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Schools, 1886

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The Sydney Ragged Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 September 1886 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Sydney Regged Schools was held in the Temperance Hall last evening. The attendance was not very numerous. Amongst those present were the Revs. J. Hargrave, R. S. Paterson, S. Wilkinson, E…

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Sydney Ragged Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 September 1886 · page 6

The annual meeting in connection with the Sydney Ragged Schools was held at the Temperance-hall last evening. There was only a small attendance. The chair was to have…

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Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, 22nd September, 1886. Government Tramways. Fares for School Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1886 · page 3

It is hereby notified that, after the 1st October, 1886, all school pupils over 12 years of ago travelling upon Government trams at reduced fares must produce a printed form of certificate with the Government stamp upon it, and signed by the head of their…

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Department of Railway, Sydney, 22nd September 1886. Government Tramways. Fares for School Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 September 1886 · page 13

It is hereby notified that, after the 1st October, [?] school pupils over 12 years of age travelling upon Govern[?] trams at reduced fares must produce a printed form of certi[?] with the Government stamp upon it, and signed by the hea[?] their…

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Victorian Reformatory Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 October 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The report of the secretary of the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Department for 1885, which is now to hand, is of a very hopeful character. It tells of…

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News by Telegraph. Presentation to a School Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday.--An address and gold watch was presented to Mr. Dettmann, headteacher of the Public School, yesterday, by the pupil tachers. Mr. Hicks, inspector of schools,…

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Anecdotes on Accidents. Texas Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 8

NEW ORLEANS, LA.—The Daily TIMES DEMOCRAT, furnishes the following: Sugar planters and parties interested in the manufactures of sugar from sugar cane or sorghum, visiting the…

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Wesleyan Sunday School, Montague Street, Balmain

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 3

The Anniversary Services in connection with the above were held on Sunday last, and a further celebration, in the form of a Tea and Public Meeting, took place on…

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Public Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 700

The Minister for Public Instruction (Hon. Dr. Renwick) has caused a circular letter to be issued to all trustees, boards of management, committees of control, and others who in connection with the various public…

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Treachery in the Public Schools. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 8

SIR, -- I have often wondered at the inconsistency of Roman Catholics, encouraging their children to become teachers in our Public Schools, Schools which have been denounced…

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A Ladies Swimming School. Natation in New York. a Worthy Example. (See Illustration on Page 703.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 October 1886 · page 27

There has been a great deal of talk about the necessity for providing proper bathing accommodation in Sydney; but then our people, it has been paid, seldom get beyond talking. No city in the…

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"Boots, or No Boots." the Schoolmaster's Veto

Evening News · Monday 4 October 1886 · page 5

GRAFTON, Saturday, noon.—Our Graf ton correspondent wires:—With reference to the case lately heard in the Grafton Police Court, anent the punishment for having attended school without boots, it is…

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Church and School Picnics

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 October 1886 · page 6

Yesterday, at the Redfern Presbyterian Church, the Rev. T. J. Curtis preached a " funeral sermon" on the rather sudden death of Walter Carson, a young member of the…

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East Maitland Grammar School Athletic Sports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1886 · page 768

The annual sports held in connection with the above school took place on the Reserve, East Maitland, in the presence of a large number of persons, on Friday last. After the sports were concluded, those present adjourned to…

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St. Mark’s Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 9 October 1886 · page 8

A MEETING of ladies was held in the vestry St. Mark’s Church on Thursday afternoon to arrange for a tea meeting to be held in aid of the building fund of the proposed new…

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"State Schools and Juvenile Criminals,"r To the Editor.R

Evening News · Monday 11 October 1886 · page 5

Sir,—When the Public Instruction Act of 1880 came into operation several influential Roman Catholic and Protestant clergymen predicted that it would be the means of creating a host of educatedd…

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Reviews. a Batch of School Books

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1886 · page 5

A Manual of the English Grammar and Language, by LUCY TOULMIN SMITH. Ward, Lock, and Co., London and New York. The application of the Historical Method to English…

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Arithmetic for Schools. By J. B. LOCK, M.A. Macmillan and Co., London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1886 · page 5

The profession of this new treatise is to be at once simple and scientific. It starts from first principles, and seems to proceed with almost as regular a method as does a treatise on geometry Mr. Lock his been a…

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Surry-hills Wesleyan School Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 October 1886 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last the celebration of the jubilee of the Surry-hills Wesleyan Sunday school was commenced by a children's flower-service in the Bourke-street church…

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Convent School, Evans Plains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 October 1886 · page 5

BATHURST, Monday.--A service and luncheon were held at the convent school, Evans Plains, yesterday to celebrate the completion of the repairs and alterations and to raise a fund…

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