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Sir,--Mr White has very forcibly drawn attention, to the urgent necessity of school accommodation at Enfield, and the site he point out, is in every respect suitable for the purpose. As, however, a portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—A letter appears in your issue of the 6th instant, signed "Parens," which is calculated to convey a very erroneous impression to the general public respecting the teaching of history in Public schools. I therefore crave a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Reading a week or two since the account of the interview between the German deputation and the Minister for Education, I felt inclined to endorse the opinion e[?] by a crusty individual of my acquaintance, who,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--Your correspondents, Messrs White, Hickson, and Thwaite, are quite right in giving expression to their opinion that a good Public school is required for Enfield and the surrounding district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--Your correspondents, "One more unfortunate" and "A country teacher" have been good enough to endorse my statements made in a former letter, proofs of which you too hold. Both of your…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,— Your correspondent "Veritas" must be unfortunate in his experience of Inspectors, if he found many of them so exacting in the matter of drinkables as the one referred to by him in your…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sir,—I do not propose to enter into a controversy concerning what I know and can prove to be facts, and for which purpose you are at liberty to give my card to the Inspector of the Sydney district, if he should wish for it; but if you…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting was held in the Council-chamber, Parramatts, last night, for the purpose of forwarding a movement for the erection of a new School of Arts in the town. Mr. F. C. Cox, the Mayor, occupied the chair, and amongst those…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Right Pev. D. Murray, Bishop of Maitland, in the course of his discourse at St. Mary's Cachedial on the evening of Dr. Moran's arrival, referred as follows (as reported by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The advent of Bishop Barry and Archbishop Moran may re[?]sitly lead to the opening up of the education a question ones more, and therefore, it may be just as well for the friends of our Public…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr.R.T.Button, school attendance officer for No. 4 district, prosecuted the following persons in the Newtown Police Court on Tuesday, for breaches of the Public Schools Act, in having neglected to send…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Monday evening the annual meeting of the Church Society took place in St. John's School-room; Bishop Barry presiding. The attendance was very large. Amongst those present were the Rev. A. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A highly interesting and instructive lecture, on “ Practical Science in every day life,” was, on Monday evening, delivered in the hall of the Granville School of Arts, by Mr. W. M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting, convened by advertisement and circular, was held at the Council Chambers on Friday evening last for the purpose of devising means to raise funds for the [?]tion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--With reference to the resolutions published by the committee of the Wesleyan body anent the co-operation of churches, and by the committee of the Congregational body approving of "combined…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—In your issue of the EVENING NEWS of Thursday, the 7th ult., there appeared a report of an affiliation case, under the heading of "A Model Apprentice " in startling capitals ; and in the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS annual gathering, to which not only all the children of every denomination are invited, but the whole of the resident as well, came off on Wednesday last, and was certainly one of the most enjoyable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HIS Grace, by his numerous visits since his arrival, has shown a keen and kindly interest in the schools of the city and suburbs. The visits of the first few days were merely private and formal…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →IT will be remembered by our readers that the last report of the Minister for Education contained the startling information— startling in view of the hostility…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SIR,—We hear a great deal of teachers and their, "grievances" of late, but in the excitement one grievance seems to have been entirely overlooked. I refer to residences and allowance for rent. The framer of the present Act deals…
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