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Schools, 1889

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School Prize Fund

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, This Day.--The cantata held in aid of the school fund realised L70…

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Inspector-general of State Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. R. Craig, who was appointed Assistant Inspector-General of Victorian State-schools in place of Mr. Brodribb, has been promoted to be…

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The School of Arts Exhibition. a Variety of Attractions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

WE should like our readers to remember that the exhibition of school children's work (including some of the prize and other exhibits from the Melbourne…

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St. John's Grammar School Sports

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 6

The sixth annual meeting of St. John's Junior Grammar School Athletic Club will be held on the Parramatta Cricket Ground to-day. The programme comprises 11 events, and a…

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Parramatta School of Arts. the Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 6

THE committee of the Parramatta School of Arts met on Friday evening. Present: The President, Mr. R. H. DeLow, in the chair, and Messrs. J. W. Hill, W. R. Murray, T. Quirk…

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St. John's Grammar School Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 June 1889 · page 4

The sixth annual meeting of St. John's (Parramatta) Junior Grammar School Athletic Club took place on Saturday, on the Parramatta Cricket Ground. There was a fair attendance, but many of the races were…

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School Prize Fund

The Australian Star · Monday 17 June 1889 · page 6

WAGGA WAGGA, This Day.-- The cantata held in aid of the school fund realised L70…

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Content Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 June 1889 · page 9

Sir,—A letter in your issue of to-day signed "Roman Catholic" contained some statements which I would like to contradict if you will grant me space to do so. Speaking of Protestant young ladies attending…

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Parramata School of Arts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 June 1889 · page 5

SIR HENRY PARKES is to open the fancy fair watch is to be held to-night at Parramatta in aid of liquidating the debt on the local School of Arts…

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Alleged False Pretences. Surveyors' Pupils and Their Parents' Premiums. Promises to Refund Premiums

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 June 1889 · page 5

CAPTAIN FISHER, S.M., was occupied for a considerable time at the Water Police Court to-day hearing cases in which one William Frederick Poole was charged with having…

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An Afternoon with the School Boys

Referee · Wednesday 19 June 1889 · page 3

The first of al series of. articles on amateur pedestrianism, entitled, "A day with the Amateurs," having given no much, satisfaction to cur many amateur readers, the earliest…

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FOOTBALL. Maoris v. King's School and Parramatta

Evening News · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 8

Parramatta, Wednesday.-The New Zealand footballers left Sydney by the 1.30 p.m. train for Parramatta, to fulfil their engagement against a combined team of Parramatta and King's School…

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School Teachers. They Deputationise the Minister

The Australian Star · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 5

A DEPUTATION representing the State school teachers of the colony waited on the Minister for Public Instruction, to-day with regard to several matters affecting their…

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Amusements. Sydney High School Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 8

A concert was given in the new Masonic Hall, Castlercagh-street, last night, by the members of the S. H. S. Literary and Debating Society. The large audience, which completely packed the building, proved…

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Deputations. a School Teacher's Grievances

Evening News · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 6

A deputation of public school teachers waited upon the Minister for Education at 10.45 a.m. yesterday to represent to the Minister certain grievances which it was stated their body were…

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Grievances of the Public School Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 8

A deputation from the Public school teachers of the colony waited upon the Minister for Education yesterday morning[?] Messrs. Banks, Thornton, Bent, Friend, M'Lelland, and Bateson composed the deputation, and…

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Deputations. Public School Teachers' Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 10

Messrs. Thornton, Bent, Banks, Friend, M'Lelland and Bateson, head masters of the leading public schools of Sydney and suburbs, waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction…

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Penrith Public School Concert

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 4

Friday night last was the date fixed for the above annual concert, which in former years has proved one of the most interesting local events of the whole twelvemonth a&d this time was no…

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London Schools

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 10

The board schools in London employ about 4,000 teachers, while the church schools, endowed schools and private schools employ 4,000 more, and there are 8,000 governesses…

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Miscellanco[?]s. A School for Fire Horses

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 8

At 58 Lawrence Street, Harlem, is the famous training school for all the fine, intelligent horses of the New York Fire Department. Here, says the New York World…

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