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Schools, 1893

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Victoria. the Curriculum in Technical Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1893 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A deputation from the Technical Schools Conference waited on the Minister for Education to-day, for the purpose of placing before him…

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A Schoolboy's Essay

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 553

James R. Leslie, a youth 16 years of age, of the Dubbo Superior Public School, and whose portrait we publish herewith, hap recently distinguished himself as a student and writer. Among other…

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Military. Windsor Grammar School Cadet Corps

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 7

ON Friday night the cadets of the above school held their quarterly night parade and carried out a most successful attack and defence drill. Shortly after 7 o’clock the cadets fell in…

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Parramatta School of Arts Debating Society. Complimentary Concert. a Great Success

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 7

The invitation concert given by the Parramatta School of Arts Debating Society on Tuesday evening last, was attended by a large and representative audience. The bill of fare…

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Superior Public School, Ryde. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Terry’s Departure

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 2

A very pleasant gathering took place at the Ryde Superior Public School on Wednesday afternoon last, when Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Terry (who are leaving the district on a visit to…

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Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, March 15. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwardsm, P.M., Mr. R. Harper, J.p.) School Truants

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 8

William Long, school attendance officer, No. 6, district, proceeded against Henry Hare, James Montgomery (2), Robert Lee James Gray, John Naylor, and James Dickenson for…

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The Head Masters on Literature in Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 8

What Mr. Welldon and the other head masters said on the subject of drilling boys early in English grammar, seems to us (says the Spectator of 31st Docember) unquestionably wise. Grammar is a…

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

The School of Arts Debating Club met in the large hall of that institution on Monday night. After the election of Mr. F. A. Winter to the office of president, in place of…

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Cost of High Schools

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 3

In the Assembly last night, Mr. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education: 1. What was the cost of each of the High Schools for the year 1892? 2. What was the amount received as fees…

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St. Peters Public School

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 6

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Carruthers, Danahey, Bavister, M's.L.A., Mr. Farr, secretary of Marrickville School Board and others representing the St…

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Baby Scholars

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 4

In replying to a deputation yesterday, Mr. F. B. Suttor, M. P., the Minister for Education, expressed his opinion upon the reported necessity for enlarging the school…

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Infants at State Schools

Evening News · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 4

The Hon. F. B. Suttor, Minister for Public Instruction, received a deputation yesterday from St. Peters regarding the condition of the St. Peters school grounds. The Minister promised to…

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The St. Peters Public School Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 7

Messrs. J. H. Carruthers, Danahey, and Bavister, Ms. L. A., introduced a deputation consisting of members of the St. Peters School Board and the municipal council of the same locality to the Minister…

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St. Peters' Public School

The Australian Star · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 6

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Carruthers, Danahey, Bavister, M's.L.A., Mr. Farr, secretary of Marrickville School Board, and others representing the St…

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Public School Swimming Classes

The Australian Star · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 2

The Minister for Education, Mr. Suttor, will to-morrow present the prizes won by the members of the Fort-street School swimming class recently established…

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The Retrenchment Scheme. Dismissal of School Teachers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 9

The Minister of Education had a conference to-day with the principal officers of his department and has decided definitely upon the dismissal of 250 teachers in charge of unclassified…

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The Schoolmaster Abroad

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 2

Dr. Rice, who has been visiting the public schools in various large cities of the United States, paying special attention to the capacity of teachers as revealed in the…

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Catholic. Additions to a Convent School. Ceremony at Balmain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 7

THE Sisters of the Good Samaritan, whose Con-vent of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception at Balmain East has quite a little history, have kept pace with the increasing requirements of…

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School-church at Auburn

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 15

ON Sunday afternoon the Cardinal-Archbighop will lay the foundation-stone of a new school-church at Auburn…

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Religious Schools in France

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 4

The experiments in national education that have now for ten years been made in France on so large and costly a scale, may serve as an object-lesson for…

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