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Schools, 1893

1,072 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 54

The Unemployed and Gold Deposits. Utilising the Church and School Lands. Some Interesting Facts in Regard Thereto

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 3

At the last meeting of the board recently appointed by the Minister for Mines to consider the best means of placing unemployed on gold deposits, the question of…

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Married Women As Public School Teachers. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 6

Sir, -- In letter by "[?]A." in Saturday's Daily Telegraph the writer complains of married women as public school teachers. I think he is right, considering there are so…

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The Gold Seekers. Unemployed on Goldfields. The Church and School Lands. Conditions of Mining --The Steps Taken to Carry Out the Scheme-- Reports of Wardens

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 6

The church and school lands facing the Shoalhaven River, which it is proposed to throw open to the gold-seekers, is an important block of country in the parishes of…

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 8

At the usual weekly meeting on Monday evening, Mr. F. A. Winter (president) in the chair, the customary debate was postponed, and in its place the meeting resolved…

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Clifton School

The Australian Star · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction will on Monday pay a visit to Clifton for the purpose of opening a public school…

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Public Schools' Athletic Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 12

A special general meeting of the Public Schools' Athletic Association was held yesterday evening in the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street. The president, Mr. E. Johnson (Under-Secretary for…

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Correspondence. Sunday School Union Musical Festival. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

SIR,—The musical arrangements for the above were under the management of Mr. J. S.Huthnance, "the choir being composed of Cleveland-street Church…

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Public School Arbor Day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 10

YASS, Friday.--Arbor Day was celebrated to-day at the Yass public school. Two hundred children assembled in the schoolroom, in which there was not…

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Local School Boards. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 12

Sir,--When the late Minister for Public Instruction established local school boards, it was announced that the benefit to be conferred thereby upon the public and the…

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School [?]Ardens

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 4

THE Northern Districts Horticultural Association is moving in the direction of securing the establishment of gardens in connection with the district…

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Sherwood Notes. Public SchooL

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

It is of interest, and pleasing too, to the parents of children attending the Goughtown Public School to know that the plans and specifications are ready and tenders are being called for to…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

This edifice—if the affable president will excuse the little noun, as “hut” is rather a short term—is the popular institution of Kenthurst; “the little Parliament,” and don’t you forget…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 7

This is a neat wooden structure, clean and tidy-looking; well famished with the usual school maps, diagrams, and so forth. There is also a small harmonium in the building, which…

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Public School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 1

From the fact that since the advent of Mr. W. H. Mitchell, same short time ago, the average daily attendance of pupils has increased from 35 to 50, it may be concluded that there is…

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Humor in the School

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 30

School examinations and composition-writing produce funny results the world over. An Austrian teacher, Herr Gruser, has recently published, in Vienna, a book called "Humor in the…

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Sydney Grammar School Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 3

Among the first of the spring sports meetings will be that of the Grammar School, to be held on 30th August. A long programme will be gone through, including a three-mile handicap event for cyclists,…

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The Industrial Schools Act. Administration of the Measure

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 6

The following circular has been issued to benches of magistrates throughout the colony:--"Department of Justice, Sydney, July 28, 1893. Gentlemen,--Referring to my…

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Industrial Schools Act

Evening News · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 3

The Minister for Justice has written a minute on the subject of the administration of the Industrial Schools Act of 1866 by benches of magistrates, in the course of which he urges upon…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 3

A meeting in connection with the School of Arts Debating Club was held in the small hall of the institution last night. The president of the club, Mr. F. A. Winter, occupied the chair, and there were…

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An Established Institution. School of Arts Debating Club. Where Many Public Men Learned to Debate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 7

A meeting of former and present members and well-wishers of the School of Arts Debating Club was held in the small lecturehall of the institution last night for the…

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