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Schools, 1883

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School of Arts Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1883 · page 7

The balloting for the election of officers of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts for the ensuing year was carried on yesterday from 4 till 8 p.m. The following were the nominations:—President [?]one to be elected), The Hon…

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Sidney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1883 · page 3

The annual general meeting of subscribers to the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held last evening, at 8 o'clock. Among those present were the following gentlemen, who occupied seats on the…

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Teachers' Requirements

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1883 · page 3

A deputation consisting of a number of the school teachers of Sydney this morning waited on the Minister of Education, to bring under his notice a number of grievances under which they consider they…

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School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 3

About 400 persons were present at the meeting of the club on Monday evening; the chair was occupied by Mr. T. Thornton Gray, vice-president. The meeting throughout was very enthusiastic. Several of…

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The Teachers' Meeting

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 13

THE teachers have emerged from the cloud that has hung over them for the last two or three years. Many hundreds of them, since the passing of the Public Instruction Act, have fumed and…

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Teachers' Grievances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

Yesterday morning a deputation appointed at a public meeting held on January 31 at the Temperance Hall, and consisting of Messrs. Rooney, [?] Matthews, Thompson, Benton, Best, and Beavis, waited on the Hon. Minister…

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Free Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 272

Mr. TEECE has had the glory of inflicting the first defeat upon the Government, and of compelling it to part with a revenue of £60,000 a year which it struggled to retain…

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The School of Arts and Sunday Opening Question

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 5

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--I was much surprised in reading your issue at this morning, to tee a statement that I had agreed with the other members of the late…

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Baptist Church Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 4

THE annual excursion in connection with the Parramatta Baptist Church Sunday School took place on Wednesday last. It cannot be said that the affair was a success. No doubt the…

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 4

A GENERAL meeting of subscribers to this institution— called for the purpose of adopting the code of rules drawn up by the committee— was held in the Council Chambers, on…

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Our State Schools as Nurseries of Elocution

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 27

IN a resent issue of the journal there appeared in the Facts and Fancies column, a humorous skit about a schoolmaster's device for teaching his pupils how to dwell at the stops in reading, by repeating the word…

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Teachers and Their Salaries. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 15

SIR,—By inserting the following in your widely-circu-lated and valuable journal, you will place before the public one of the many grievances to which public school teachers are unjustey subjected. That the…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1883 · page 9

The following is an abstract of the report of the committee for the year 1882, which was adopted at the annual meeting held last week:- "In presenting to the members a report for the year…

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School-church at Naremburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1883 · page 5

The corner-stone of a school-church was laid by the Very Rev. the Vicar-General (Dean Cowper) at Naremburn [?] known as Central Township), North Willoughby, on Saturay afternoon. The site of the building is an…

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Department of Public Instruction. Sydney, 9th February, 1883. Notice to Contractors. Summer Hill Public School. Proposed New Buildings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 10

The date up to which TENDERS for the Erection of new Public School Buildings at Summer Hill will be received at this office has been extended to MONDAY, 5th March, 1883…

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Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 9th February, 1883. Notice to Contractors. Camdenville Public School. Proposed New Buildings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 10

The date up to which TENDERS for the Erection of new School Buildings at Ca[?]denville will he received at this Office has been extended to MONDAY, 26th February, 1883…

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Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 9th February, 1883. Notice to Contractors. Pyrmont Public School. Proposed New Buildings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1883 · page 10

The date up to which TENDERS for the Erection of new School Buildings at Pvrmont will be received at this Office has been extended to MONDAY, 5th March…

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Lack of Public School Accommodation. To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1883 · page 3

SIR,—We have now before us one of the causes for the miserable delay in providing accommodation for educating the young in New South Wales. Several country members said during the debate on the…

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School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Wednesday 14 February 1883 · page 8

The question of "Woman's Rights" engaged the attention of the club on Monday evening, Mr. P. J. Gandon, president, in the chair. The question raised considerable interest, the large lecture hall being…

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