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Schools, 1892

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The Cholera Scourge. Ravages in Hamburg. Hospitals Terribly Overcrowded. Dead and Living Unseparated -- 200 Corpses in One Room -- Schools Converted into Hospitals -- Sick[?] [?]ness in London -- Two Deaths at Islington. LONDON, August 31

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 5

The cholera outbreak is extending in London, Liverpool and Grimsby, and several fresh cases have been reported. The greatest precautions are taken to prevent a scourge,…

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held on Monday night. The premier, Mr. Beeby, moved -- "That corruption and dishonesty will always…

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Misses Julie and Rose Albu. Now at the School of Arts

Evening News · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 3

The Misses Albu during their short stay in Australia have by their splendid attainments and beautiful voices so successfully proved their right to occupy the front ranks on the concert…

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Military. Public School Cadet Forces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 8

The half-yearly inspection of the 1st Battalion of the P.S. Cadet Forces took place at Sandringham on Friday. The battalion commander is Captain J. W. Turner, of the Fort-street school. The attendance…

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Arbor Day. Smith-street Public School, Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 6

On Wednesday at Smith-street Superior Public School, Balmain, Arbor Day was celebrated. Mr. P. J. Nelligan, the head master, read apologies from Mr. J. Garrard, M.L.A., the chairman of the local school…

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Moorfields Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 6

Arbor Day was celebrated at the Moorfields Public School on Friday afternoon. The chairman of the local school board (Alderman J. Slocombe, J.P.) presided, and on behalf of the Mayor (Alderman…

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Belmore Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 6

The celebration of Arbor Day was observed at the Belmore Public School on Saturday afternoon. The chairman of the local school board presided. The following programme was rendered:—Pianoforte…

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Public School Entertainment

The Weekly Advance · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 5

On Wednesday evening last the fifth entertainment by the pupils of the Auburn Public School was given in the Cumberland Hall, Auburn Road. The building was literally…

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Sherwood Notes Our Public School

The Weekly Advance · Friday 2 September 1892 · page 4

The inspector of schools if a long time coming to see what our school requirements are in the way of weather sheds, fencing &c., If Saturday should prove a fine day, the…

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The Empress Eugenie and the Nuns. Sue Presents School Prizes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 7

Her Majesty the Empress Eugenie and Prince Napoleon, La Marquese da Carrfuerte, niecs to the Empress, and her son, the Marquis do Carrfuerte, accompanied by M. Boitelle,…

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Country Complaints. Limited School Accommodation

Evening News · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 2

Our correspondent at Swamp Oak writes ander dais August 24: Additional school accommodation is badly needed here. The present building is much too small, being only 20ft x 16ft. There is a daily…

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A Dissatisfied Litigant. a Schoolmaster at Law

Evening News · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 7

In Chambers yesterday the defendant in the suit of John Henry Cook v. John See, Colonial Treasurer, moved to have plaintiff's declaration struck out on the ground that it was…

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Sydney Grammar School Athletic Meeting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 550

The nineteenth annual sports meeting in connection with the Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club was held on the Association Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon, and although the weather was…

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Schoolmaster's Trouble. An Embarrassing Declaration

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 3

THE troubles of the law were exemplified yesterday in the case of Cooke v. See, which carne up in Chambers. The plaintiff was a schoolmaster, and considering that he was…

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Plaintiff in Person. the Case of Cooke, the Ex-schoolmaster

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 10

The road of the law is a rough one for the inexperienced to travel. It is full of quagmires and pitfalls, and the stranger to its devious ways is no sooner out of one than he…

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Football. Rugby. Parramatta Ormonde v. King’s School Second

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 6

This match was played on Saturday last on the Back Domain land resulted in a decisive victory for the Ormondes by 58 points to nil. THE PLAY…

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Parramatta P.M. Sunday School Anniversary. Successful Celebration

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 1

On Sunday last the anniversary of the Parramatta Primitive Methodist Sunday School took place in the church, Macquarie-street., The church had been tastefully decorated, with…

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Sherwood Notes Our Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 1

The inspector of schools is a long time coming to see what our school requirements are in the way of weather sheds, fencing &c., If Saturday should prove a fine day, the…

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Public School Entertainment

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 7

On Wednesday evening last the fifth entertainment by the pupils of the Auburn Public School was given in the Cumberland Hall, Auburn Road. The building was literally…

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School of Arts Lectures, Parramatta. “Robert Nicol: Poet, Pressman, and Politician.”

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 7

A LECTURE, entitled “ Robert Nicol: Poet, Pressman, and Politician,” was delivered by the Rev. J. W Inglis, in connection with our local School of Aits, on Friday evening, 20th…

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