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Schools, 1886

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French in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 12

Sir,—As you have always shown an interest in the education of the people I would invite your aid in the removal of what seems to me an absurd and mischievous custom. Fernald pupil teachers under the Education…

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School of Arts Chess Club

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 1086

An important general meeting of the members, of whom 32 were present, was held on Saturday week. The business for consideration was the conduct of the secretary in sending a challenge to Melbourne, without consulting the…

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Sydney Grammar School Cadet Camp

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 November 1886 · page 7

On Thursday, the 12th, terminated one of the most successful camps held by the S.G.S.C. Corps. Marching from the school to the number of 90, and headed by their fife aud drum band…

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Sunday School Gatherings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 6

The grounds lot Mrs. Darvall at Ryde are becoming a popular resort for Sunday schools, that lady having generously placed them at the disposal of schools of all denominations on…

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Concerts by Students and Scholars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 13

The Exhibition Building was crowded from wall to wall last evening, and presented an animated and very interesting sight. The platform used for the Promenade Concerts was crowded with pupils of various schools, and beyond on…

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Victorian Schools of Design

Evening News · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 5
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LONDON, November 25.-Sir P. Cunliffe Owen has promised Mr. Bosisito that the Victorian Schools of Design shall be affiliated with the South Kensington Science and Art Department…

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The Victorian School of Design. London, Nov. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 12

Sir P. Cunliffe Owen has promised Mr. Joseph. Bosisto that the Victorian School of Design shall be affiliated with the South Kensington institution…

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Select Poetry. the School of the Street

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 2

MEN see them around and before them, The misery, squalor and vice Of the streets, and some calmly ignore them, Some watch them with pitying eyes…

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Matinee by Mme. Charbonnetkellermann's Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 November 1886 · page 8

The pupils of Mme. Charbonnet-Kellermann's School of Music assembled at the Protestant Hall, on Saturday afternoon, to give, in the prosence of parents and friends, evidence of their progress during the year. That the school…

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Imprisonment for Nonpayment of School Fines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 November 1886 · page 5

We recently drew attention, on the authority of a lady at Waverley, to the hardship inflicted on an unfortunate widow with a young family who was fined, for not sending a child to…

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Roman Catholic School at Waverley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 November 1886 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon Cardinal Moran, in the presence of a large concourse of people, formally blessed and opened a new Roman Catholic School at Waverley At the conclusion of the ceremony, which was performed according to…

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Vital Problems.—a Plea for Agricultural Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1886 · page 4

Sir,—It is to me a matter for regret that in our country private enterprise has not yet been directed to the payable field open to it in the establishment of country schools, a leading feature in whose curriculum should be a systematic…

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School-attendance Officers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1886 · page 9

Sir,—In your issue of Saturday appears a paragraph apparently inspired, announcing; to the public that the Minister for Public Instruction is reducing the above branch by dismissing at the end of the year school attendance…

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Madame Charbonnet-kellermann's Pupils' Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 December 1886 · page 11

The second performance by Madame Charbonnet-Kellermann's pupils was given last evening, in the Protestant Hall, which was crowded to excess, some ladies even being unable to get seats. Twenty-three pupils took part, many…

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Department of Public Instruction. Sydney, December 1, 1886. Tenders for Public School Buildings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 December 1886 · page 2

TENDERS are invited for the erection of Public School Buildings at Naremburn, North Willoughby. Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Department of Public Instruction,…

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Redfern Congregational Sunday-school

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 4

Following upon the Redforn Congregational Sunday-school anniversary services, celebrated on Sunday last, a re-union of the scholars, parents, and teachers was held last evening in the school hall, situate off Cleveland-street…

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Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, December 1, 1886. Tenders for Public School Buildings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 2

TENDERS are invited for the erection of Public school Buildings at Naremburn, North Willoughby. Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of tender obtained, at the office of the Department of Public Instruction,…

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Public Schools' Savings Banks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 4

The Minister for Public Instruction informs us that, in response to circulars sent by his department to the various public schools in the colony, on the subject of the establishment of…

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The High Schools. the Minister's View

Evening News · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 4

Dr. Arthur Renwick, the Menister of Public Instruction, has not yet completed his inquiry into the working of the High Schools; but it is more than possible that he will recommend the discontinuance…

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