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Schools, 1887

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Public School Concert

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 4

The entertainment given at the Penrith Public School on Friday night last was a most successful affair. The programme, which was a lengthy one, was carried out…

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Algebra, an Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges. By G. CHRYSTAL, M.A., late Fellow and Lecturer Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black[?] Edinburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 6

Although a large number of text books on elementary algebra and arithmetic have been compiled for the use of students, they all have one weak point. Without exception they contain merely a…

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Young Folks Mrs. Rabbit's School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 365

Mrs. Rabbit had a school Of little bunnies five; Said she, "I think each one's a fool, As sure as I'm alive…

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Trades Unions and Their Influence. Debate at the School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 6

Last night at the School of Arts a debate on the influence and aims of trades unions took place in the presence of a crowded audience. Mr. P. J. Gandon, the president of…

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School Inspection and Inspectiors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 9

Mr. Henry Worthington, vico-principal of the Auckland Training College, in an article in the New Zealand Schoolmaster on the subject of examination of primary schools, remarks:—"New an inspector teo frequently looks for…

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The Girls' Industrial School, Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 4

A most successful entertainment, organised by Mr. Inglis, the Minister for Public Instruction, was given yesterday evening at the Girls' Industrial School, Parramatta. The entertainment was attended by a number of ladies and…

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The Ashfield School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 4

Mr. J. Macgregor Dunn, the honorary secretary to the trustees of the Ashfield School of Arts, informs us. with reference to the communication from "A Ratepayer" which…

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New City High School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 15

THE Marist Brothers have just opened a high school at St. Mary's. For some little time past a large portion of the proCathedral has been undergoing extensive alterations, and further…

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The Bible in Schools

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 9

During the delivery of a lecture by Dr, Nevill, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin, N.Z., on the necessity for the introduction of the Bible into the public schools, he said that there were a hardness…

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Golden Grove Mission School-church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 August 1887 · page 3

In the presence of a large congregation on Saturday of afternoon, the Bishop of Sydney opened the school-church that has just been erected in Abercrombie-street Golden Grove--…

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A Schoolmaster Bound Over to Keep the Peace. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 8

William Cox, public school teacher at Mount Kembla, appeared before the bench this morning, charged with using offensive language to a miner named Wright, the language complained of being " Blackleg," and other epithets of a…

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New Wesleyan School-Church, Anburn

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1887 · page 3

THE handsome weatherboard building, which has been erected in Helena-street by the members of the Wesleyan Church in this district, was formally opened on Sunday by the Rev…

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Grafton School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 August 1887 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday.--At a special meeting of the committee of the School of Arts it was decided to recommend to the subscribers thai the necessary steps be taken to obtain a bill in…

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Public School Teachers and Their Classes. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 17

SIR,—To an ordinary mind the observations made by you, in a recent issue, on the teaching staff of the Public Instruction Department were simple, plain, and impartial. You struck an…

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Ashfield School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 3

The vexed question as to the future of the Ashfield School of Arts was the subject of a special meeting of the local council on Thursday evening, the Mayor presiding. The…

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Auburn. Wesleyan School Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 8

THE Wesleyan community of Anburn must have felt delighted on Tuesday evening last, at the number who assembled at the t[?] and public meeting in celebration of the opening of their…

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Sydney School of Arts

Evening News · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 5

A special general meeting of members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, was held last evening for the purpose of considering the proposal of the committee to borrow £4500 on mortgage…

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Proposed Additions to the School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 5

A special general meeting of members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held last night for the purpose of empowering the committee to carry out certain alterations and improvements. Mr. J. Dalgarno was in the…

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School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 August 1887 · page 5

A special general meeting of the members of the School of Arts was held last evening, for the purpose of considering the advisability of authorising the committee to borrow £4600 on…

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Ashfield School of Arts

Evening News · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 3

A public meeting of the ratepayers of the Ashfield Borough was held in the local School of Arts last evening, for the purpose of bearing s report from the borough council, respecting the…

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