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Schools, 1889

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A Schoolmaster Appreciated

The Australian Star · Monday 23 December 1889 · page 6

COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.--Mr. Meyrick who has, occupied the position of loca schoolmaster for upwards of 10 years, was yesterday presented by the children…

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Pupils' Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 8

A large audience, completely filling the Y. M. C. A. Hall, assembled last evening to hear the performances of the pianoforte pupils of Madame Charbounet. Kollermann aud Mr. Frederic Kellermann. The pupils,…

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Amusements. Mme. Kellermann's Pupils' Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 5

Mme. Charbonnet Kellermann gave her annual breaking-up concert at the Y.M.C.A.-hall last night, and, as on many occasions, her concerts have had to be given in sections, it…

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Public Scholarships and Private, Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 6

The Minister of Public Instruction received yesterday a deputation representing the Headmasters' Association, who protested against the new scheme for offering exhibitions and bursaries…

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Teachers' Assurance Association

Evening News · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 5

The twenty-first annual meeting of the Teachers' Mutual Assurance Association was held at the Castlereagh-street public school on Monday, Mr. E. Johnson, Under-Secretary of Education,…

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Meetings. the Teachers' Mutual Assurance Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Teachers' Mutual Assurance Association was held in the Castlereagh-street school yesterday. Mr. E. Johnson (Under-Secretary for Education), the president, occupied the chair…

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The State School Bursaries

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 4

THE principal source of danger to our State school system lies in the difficulty of getting fussy administrators to respect the philosophy of letting well…

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School Prizes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 3

A PLEASANT afternoon was spent in the East St. Leonards Public School on Thursday, the occasion being an exhibition of school work and distribution of prizes to the…

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The Inspectors and Teachers Report

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 3

THE report which has been furnished to the Department as the result of the deliberations of the conference of school inspectors and teachers show that some…

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School Exhibitions and Bursaries. Deputation to the Minister

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 6

A DEPUTATION representing the Head Teachers Association waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction this morning with regard to the proposed establishment…

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State Education. Exhibitions and Bursaries for the High Schools. Headmasters' Association and the Minister for Education

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 4

A deputation representing the Head Masters' Association waited upon the Minister for Education yesterday on the subject of the proposal to establish exhibitions and bursaries in…

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Teachers' Mutual Assurance Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 4

The twenty-first annual meeting of the Teachers' Mutual Assurance Association was held at the Custlereagh-street Public School yesterday morning, Mr. E. Johnson,…

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Colleges and Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 6

The pupils of the High School, Windsor, dispersed on Thursday for the usual Christmas holidays. After a short speech from the principal master, J. E. Holmes rose in his place and…

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Colleges and Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 December 1889 · page 6

At the usual Christmas breaking up in connection with the Darlington Public School Messrs. M'Farlane and Toogood, on behalf of the members of the Darlington Mutual…

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The School Ship Vernon. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 December 1889 · page 2

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…

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Teachers' Mutual Assurance Association

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 December 1889 · page 7

THE annual meeting of this society was held at Castlereagh-street Public school on Monday. There was a fair attendance of members. Mr. E. Johnson, Under-Secretary…

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The Influenza Epidemic. Trade Paralysed. Schools Closed

Evening News · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 4

LONDON, December 26.—The influenza epidemic has spread all over Europe, and among the present sufferers are the Czar and the King of Portugal. In the case of…

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State Bursaries and Private Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 7

Sir,—It seems to me pretty certain that in proposing to endow the High Schools or the colony with ten annual bursaries the Government are entering upon a perilous course. The original intention of the…

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School of Arts

The Australian Star · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 5

WINDSOR, Friday.--The Sackville School of Arts was formally opened yesterday, in the presence of a large concourse of people. The usual addresses were delivered, all…

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Sunday-school Work. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 7

Sir,--In a recent Daily Telegraph I read Mr. Carruthers' views on Sunday-school teaching when speaking at a meeting of the Wesleyan Sunday-school Union held in the…

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