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Schools, 1889

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Sanitary Condition of forest Lodge. Disgraceful State of the Orphan School Creek. Milch Cows and Sewage

Evening News · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 3

While many of the western suburbs have gained an unenviable notoriety for their bad, and in many instances dangerous, sanitary condition, the quiet borough of the Glebe has been looked…

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Sanitary Condition of Schools

Evening News · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 3

The Minister for Education having received a number of complaints with regard to the quality of the water used in the public schools, steps are being taken to discover the cause of, and apply a…

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The Schools Champion Ship. to the Editor Op the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

Sir,—In the Sydney Morning Herald some little time ago I noticed a statement made by the St. Joseph's College to the effect that because they had beaten the High School, therefore they could now claim the…

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Public School Idyl

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 2

Ram it in,.cram it in,--Children's bonds are hollow Slam it in, jam it in,-- Still there's more to follow…

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Studies of Elementary School Life

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 8

Mr. H. J. Barker, writing in LONGMAN'S MAGAZINE, says A mistress has sent me a [?]effort by one of her little pupils, and 1 feel sure that those amongst my…

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Proposed Sanitary Inspector for Schools

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 7

SEVERAL complaints having been made to the Public Instruction Department as to the quality of the water provided in the country districts for the school children…

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A Sanitary Inspector for Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 4

During the last week or two there have been a considerable number of complaints from schools with regard to the quality of the water used by them, which appears to have been…

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The New Convent at Junee. Important Speech Dy Bishop Lanigan on the Public Schools Act

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 18

THE Convent of Mercy at Junee, which was recently erected on the hill to the right of the church us viewed from the town, was opened and solemnly blessed on Sunday by his Lordship the…

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School of Arts Chess Club

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 664

Last Saturday, at a meeting of the members of the above club, it was arranged that Messrs. Ryan and Crane should captain two teams chosen from 28 members who had entered the lists. The terms of the…

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Rev. Dr. Dale on Victorian Schools. Religious Education in the State Schools in Australasia

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

One of our "burning" educational questions at Home--I mean the religious question is a "burning" question in the colonies. The Roman Catholic Church insists that its…

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School Accommodation at Auburn

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 10

A deputation from Auburn north waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday, to ask for a public school at Auburn north on the grounds that the neighborhood was…

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A Public School for Auburn North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 9

A deputation, introduced by Mr. Ritchie, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday rooming petitioning for the erection of a public school at Auburn North. It was pointed out to the…

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Alleged Outrage Upon a School Girl. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 11

At the police court to-day, before Messrs. Dulhunty and Cutler, James W. Roufley, formerly public school teacher at Brewongle, was charged with having committed a serions offence upon a girl named Catherine…

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News by Telegraph New South Wales News. Cootamundra School of Arts

Evening News · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 6

COOTAMUNRA, Saturday.—The committee of the School of Arts formally opened the building leased by it on Friday night. The president (Mr. W. H. Matthews) presided. There was a splendid…

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New Roman Catholic School-hall. Cardinal Moran at St. Benedict's. the Public Instruction Act

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 3

Despite the unfavorable state of the weather, there was a large attendance yesterday afternoon at the blessing aud opening of the now school-hall lately erected on a site adjoining St…

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The Public Schools Association

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 6

A large number of the officers and teachers under the Department of Public Instruction mot at the Castleroagh-street School on Saturday to pass rules and elect. office-bearers for the new Public School…

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St. Benedict's School Hall. Cardinal Moran on Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 5

Cardinal Moran yesterday afternoon opened the Roman Catholic school-hall erected in connection with ST. Benedict's Church. The ceremony attracted a large number of people, and among those who took part…

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Public Schools, School Boards, and Sundries. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1889 · page 8

Sir,—At the new Minister for Public Instruction purposes to improve our schools by making sundry alterations in the management, a few words on the subject may not be out of place. First,…

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School of Arts Debating Club

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 6

At the School of Arts Debating Club on Monday the adjourned debate was resumed on the question "That Henry George's land nationalisation scheme is delusive as a theory and could be…

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The Cricket Championship of Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 9

Sir,—I see by to-day's Herald that the captain of the Newington College C. C. considers his club has a greater right to the Schools' Cricket Championship than St. Joseph's College…

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