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Schools, 1880

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 September 1880 · page 3

Miss Ella Carrington s company of versatile artistes repealed their performance of " Stray Leaves "at this hall last night to a large audience. The well painted scenes, so cleverly illustrated by…

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Non-payment of School Teachers

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 9

Our attention has been drawn to what we consider a great inconvenience, and in some cases great hardship, in connection with the working of the new Public Instruction Act. We…

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Bourke-street School

Evening News · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon deputation, composed of the Mayor of Redforn (Mr. H. Hudson), Mr. Hezlet. M.L.A., Messrs. Young Andrew, and Stanley, waited on the Minister for Public Instruction to…

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Catholic. St. Bede's School, Pyrmont

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 18

HIS Grace the Archbishop of Sydney laid the corner stone of the new school attached to St. Bede's Church, Pyrmont, in the presence of asse[?] large, on Sunday afternoon. Before…

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Bourke-street Public School

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 6

A deputation consisting of the Mayor of Red fern (Mr. H. Hudson), and Aldermen Stanley, Andrew, and Young, were introduced to the Minister of Public Instruction, yesterday afternoon, by…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 5

The "Stray Leaves" Varlety Company entertained another large audience at the School of Arts last night. The songs, dancing and spirited burlesques of the ladies and gentlemen, who all…

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Bourke-steeet Temporary School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Redfern, and Messrs. Stanley, Andrew, and Young, waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday, to protest against the Government abandoning the site off Bourke-street on…

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The School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 6

Miss Carrington's " Stray Leaves" company, playing at the School of Arts, were extensively patronized last night. Several novelties were introduced, and the singing of Miss Carrington and Miss Nellie Mansell was much applanded…

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Jaying the First Stone of the New Military Engineering School, Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 3

AN event of considerable importance, indirectly connected with the defences of New South Wales, took place recently in the Victoria Barracks on the oocasion of Mrs. J. S. Richardson laying the memorial stone of a…

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The Cultivator. Australian Botany. for Beginners at Home and at School. First Book of Botany, by W. R. GUILFOYLE, F.L.S., C.M.R.B S., London, Director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden. Lesson 6—Fruits

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 20

A FRUIT, botanically speaking, consists of two parts —the pericarp or seed-vessel; and the seed, or matured ovu'e or ovules, contained in the pericarp. In point of fact, the fruit is the ovary arrived at its…

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Sydney Ragged Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The twentieth annul meeting of the Sydney Ragged Schools was held last night at the Temperance Hall. It it to be regretted that there was not a larger assemblage. Mr. Joseph Thompson…

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The School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 3

"Stray Leaves" was again well patronised at the above place of amusement last night. The entertainment is of a diversified and very pleasing character and the beautiful pictures From the…

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Sydney Ragged Schools Annual Meeting

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 3

The twentieth annual meeting in connection with the Sydney Ragged Schools, was held last night in the Temperance Hall, Mr. Joseph Thompson presiding. The attendance was very small…

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REVIEW. Harmony Simplified for Popular Use: an Original Method of applying, the first Principles of Harmony to the Object of accompanying the Voice on the Pianoforte. Dedicated, by express permission, to Lady Bowen and the Misses Bowen by Mrs. EMILY S. PATTON, Teacher of Harmony at the Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne, and at thE Ladies' College presided over by M. Vieusseux

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 7

This is the title of a work in which the authoress undertakes, in a novel manner, to revolutionize the science of harmony. The lady, "to adults having little or no provious knowledge of music, offers a system…

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Amusements. School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1880 · page 5

Miss Carrington's clever little troupe repeated the entertainment " Stray Leaves" with great success at the School of Arts last night, in the presence of a large audience. This programme has become so popular that the…

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The Salaries of Public School Teachers. To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 8 September 1880 · page 4

SIR.—During the debate on the Education Bill in the Legislative Assembly, when the question of payment of teachers arose, did the Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, in all sincerity promise that they should suffer no…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 September 1880 · page 6

Ella Carrington's Australian Company, in their Hibernian entertainment, "Stray Leaves," is still diawing good houses. The season, however, closes at the and of the present week…

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The School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 September 1880 · page 3

"Stray Leaves," the entertainment of the Carrington Company at the School of Arts, is so popular that "Appointments," the advertised change of programme, has not been put on. This…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 September 1880 · page 6

"Stray Leaves" was again performed to a fairly filled house last night, and the audience manifested their appreciation of the entertainment in a marked manner. The company will close the present season in Sydney on…

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