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Schools, 1886

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 5

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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Sydney Public High School. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 6

Sir,--I desire through your columns to direct the attention of the Minister for Public Instruction to what occurs to me as a grave omission in the curriculum of study at the…

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Bible Lessons in State Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 December 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A deputation consisting of members of the Presbyterian Assembly waited on the Minister for Education to-day, urging that Bible lessons should be…

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Agricultural Schools and the Land Question. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 December 1886 · page 7

Sir,—Referring to Mr. F. Treatt's suggested agricultural schools and your commendatory remarks thereon, there appear to be one or two important, factors which have been entirely overlooked in the conclusion arrived at Mr…

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A School Teacher in Trouble

Evening News · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 3

W.E. Hoowerth, a teacher in the Superior public school at Stanmore, was summoned, in the Newtown Police Court, on Thursday, for having aseaulted E[?]mund Russell. The complainant, a boy, stated…

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A Public School Teacher Charged with Assaulting a Pupil

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 7

At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. Maunsell, D.S.M., N. E. Hooworth, headmaster, of the Stanmore Public School, was charged with assaulting a pupil named Edmund Russell,…

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Catholic Schools and the Civil Service Examination

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 15

THE following Catholic candidates were successful in the Civil Service Examination which was held at the University on the 1st of November:—Nora Brannelly, Convent of Immaculate Conception…

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New City School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 15

ON Sunday afternoon a meeting of the parishioners of St. Benedict's was held in the local shcoolroom. The object of the meeting was to devise means for providing additional school accommodation…

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St. Mary's School, Concord

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 18

ON Wednesday there was an exhibition in this school, presided over by the Sisters of Charity, and the parents of the children and tfieir friends must have been highly edified and delighted with…

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News by Telegraph. the State Schools of Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--a deputation representing the conference of the boards of advice waited on the Minister of Education to-day to…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 8

THE monthly meeting of the committee of the Granville School of Arts was held on Monday evening last. Present:—Messrs. 3. Nobbe (in the chair), Olsen, Grimwood, Flowers,…

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A Russian Public School. (See Illustration on this Page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 29

The soldier, not the schoolmaster, is the most important personage in Russia, which contains a larger proportion of popular ignorance than any other country claiming to be civilised. Twenty-five years…

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Congregational School Church, Mortlake. Opening Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 December 1886 · page 4

The opening services in connection with a new schoolchurch recently erected by the Congregational body at Mortlake were held on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday afternoon a meeting was held, at which the Rev…

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St. Ignatius' College, Riverview. the Speech Day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 December 1886 · page 7

The annual entertainment in connection with the presentation of prizes took place yesterday at St. Ignatins' Jesuit College, Riverview. The weather in the morning was as unpropitious…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1886 · page 9

Sir,—Your Brewarrina correspondent. Mr. E. D. Millen, in referring to my communication which appeared in your issue of the 30th ultimo—if he will permit me most courteously to say so—has obviously misinterpreted, or by…

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Concert by Pupils of Castlereaghstreet Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1886 · page 10

This concert at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, given last evening under the direction of Mr. H. N., Southwell, was at the outset considerably disarranged through the absence, of a pianoforte. At 9…

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Amusements. School Concert

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 15 December 1886 · page 3

THE concert given in the Town Hall on Friday evening last by the pupils of the Parramatta North Public School, assisted by several of our leading amateur singers, was a great…

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Clergy Daughters' School, Waverley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 December 1886 · page 4

A large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the Clergy Daughters' School, Waverley, yesterday afternoon, to witness the presentation of prizes to the pupils by the Hon. Lady Carrington. The approach to, and the interior…

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The Nurses' Home and Training School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 December 1886 · page 4

The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Nurses' Home and Training School took place at the Home, Phillipstreet, at noon yesterday, the Hon. Sir Alfred Stephen, G.C.M.G., presiding. Amongst those present were:…

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Nurses' Home and Training School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 December 1886 · page 6

The fourth annual meeting of the subscribers to the Nurses' Home and Training School Phillip-street, was held at noon on Wednesday when Sir Alfred Stephen, G.C.M.G., occupied…

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