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Schools, 1886

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New Church - School at Rookwood Speech by Cardinal Moran

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1886 · page 6

Cardinal Moran yesterday afternoon laid the corner-stone of the new Roman Catholic church- school at Rookwood. The ceremony, which took place at four o'clock, was witnessed by a…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools. Sermon by Bishop Barry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1886 · page 5

On the occasion of the annual collection St. Audrew's Cathedral in aid of the funds of tho Church of England Synod Committee, foe the promotion of religious instruction in public…

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Victorian State Schoolteachers. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Minister of Education promised a deputation of State schoolteachers on Saturday to raise the salaries of teachers in the lower…

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Rookwood. Roman Catholic School Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 3

THE corner-stone of the Roman Catholic school church at Rookwood was laid and solemnly [?] by Cardinal [?] on Sunday afternoon last in the presence of a large number…

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Windsor Grammar School Athletic Club

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 3

The eights annual meeting of the Windsor Grammar School Amateur Athletic Club will [?] place on Saturday, May 15th. Entries for the following races close on Saturday, [?]…

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School at Carlingford

Globe · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 5

Mr. Varney Parkes, M.P., with Messrs. Lore, Spurway, and E. Harris, waited upon the Minister for Education this morning and asked for a school near the…

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Schools Rifle Match

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The first rifle contest between the school cadets of Victoria and New South Wales will be fired in Sydney on Thursday, 22nd inst. The Victorian…

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The School-church at Rookwood

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 15

THE arrangements made by Father Furlong for the laying and blessing of the corner-stone of the school-church at Rookwood were successfully carried out on Sunday afternoon. The ceremony…

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New School for Pennant Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 9

A deputation, consisting of Alderman Cox, of Parramatta, Mr. W. Spurway, and Mr. Edwin Harros, representing it large proportion of the inhabitants of Pennant Hills, was introduced to the Minister for Public Instruction (Dr…

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Granville. School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 14

THE monthly meeting of the Granville School of Aits committee was held last Monday evening. Present:—Mr. John Nobbs, President, in the chair, and Messrs. H. Richardson,…

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An Irish Dairy School

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 22

As an indication of the value derived from the teaching afforded by the Munster school, we quote the following from Mr. Forest's report in May, 1885. He says:— "A pupil who attended here last session…

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Ash Field Wesleyan Sunday School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon, the foundation-stone of a new Sunday school in connection with the Wesley an body at Ashfield was laid by Mr. Joseph H. Watkin, superintendent of the school…

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A New Model Sunday School for Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 5

The foundation-stone of a new Wesleyen Sunday School, Liverpool-road, Ashfield, was laid by Mr. Joseph H. Watkin, superintendent of the school, on Saturday afternoon last, in the presence of a large number of people,…

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The Grafton School of Arts. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1886 · page 10

A special meeting of the members of the Grafton School of Arts was held this evening to consider the question as to the advisablencss of proceeding with the new buildings, for which tenders had been invited. The president, Mr…

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School Attendance Officers. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 8

Sir,—Many thousands of pounds might be saved annually by abolishing the department of the attendance officers under the Public Instruction Act. These were first appointed when the country hadfan…

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Our Public School Education. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 6

Sir,—I have just read the "Pastoral Letter" of the R. C. Plenary Council, in your issue of this day, and I see there stated such positive, and, if really true, such tremendously starting revelations (?) regarding the alleged…

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The Secretaryship Of' the School of Arts. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 6

Sir,--I have read the remarks of your correspondent " Subscriber" in this morning's issue entirely agree with them and think that every member of the institution will do the…

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Undenominational Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday,--A deputation from the Undenominational Education League waited upon the Minister of Education in reference to imparting…

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Mysterious Disappearance of a Schoolgirl

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 24

A TELEGRAM from Napier (New Zealand) (says the Otago Times) announces the mysterious disappearance there of a schoolgirl. A local paper now states that the young lady, aged about 17, arrived from Auckland some three weeks…

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Temperance Text-books in State Schools

Globe · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 3

This afternoon Mr. W. Richardson, on behalf of a number of temperance gentlemen Waited upon the Minister of Education and made an appointment…

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