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Schools, 1889

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Unsuitable Public School Buildings. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 6 December 1889 · page 7

Sir,--Permit me through the columns of your valuable and widely-circuluted journal to call the attention of the Department of Public Instruction to the dangerous and…

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Our Public School System. Revivals of Boards.--women's Help to Be Sought

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 December 1889 · page 6

Speaking at Waverley yesterday afternoon, Mr. Carruthers, Minister for Public Instruction, made an important announcement respecting the proposed expansion of the public school system…

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Public School Teachers As Lay Preachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 18

THE regulation requiring Public school teachers to abstain from acting as local preachers or lay readers formed the theme of a good deal of adverse comment by a deputation of ministers and…

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Cathcolic. Catholic Schools and the Public Examinations. Government Inspection of Our Schools Asked

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 15

HIS Eminence Cardinal Moran speaking on Monday at St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, touched on the subject of: Government inspection of Catholic schools. The Cardinal referred to the…

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The Cardinal on the Public School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 13

WE little thought when we were writing lust week on this subject that the truth, of our remarks would so soon have been so remarkably; illustrated. This illustration the…

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A Tribute to Our Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 17

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, in a leading article on the Education Question, says:-" Roman Catholics have performed good service in New South Wales in tho cause of…

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The Teachers' Conference. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 9

Sir,—Having made inquiries,as to how the teachers who attend the conference are appointed, I find they are nominated by the district inspectors, and only those nominated this way can attend. Is this a fair way of…

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School Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 9

The annual Sunday-school picnic, in connection with the Holy Trinity Church, Dulwich Hill, took place on Thursday, at Correy's Gardens, Cabarita. The children and friends assembled at the church at 8 a.m.,…

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Agriculture in the Public Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 1247

The Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. Carruthers, has resolved to appoint visiting teachers and lecturers to give practical instruction in agriculture and horticulture to students at…

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How the Papacy Fills Its Schools. Boycotting in Launceston

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 8

In the Launceston Examiner (Tasmania) of 26th ult., appears, as an advertisement, a letter, which, in the interest of justice, should, we think, have appeared as an ordinary letter…

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Correspondence. Teachers' Political and Religious Liberty. To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 8

SIR,--I think the protestant part of the teaching profession may fairly claim the support of your free press, for the sweeping away of any regulation that curtails their usefulness in any way…

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Richmond Public School Bazaar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 5

WINDSOR, Friday.--Mr. J. H. Carruthers, Minister for Public Instruction, opened a bazaar in connection with the public school at Richmond to-day. He visited the school in…

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Sickness at Gunnedah--the Public School Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Friday.--A deal of sickness prevails in the town and several cases of diphtheria are reported. The local public school closed to-day in consequence of it spreading and…

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Waverley Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 9

A bazaar in aid of a fund started with the object of planting tree in and otherwise improving the grounds of the Waverley public school was opened in Stratton's…

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Wentworthville Public School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 6

Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 2nd December, 1889. Sir,—I am directed to acquaint you that the formal application for the establishment…

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Public School Teachers and Inspectors. Conference at Temperance Hall

The Australian Star · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 6

THE conference between the inspectors and teachers of the public schools of the colony, for which arrangements were made a short time ago, was commenced this morning in…

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Opening of a Public School at Roughit. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 8

A new Public school at Roughit was formally opened to-day by the Hon. A. J. Gould, Minister for Justice. There was a large attendance from all parts of the district. The Hon Mr. Gould reviewed the history of…

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The School-ship Vernon. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 9

Sir,—One often hears the remark "What a wonder our intercolonial vessels do not take some of the Vernon boys as apprentices." For the benefit of those concerned I will give some of my experiences. I decided…

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Suicide of a Schoolmaster

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 5

SCONE, Saturday. -- E. L. Long, schoolmaster at Bunnan, committed suicide here this morning by taking carbolic acid. An inquest will be held on Monday…

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District School Exhibition at Scone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 December 1889 · page 5

SOONE, Saturday. -- A very successful exhibition of drawing, mapping, writing, needlework, &c., from the schools in the electorate was held in the School of Arts yesterday afternoon. In…

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