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Schools, 1886

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Bishop Moorehouse and Colonial Schools. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 3

A cable message was received to-day stating that Bishop Moorehouse, speaking at Kilburn, a suburb of London, denounced the secular system of education…

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Windsor Grammar School Athletic Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Windsor Grammer School Amateur Athletic Club will take place at the school grounds on Saturday, the 15th instant. The entries are numerous. Mr. J. D. Tidd writes from King…

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School of Industry Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 11

The annual ball of the School of Industry took place in the Exhibition Building last night. The ladies who work for the school are known to be so earnest and sincere in their desire to do good that their annual appeal invariably meets with…

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King's School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor has kindly consented to preside at the distribution of prizes at the King's School, Parramatta, on Tuesday. June 15. The occasion will be one of…

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The School of Arts

Globe · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 3

We have been requested by a correspondent to publish the following, by which it will be seen that matters in connection with the Sydney School of Arts are in…

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School of Arts Secretaryship. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 6

Sir,--The council of the School of Arts are now advertising for a secretary in the room of Mr. Henderson, resigned. To this office a salary of £400 a year is attached. Will you, however…

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The School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Globe.)

Globe · Friday 7 May 1886 · page 8

Sir,—As one of the members who have taken some interest in the matter of the secretaryship of the School of Arts, being, in fact, the member who sent the…

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Third Annual Meeting of the School of Arts, Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1886 · page 4

There was a large attendance of members of the Randwick School of Arts and residents in the borough at the annual meeting, held in the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening, all the available space being comfortably filled,…

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The Public Schools

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 8

During the year the number of schools has been increased by 134, and in all the schools there is now accommodation for more than 156,000 pupils. The figures show that the…

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Application for School at Figtree

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 7

Introduced by Mr. Lysaght, M.P., Messrs. Cutten, Jas. Maher, and Thompson waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday to ask for the establishment of a…

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Public School at Fig-tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 9

A deputation, consisting of Alderman Moagher, Alderman Cullen, and Mr. Wm. Thompson, late Mayor of Central Illawarra, was introduced to Dr. Renwick, Minister for Public Instruction, yesterday, by Mr. Lysaght, M.L.A.,…

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St. Vincent De Paul's Church School. the Cardinal's Address. Attitude of the Church Towards Learning. the Divorce Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1886 · page 4

The Church School of St. Vincent de Paul in Redfernstreet was formally dedicated on Sunday morning by his Eminence Cardinal Moran. The building, which is of brick, will accommodate over 200 people, the school being in charge…

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A Peculiar Case. Attempt to Poison School Girls

Evening News · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 5

An extraordinary charge was investigated by the Kingsbridge (Devon) magistrates on March 6, when Alice Mitchell, a domestic servant, was charged with placing poison in a podding intended for…

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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 4

Last evening a special general meeting of members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held in the lecture-room of the institution, to consider a notice of motion relative to the appointment of a secretary in…

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Female Teachers' Salaries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A deputation of lady teachers waited on the Minister for Education on Saturday, with the complaint that, under the Civil Service Act, female…

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School of Arts. Proposed General Promotion of the Staff

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1886 · page 5

A special general meeting of members of the School of Arts was held yesterday evening, about 800 being present. The meeting was called to consider the following resolution:--…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the Granville-School of Arts was held on the 3rd instant. Present :—Mr. J. Nobbs, president (in the chair), and Messrs. H…

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Industrial School or Reformatory? to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 6

Sir,—In the debate on the subject of our industrial schools and reformatories which took place in the Assembly on Friday last, several hon. members, including the Hon. F. B. Suttor, formerly Minister for Public Instruction,…

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St. Vincent De Paul School-church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 14

THE last public ceremony the Cardinal-Archbishop performed before making his visit to Europe was the laying of the foundation-stone of the school-church in Redfern-street, Redfern. On Sunday…

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Medical Sooieties, Medical Students, and their TEACHERS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 May 1886 · page 6

At the inaugural meeting of the Medical Society of New South Waies, held on Friday evening, in the theatre of the Prince Alfred Hospital, an interesting address on "Medical Societies, Medical Students, and their Teachers"…

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