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Schools, 1885

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Public School Districts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 November 1885 · page 5

For some time past it has been found that the schools districts, numbering at present 117, which have been formed in accordance with section 19 of the Public Instruction Act, are much…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1885 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held on Monday evening, the President (Mr. John Nobbs) in the chair. A letter was read was Mr. John [?]ayner,…

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Sydney School of Arts. Committee Meeting

Evening News · Thursday 5 November 1885 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the School of Arts committee will be held to-night, and it is understood that a motion will be submitted for the re-admission of the public to the weekly meetings of the debating society…

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The London School Board

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 November 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- In the election of members of the London School Board the question of the large and growing expenditure has been very…

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School of Arts. Committee Meeting

Evening News · Friday 6 November 1885 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the School of Arts commit-tee was held on Thursday evening. Judge Windeyer presided. The various reports from the sub-commit-tees were adopted. From the library and reading[?]…

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St. Peters Public School

Evening News · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 4

A deputation from St. Peters waited on the Minister of Public Instruction, on Friday afternoon, to urge on the department the necessity for providing increased school accommodation at St. Peters. Mr…

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Hurlstone Training School

Evening News · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 4

On Friday evening the Minister of Public Instruction, accompanied by the Under-Secretary, Mr.W.Henson, M.L.A., and Dr. Roth, paid a visit of inspection to the Hurlstone Training College, Ashfield…

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Impure Water in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 9

Sir,—I wish to call your attention to a matter that I am sure will only require to be ventilated to be at once attended to by the authorities; that is, to give the children pure water to dring by at once placing filters in all the…

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Deputation. Public School at St. Peters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 10

Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Hammond, Henson, and Judd, representatives of the electorate of Canterbury, with Mr. Gearing (Mayor of St. Peters) and Mr. Caton, waited upon the Minister of Public…

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The School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 11

The monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held on Thursday evening, the members present being—The president, Mr. Justice Windeyer; vice-presidents Dalgarno, Osborne, Teece, and Walker; Messrs. Beaver,…

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School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the committee of the committee of the School of Arts was held on Thursday evening, the members present being the president Mr. Justice Windeyer; vice-presidents…

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School Accommodation at St. Peters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 9

Alderman Gearing, the Mayor of St. Peters, and Mr. Carton, accompanied by the three members for the district, Messrs. Hammond, Henson and Judd, waited upon the Hon. W. J…

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Non-Attendance at School. No Compulsion, Only You Must

Evening News · Thursday 12 November 1885 · page 4

In the Newtown Police Court to-day, Mr. Abbott, S.M., intimated to School-attendance Officer Sutton that for the future in cases where it was clearly proved that children had been kept from…

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The Marist Brothers' School

Evening News · Thursday 12 November 1885 · page 5

The cardinal also paid a visit to St. Mary's boys' school, North Shore, conducted by the Marist brothers. At the school there was a liberal display of bunting and mottos of welcome, and a large…

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Cardinal Moran's School Visits. the Marist Brothers' School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 November 1885 · page 7

Cardinal Moran yesterday made two visits, One to the convent school of Monte Sant' Angelo, North Shore and the other to St. Mary's Cathedral Boys' School conducted by…

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Attendance in Public Schools

Evening News · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 4

Attention was recently called, through the columns of this paper, to a case tried in a suburban police court for non-compliance with the Public Instruction Act, namely, that of a parent charged…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools. Welcome to the Bishop of Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Last night, a meeting of members of the Church of England and others interested in carrying on the work of the Church of England Synod committee in connection with special religious instruction in Public…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 November 1885 · page 5

Members of the Church of England and others interested in the work of special religious instruction in public schools met last evening in the new hall of the Y.M.C.A., Pitt-street, to…

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Letters to the Editor. the Chief Inspector of Public Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 November 1885 · page 17

SIR,—As the time is drawing near at which pupil-teachers go up for examination, I beg to suggest that you will cause strict inquiry to be made, by the Inspectors of schools, into the subjects taught…

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