these very clever minstrels back at no distant date…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOSS Vale was honoured on Tuesday by a Ministerial visit, for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of a public school, and the PREMIER took…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Yesterday evening the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was thrown open to the public, after 8 o'clock, to enabla them to inspect the alterations, unprovements, and additions made to it, especially those connected with the Technical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—We have that, after a considerable delay, the Council of Education has decided not to place the teahers of Certitied Denominational schools on the same footing as regards remuneration as the teachers in Public schools,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,— Will you allow me, through the medium of your widely-circulated journal, to bring under the notice of the public the most glaring injustice that has ever been perpetrated by a State…
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