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The demand of the Secular Association "to be recognised as a body entitled to all the rights and privileges afforded by the Education Act, and to enjoy the right, under clause 17, of sending their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The lamentable state and condition into which scores of the young lads of our city have fallen is [?]ully exemplified by taking 10 minutes' stroll round Fort Macquarie on a tine Sunday morning. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Anyone who attended the Pitt-street church on Sunday night last to hear Mr. Jefferis's lecture must have come away with the impression that the Catholics of New South Wales were getting up some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Great press of official business has prevented me from following up, so soon as I intended, my letter of July 3rd. But I am inclined to think that this is not to be regretted, for I cannot but hope that, as the question is more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The Bishop of Sydney has once more raised the Education question, and it seems to be a matter of surprise to some people that the Catholics do not join his lordship and back him up. But I think it is forgotten sometimes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An indignant Blue Ribbonite addresses us as follows:—Sir,—Having three children at the public schools, and being thoroughly convinced that public school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Your correspondent "Catholicus" has, with considerable ability, proved conclusively that no Roman Catholic parent who rigidly follows the precepts of his Church will permit his children to receive religious instruction under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →He who knows only his own side of the question knows but little of that. JOHN STRWART MILL. WHEN the late Archbishop Vaughan issued his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DR. BARRY has returned once more to the charge, and in a letter addressed chiefly to Catholics, wonders why they object to his programme. After throwing into another form, though not in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir,—On July 3 I wrote to the Herald to point out, if it were necessary, that the late concerted movement among Protestant bodies, led by Dr. Barry, to introduce religion into the Public schools, would result in effectually…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Although no definite information has been made public tending to show that the Government contemplate taking any steps which may affect the existence of the Vernon as a training school for boys, a rumour is current that there is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,-Your own leader and others prior to the animated debate in the Sydney Synod, at Phillip-street, has aroused considerable attention. Unhappily the exceeding downpour of water caused more than a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister of Education has intimated to Messrs. Collins Bros., publishers, Glasgow, the intention of the department to terminate its contract for the supply of school books and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Minister of Education has intimated to Messrs Collins Bras., publisher, Glasgow, the intention of the department to terminate their contract for the supply of school…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A deputation representing the Geelong State Schools' religious instruction committee, accompanied by a number of clergymen, waited on the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WITH reference to the question of Religious Instruction in Public Schools, a matter at present engaging the attention of all classes, the Rev. A. W. Petrie, a very liberal minded Catholic Priest, sends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is one of the advantages of our situation that we are able to regard the dispute between the Secularists and the Protestant clergy with a perfectly disinterested mind. Whoever gets the best…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. P. Macalister, R. Conway, E. Redford, T. Chapman, E. Alexander, and J.C. Ryrie, was introduced to the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday, by Sir Patrick Jennings, to ask for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The high-school girl explained to her particular friend yesterday that "He kicked the bucket" was slang, and that the polite expression was, "He propelled his pedal extremities with violence against…
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