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Schools, 1887

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The Ashfield School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 4

A very largely attended public meeting of ratepayers of the borough of Ashfield was held at the local Council Chambers yesterday evening, for the purpose of hearing a report from the Borough Council, on the subject of…

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Ashfield School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 6

A numerously attended public meeting of the ratepayers of Ashfield was held in the ball of the local School of Arts last evening for the purpose of taking into consideration an offer…

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Ashfield School of Arts

Evening News · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 5

The following is the result of the ballot on the question "That the Ashfield School of Arts should be purchased by the Ashfield Borough Council for the sum of £4150 for municipal…

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Ashfield School of Arts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 4

Sir,—The question whether this building is to become the property of the Borough Council is to be decided by a ballot of the ratepayers; but why deprive them of their municipal suffrage by restricting them to the recording of…

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Sydney Grammar School Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 9

Entries for the Two Miles Strangers' Bicycle Race Handicap (under the auspices of the N. S. W. C. U.), and the 300 yards Strangers' Handicap, to be run at the Sydney Grammar School sports, to be held on 10th September, at…

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Apt Pupils. Convent Angels ? (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 7

SIR, -- The following is a salute to which the children of the local Public School, (Wellington), are treated when they come in contact with the Convent school children,…

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

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 16

SIR,—It is difficult to begin to criticize the letter of a " Country Parent " for all his points are invisible. There is, however, one consolation —his identity is unmistakable, as unwittingly…

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Privates Theatricals at the School of Arts

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 5

The amateur company of ladies and gentlemen under the management of Mr. H. Brent, which the people of Balmain can pride themselves on being among the best…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 8

At the session of the Anglican Synod last evening the eighth annual report of the committee appointed to carry into effect the resolutions passed by the synod on the subject of religious instruction in Public schools was laid upon the…

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The American School System

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 521

There is, writes our New York correspondent, a steady agitation that will eventually perhaps be successful against the continuance of the higher developments of the school system. It is claimed…

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Learning Things Out of School

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 4

Dr. Temple, Bishop of Exeter, and previously head-master of Rugby School, said that there were perhaps two boys in every thousand over whose education it…

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Ashfield School of Arts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 September 1887 · page 3

Sir,—As the agitation in Ashfield is causing much anxiety to the residents and ratepayers, as on whose shoulders their interest in the School of Arts building should be laid at the meeting held in the large hall, and presided over by…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 September 1887 · page 3

The eighth annual report of the committee appointed to carry into effect the resolutions passed by the Church of England Synod on the subject ol religious instruction in Public…

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Sydney Ragged Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 September 1887 · page 4

The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Sydney Ragged Schools was held in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, last evening, Mr. J. R. Fairfax presiding. The attendance was not large. Amongst those present were the Revs. S…

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Sydney Bagged Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 September 1887 · page 6

The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Sydney Ragged Schools was held in the Tetnperance-hall last night in presence of a wretchedly poor audience, there being not more…

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The High School

Evening News · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 3

There is yet another proposal for a building to commemorate the first centennial year. It may be fairly assumed that the Premier's State House, or, as it might very…

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Cleaning Public Schools

Evening News · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 4

The Minister of Public Instruction has received a communication from a "Parent" complaining of the action of the department in inviting parents to contribute 3d a quarter towards the…

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Bishop Byrne on the Schools Question. Opening a New Convent

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 15

ON Monday his Lordship the Bight Rev. Dr. Byrne, Bishop of Bathurst, visited Locksley for the purpose of opening the convent which has just been completed there. His Lordship…

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The Cleaning Allowance to Teachers. a Saying of £10,000 a Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 6

The following letter from the Acting-Under-Secretary for Public Instruction, sent to Mr. W. Willis, of George-street, will explain itself:--…

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Sydney Grammar School Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 6

The fourteenth annual sports meeting in connection with the Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club took place on the Association Ground, Moore Park, on Saturday afternoon…

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