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Schools, 1889

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 3

This monthly meeting of the Parramatta School of Arts committee was held on Friday evening. Present: Messrs R.H. De Low (president), A.C. Willis, D. Hookins, W.R…

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School Teachers' Grievances. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--A deputation of school teachers waited on the Minister for Education yesterday, to present him with the resolutions passed at a recent teachers'…

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A Peculiar Case. the Runaway Schoolboy and the Crimp. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A peculiar case was heard at the police court to-day. A man named James Morgan recently met a lad named Frank Nathan, who had run away from the Sydney…

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Congregational Sunday School Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 5

The quarterly reunion and conference in connection with the Congregational Sunday School Union was held in the school hall, Railway-street, Petersham, last evening. Refreshments were provided by the teachers…

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A Boy Drowned. Cowardly Schoolmates

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 6

THE adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the boy Sidney Stone, aged 9 years, who was drowned in a waterhole at Waterloo on…

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Church and School Lands

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 5
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Mr. Copeland, just before the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly, drew attention to what he considered a defect in the Church and School Lands Mining Act, insomuch as there was no…

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New Zealand. a High School Burnt

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 6

AUCKLAND, This Day.--The ladies' Roman Catholic) High School in Nelson has been destroyed by fire…

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A Costly Dress. the Dressmaker and the Schoolmistress

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 6

MISS MAGGIE BROWN and Miss Annie Riley are far from being friends now. They had some little row over a dressmaking transaction, and Maggie Brown…

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New Public School

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, This Day.--The opening of the Balgownie Public School has been deferred for a month, to admit of the attendance of several Ministers…

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Mr. Inglis and the Church and School Lands. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 9

Sir,—When the froth on Mr. Inglis's letter in to-day's issue is blown aside, the task of replying to him becomes as palatable and invigorating as a cool halfpint of a good October brew after a long walk in the…

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A Schoolboy Drowned. Results of Playing Truant. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 4

ALBURY, Thursday. -- The body of a lad named Alexander Robertson, whose clothes were found on the bank of the river, was recovered last night in 8ft. of water by a young…

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Bathurst School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday. -- The committee of the school of arts have come into collision with the council, in consequence of a very strongly-worded letter written by the town clerk to the…

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Miladministration of the Public School System. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 17

Sir,— When I last addressed you it was with the object of showing that our Public Schools Act— I am assuming that as a State measure it is a good one— is conferring, and likely to confer,…

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L[?]ichhardt Primitive Methodist Sunday School

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 5

The anniversary services in connection with the above, was held on Sunday last in the church, Cromwell-street. The morning service, was conducted by the Rev. G…

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Mining on Church and School Lands. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 7

Sir,—Disguise it as he may by allusions to " beer' and " froth " Mr. Copeland's letter of this morning must by every candid mind be characterised as a painful wriggle. He evades my challenge to give distinct…

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Correspondence. Protestant Children in Convent Schools. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 9

SIR,--Permit me to point out through the columns of your valuable paper the danger which is arising through Protestant parents sending their children to convent schools, and as a result that…

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Nowra School of Arts

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

NOWRA, This Day.--On Thursday night a general meeting of members of the Nowra School of Arts was hold to consider an offer made by Mr. James Monaghan to…

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The Kogarah Branch Technical School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 8

The first annual distribution of prizes at this school took place on Monday evening, under the presidency of Mr. Bibby, the vice-president of the local School of Arts, on whose premises the operations of the Branch…

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The Bible in the Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 8

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me space to enter my small protest against the absence of the Bible in our Public schools? Take for example, the present well-doing adult population in our colony, and you will find that…

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