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Schools, 1891

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Agricultural Lecture for Public Schools

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 6

WE have received from the Forest Department, Sydney, a copy of the Arboricultural Lecture for Public Schools, written at the request of the Minister for Public Instruction,…

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Social and General Items. Jottings Prom the Schools, Etc. Jottings From the Schools

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 August 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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Social, and General Items. Jottings From the Schools, Etc. Jottings From the Schools

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 August 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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Parramatta School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 8

THE monthly meeting of the committee was held on the 7th inst. Present: Mr. J. J. Brenan (president) in the chair, and Messrs. DeLow, Willis, Morgan, Murra[?] Walker…

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High School Teaching. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 17 August 1891 · page 3

Sir, --Perhaps it may be interesting to those parents who send their boys to the Sydney High School to know that when their children reach the third class from the…

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Music in the Public Schools. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 August 1891 · page 6

Sir,--I sea by The Daily Telegraph that Sir Henry Parkes in replying to a question by Mr. Fitzgerald the other night, stated, "that during the past two years £14,000 had…

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ATHLETICS. Windsor Grammar School Harriers

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 5

The Windsor Grammar School Harriers went for their third run of the season on Friday evening, August 14, from the school, The night was a splendid one for the sport,…

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Duties of School Boards. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1891 · page 11

Sir,—In your issue of yesterday there in a paragraph, quoting from a letter from "Parent," complaining of the inaamtary state of the grounds surrounding the Paddington Public school. He says; I believe there…

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The Cabinet. Arbor Day. St. Leonards School

The Australian Star · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 6

A MEETING of the Cabinet was held at half-past 12 o'clock to-day, but the business was of a purely formal character. Immediately after the Cabinet meeting…

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A Humorous Sunday School Teacher

The Australian Workman · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 2

The ORANGE LEADER states that some of the members of the Orange Labour Electoral League waited on Mr. J. H. Gain, undertaker, an ex-superintendent of the Church of England Sunday…

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The Nepean Times. Published Every Saturday Morning. Saturday, August 22Nd, 1891. A New School Wanted

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 4

If there is one thing more than another in Penrith at the present time which deserves the attention of the powers that be it is the necessity for a new publico educational…

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China. the Anti-christian Riots.catholic Missionaries Attacked. Churches and Schools Destroyed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

The steamship China brings from Hong King particulars regarding the riot which occurred at Ninkin, May 25th, when the Methodist Girls' School was attacked, pillaged, and burned by a…

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The Public Schools of East Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

In the district of East Sydney there are three Public schools, one in William-street, the second in Liverpool-street, Darlinghurst, and the third in Bourke-street, near Woolloomooloo Bay. The ceremony…

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Enmore Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

Arbor Day in connection with this school was celebrated yesterday. The morning was occupied by the lesson-lecture on arboriculture. In the afternoon an exhibition of needlework by pupils of the girls'…

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Superior Public School, Grafton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 416

The block of buildings erected by the Department of Public Instruction at Grafton occupies a central…

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School of Arts Championship Tournament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 433

Since our last report the following games have been played :—S. Marks won of A. C. Godhard (2 games), T. Ryan scored against A. Pinkstone (2) and Wallis (1), and T. Ash beat Wallis…

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

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 4

The Bishop of London, we regret to say, in his recent "Charge," has done not a little to fan the zeal in behalf of ceremonial. Though in great part…

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Murrumbidgee Mems. Deaths of Old Residents. The National Prizes for Agriculture. The First Snipe of the Season--Presentation to a Teacher--Murrumbidgee P. and A. Association. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 6

Two old residents of this district are dead, viz., John M'Donough, proprietor of the Advance Australia Hotel, and Daniel O'Keefe, of Pomingalarna…

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Athletics. Windsor Grammar School Harriers

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

The Windsor Grammar school Harriers went for their third run of the season on Friday evening, the 14th inst., starting from the School. The night was a splendid one for…

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Junior Football. Parramatta Ormonde v. King’s. School Third

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

A match was played between the Ormondes and the King’s School 3rd fifteen on the Back Domain on Saturday last and resulted in a win for the Ormondes by ten points to nil. The…

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