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Schools, 1891

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 2

THE committee of the Parramatta School of Arts held their monthly meeting on Friday evening, the President, Mr. J. J. Brenan, in the chair There…

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Glen Innes School of Arts. a Flourishing Institution. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Monday 13 July 1891 · page 6

On Thursday last the usual half-yearly meeting of the School of Arts was held. The Rev. Robert Kay, M.A., was elected president;Mr. B. T . Hall, treasurer; and…

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Murrumbidgee Mems. Roads Damaged by Floods. Further Assistance from Sydney. Found Dead--Thefts from the School of Arts--Oddfellows' Installation. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Monday 13 July 1891 · page 6

The Mayor yesterday received the following telegram from Mr. Barling, Under Secretary for Public Works;--"The Minister for Public Works has approved…

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Juniors. PETERSHAM V. Fort-street School

The Australian Star · Monday 13 July 1891 · page 7

Petersham.--Back, M'Mahon three quarters, Blanchard, Miller, Mangan ; halves, Mason, P. Hellyer, Kerr; forwards, Morrelli, H, Hellyer, Green, Tighe, Moore…

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Wrecks and Floods in Victoria. Two Hundred Houses Submerged. a Thousand Persons Homeless. Accommodation Provided in the State Schools. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 5

The schooner wrecked at the Heads yesterday afternoon was the Nowra, from Tasmania. The hull, with the cargo, is sunk in deep water. The whole deek was lifted bodily…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 8

THE School of Arts Debating Club held its meeting on Monday evening; the president (Mr. J. A. Hendry) in the chair. There was a very large attendance of members…

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The Public School Cadet Force

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1891 · page 6

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul, the officer commanding the Public School Cadet Force, has submitted to the Minister for Public Instruction a scheme for a proposed festival week during the current…

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Strange Accident at a School. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Crookwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1891 · page 5

An accident occurred in the Public school this morning to Mary Gallagher, 6 years of age, daughter of the teacher. She was with two other little girls pulling the school bell when through some defect in the…

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Proposed Schools Festival

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 July 1891 · page 3

The Minister for Public Instruction, J. H. Carruthers, has proposed that during the month of September a festival week be held in connection with the public schools of…

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Ea[?]ra Special. New Castle Notes. The Other Avenues of Employment. Sabbath-school Celebration. LAMBTON

The Australian Star · Friday 17 July 1891 · page 6

Last night the committee of the H. and L. Co-operative Society sat to choose a carter for their Lambton store, there being about 40 candidates, some offering their…

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Our Schools and the Civil Service Examination

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 15

ONCE again our Catholic schools come out with the highest number of passes in the Civil Service Examination bold at the University. Out of 40 candidates from all the schcols, public;, private,…

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Public High Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 124

The following are the results of the examinations for scholarships and bursaries in the high schools, held on 18th and 19th June. The return shows the school attended and the school at which the…

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Puseyism, or the Oxford Tractarian School. (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 4

Once more; as it is a part of the rule that what we are to believe must have been not only universally received, but always, that body of truth must have been…

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Newcastle Notes. The Other Avenues of Employment. Sabbath-school Celebration. LAMBTON

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 6

Last night the committee of the H. and L. Co-operative Society sat to choose a carter for their Lambton store, there being about 40 candidates, some offering their…

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Marist Brothers School North v. SOUTH

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 2

A match North v. South (Marist Brothers School) was played on the P.D.C.C. ground on Saturday last, and resulted, after a very even game, in a win for South by six points to three…

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Intercolonial Social Items and Gossip. Jottings Prom the Schools, Etc. Jottings From the Schools

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 4

To make this column as efficient as possible, it is requested that secretaries, etc., of our schools will send in any notes of interest not later than the Saturday preceding the date of publication,…

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Intercolonial Social Items and Gossip. Jottings From the Schools, Etc. Jottings From the Schools

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 4

To make this column as efficient as possible, it is requested that secretaries, etc., of our schools will send in any notes of interest not later than the Saturday preceding the date of publication,…

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A School Festival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 12

In September next the children attending public schools throughout the colony will be invited to attend a grand school festival, to be held in Sydney. The proceedings will extend over, one…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1891 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the School of Arts on Saturday night, when the Vaudeville and Minstrel Company entered upon the 31st week of the present season. There was an entire change of…

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Religious Instruction in High Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 3

Sir,—Kindly allow me space in your columns to call attention to a matter of much public concern. We have in this city a Girls' High School established and controlled by the Department of Public Instruction,…

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