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Schools, 1889

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 52

Absence from School

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 6

NARRABRI, Wednesday.--A man was summoned by Mr. Dixon, District School Inspector, yesterday for not sending his child to school. It was shown in the…

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School Concert

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 5

BATHURST, Wednesday.--A pleasant school concert at the village of Eglinton took place at the schoolhouse. Solos and part singing, and an address from Mr. Halsted,…

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Sherwood Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 6

A numerous deputation of residents in the Sherwood and Prospect district, accompanied by the members for Central Cumberland waited upon Mr. Johnson, Under-Secretary for Public…

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The Schoolboys' Strike

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 1114

The R.M.S. Carthage, which armed at Albany on Monday, brings the following details of the schoolboys' strike, which were telegraphed by our Albany correspondent:—…

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Epitaph on a Schoolgirl

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 1104

Oh, weep not for me, friend, for I am a-going Where there'll neither be reading nor writing nor sewing. No; weep not for me, for though we must sever…

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Bowral New Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 5

BOWRAL, Friday.--Over 300 children attended the picnic held on the athletic club's ground to-day in celebration of the opening of the new public school. They marched in procession through…

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Revolt in a Girls' Industrial School

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 19

PARRAMATTA, Saturday.—Annette Hunter, Lucy Ellen Dower, Barbara Gillespie, Alice Carmichael, Eliza Stanfield, and Margaret Toohey, inmates of the Parramatta Reformatory…

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Toongabbie Public School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 2

A most enjoyable meeting was held at Toongubbie on a portion of the estate belonging to Mr. Fitzwilliam Wentworth, in connection with the Toongabbie Public School, on Prince…

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School of Arts. Picturesque Concerts

Evening News · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 5

The picturesque concerts which, have been com­menced at the Sydney School of Arts deserve success, and ought to obtain it. The first of the series was given on Saturday night, and was both…

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Public School Regulations. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 3

Sir,—In your issue of the 11th instant there appears another letter by Mr. William Affleck on the above subject. I imagine that all thinking men will entirely agree with the first part of that letter, anent the…

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Picnic. Waverley Congregational Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 5

The annual excursion in connection with the above Sunday school, took place on Saturday last. Although the weather was unpromising all day, a large number of ladies and gentlemen availed themselves of the…

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School Inspection

The Australian Star · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 6

WAGGA WAGGA, Monday.--Mr. Inspector Lawford is examining the girls in the Superior Public school, and arrangements have been made for the pupils to sing before…

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Schoolboys' Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 3

In one respect the recent dock strike has had a bad effect, though we trust that it will only be temporary. During the recent strike the schoolboys of the East End of London used, after the fashion of…

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The World's Championship. How Searle Won It. The Soulier Sketches His Own Career. Searle's Early Days-- Rowing to School-- Youth's Ambition-- Its Realisation

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 7

THE following interview with Henry E. Searle appears in the English Sunday Times to hand by the mail which arrived yesterday. The self-sketch of the champion…

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School Inspectors and School Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 4

It has been decided to hold a conference of public school inspectors and school teachers in Sydney, commencing on or about December 6, to consider the various matters affecting the…

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Designs for Progressive School Buildings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 5

A committee of officers of the Public Instruction Department has for some time past had under consideration the practicability of preparing a set of plans for schools which would admit of…

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Meetings. School of Arts Debating Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 4

The members of the School of Arts Debating Club on Monday evening discussed the subject[?]. "That it is imperatively necessary that a protective[?]licy should be adopted by New South Wales." Therep[?]andance…

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Ragged Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 5

Sir,—The Rev. Andrew Gardiner, in addressing a public meeting last night in connection with the Children's Home, is reported in to-day's Herald as having Buid: "He particularly desired the attention of…

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Picnics. Mount Carmel Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 5

The annual picnic of the above Sunday school took place to Chowder Bay yesterday, under the auspices of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The day was beautifully fine, and the cool wind that blew nearly all…

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 3

A considerable change was effected in the programme of the School of Arts Debating Club on Monday evening, when instead of assembling as usual in the smoking-room of…

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