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SIR,—Permit me to correct a misleading and false statement which appeared in the Granville items of last Saturday’s CUMBERLAND MERCURY. The investigation referred to was held in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following question was asked in the Legislative Assembly on Friday by Mr Withers:--"Is it a fact that a teacher in the Crown-street public School has been in the police lockup for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday the second meeting of the Public School Sanitary Board was held. Dr. Clark's reports on the city and suburban public schools, and Dr. Mackellar's report upon Dr. Clark's reports were circulated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Rowland Sutton, school attendance officer of No. 4 school district, prosecuted many parents at Newtown on the 19th, before Mr. Dillon, S.M. The parents in every case had been warned, and were not those in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The university authorities have issued a valuable little brochure containing all the by-laws and regulations relating to the school of medicine, extracted for the annual calendar. By this means…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Will you have the goodness to correct a paragraph which appeared in last Saturday’s [?], to the effect that this school was to be closed on account of typ[?] fever en the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—The religions instruction of the youth of the colony is a matter of the highest importance, and one which should co[?]end itslf to the though[?] consideration of all wellwishers of the rising geueration. In Victoria and some…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The adjourned debate upon the proposed system of "Direct Taxation" was brought to a conclusion on Monday evening, after two nights' discussion. Mr W. M. Fairland, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Among the questions asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday was one by Mr M'Elhone, who desired to know if it had been reported to the department that the teacher of a certain public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Redfern police court, before Mr. Dillon, S.M., Mr. Rowland Sutton, school attendance officer, appeared against 11 persons for not having sent their children to school. In each case the parents were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., brings the sad news of the entire destruction by fire on the 4th January of the Institute of the maculate Conception of the Sisters of Notre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation consisting of Mr. Moses, Mayor of Windsor, and some members of the school board in that district, were introduced by Mr. M'Quade, M. L. A., to the Hon. the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday, with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OUR correspondents seem to be under a misapprehension as to the books need in our Public schools. What has been asserted is that the Irish National books—th only ones that have a religious tone—have been…
Continued on Trove, page 376 →St. John's Presbyterian Sun lay school, Paddington, enjoyed their annual outing on Saturday, when some 160 children and about the same number of adults proceeded to Clontarf, where the sun A pleating ceremony was performed last week, by the W.M. of Empress of India Lodge, No. 1761, E.C., in presenting W. Bro. W. Wiley with a jewel of extraordinary design and workmanship, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Mr. Abigail, in addressing himself to the above subject in your issue of 20th instant, has, I trust, opened up again the discussion of one of the most vital matters pertaining to the social, moral, and religious welfare of the people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. STUART said, in reply to Mr. A. G. Taylor, in the Assembly last night, that the two drill masters employed by the Education Department were fully employed, and it was not intended to appoint any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the members of the St. Leonards School of Arts was held on Monday evening, 25th instant, at the School of Arts, St. Leonards. The meeting was well attended, and amongst those present were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The 25th anual meeting of the members of the S'. Leonard's School of Arts, was held on Monday evening, 25th instant, at the School of Arts, St. Leonards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The report of Dr. C. D. Clark on the sanitary condition of the Public schools of Sydney and the suburbs was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night. The report is as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The paragraph in your issue of Friday on the above subject is very unsatisfactory. It is easy to see that the official view is there expressed, and that the Department will not move in this matter unless compelled by the public…
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