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Yesterday morning a deputation of inhabitants of the district, introduced by Mr. Young, M.L.A., and Mr. Roberts, M.L.A., waited on the Hon. Minister for Public Instruction to urge the erection of a Public school at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—In my last letter I contended for a complete change in the charactor of teh reading books in use in Public schools, with a view to briaging them into conformity with Australian wants of to-day: but no change of this kind can…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A well attended meeting was held at the Town Hall, Glebe, last evening, with the object of promoting the formation of a School of Arts in the borongh. Mr Chapman, Mayor of the Glebe,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held yesterday morning by Mr H. Shiell, J.P., City Coroner, on the body of Alice Henrietta Crook, aged 5 years, who was smothered on Wednesday afternoon by falling down a privy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR, --The caution to proprietors of newspapers respecting the employment of Roman Catholics as editors of country journals is, I think, justly called for. Some proprietors issuing newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The adjourned consideration of the question submitted by the responsible committee was further discussed upon Monday evening, Mr. T. Thornton Gray in the chair, viz., "That the principle of local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The "Brisbane Courier " of April 21, says:—" We understand that Mr. E. P. Field, who was lately associate to Mr. Justice Harding, has been requested by the committee of the Brisbane school of Arts to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Rev. R. J. Carr, Inspecter of the Catholic schools in the diocese of Goulburn, arrived in Yass on Tuesday week, and (our correspondent writes) on Wednesday morning commenced the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Mr. Tighe, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Plattsburg, Alderman Richardson, Mr. Olliffe, M.L.A., and Mr. Hutchinson, M.L.A., with a view to obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 811 →The Paris correspondent of the Times writes on March 13:—"The Anarchist infection is extending to schoolboys. There was a mutiny to-day at the Lycee Louis le Grand, and 270 youths have been sent home. A youth in the…
Continued on Trove, page 785 →But the more intimate this conviction, the deeper ought to be the indignation that any man should attempt to exalt the Fathers, either singly or collectively, to the same level…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A DEPUTATION was introduced last Friday to the Minister of Public Instruction by Mr. Tighe, M.L.A., their object being to request the Government to obtain for them a certain piece of land for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"The Department of Public Instruction has at length commenced legal proceedings against defaulting parents for the recovery of arrears due for school fees. The first two cases were dealt with on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual monthly meeting of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held at the institution last evening. Present--Mr. Justice Windeyer (president), in the chair; Hon. J. Macintosh,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—It may be that a false delicacy deters many from performing a pablic duty. I therefore beg of you to bear with me while I ask the people of this generation whether they have advanced no further in civilisation than to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Saturday the children attending the Presbyterian Sabbath Schools at Penrith, Glenbrook, and St. Mary's, were entertained by their teachers and friends to a picnic at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A return of more than ordinary interest and importance has just been issued from the Government Printing Office. It contains the papers set to teachers at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The cadet company established in connection with the Goulburn Superior Public School with inspected by the officer commanding Public School Cadets, and held their annual prize mat[?]s on the 28th ultimo. The corps to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In the same spirit, this writer laments the absence of anointing at Baptism and Confirmation, as the "loss of privilege ;" and rejoices in the perpetuation of the custom in the…
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