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Schools, 1893

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts Friday Night Debating Society

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 3

The usual weekly meeting of this club was held at the School of Arts on Friday last, Mr. H. E. Langridge in the chair. Mr. T. H. Loxton was elected as president for…

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A New School at Clifton. Visit of the Minister for Public Instruction

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 5

CLIFTON, Monday.--The opening of the new public school took place to-day, Mr. F. B. Suttor (Minister for Public Instruction) performing the ceremony. Messrs…

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Arbor Day at Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 6

CASSILIS, Monday.--Arbor day in connection with the local public school was observed on Saturday last, and considerable interest was taken in the proceedings, which…

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Suicide of a Public School Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 5

DUBBO, Wednesday.--J. H. Townsend, public school teacher at Narromine, committed suicide late yesterday at his house. It is supposed that he was despondent…

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North Sydney Public School

Evening News · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 5

An exhibition of school work and distribution of prizes took place yesterday at Burton-street Superior Public School, North Sydney. The members of the school board were present, and…

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Suicide at Narromine. The Result of Illness. A Schoolmaster Blows His Head Off. DUBBO

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 6

Another determined suicide was reported in town to-day, this time from Narromine. From particulars to hand it scorns that Mr. J. H. Townsend, master of the public school…

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Distribution of Prizes. Barton-street (North Sydney) Public School

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 8

Sir Henry Parkes visited the superior public school, at Barton-street, North Sydney, yesterday afternoon to present the prizes won at the recent examination, and…

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Sir Henry Parkes on the Public School System

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 7

Sir Henry Parkes visited North Sydney yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the opening of an exhibition of school work and distribution of prizes fn connection with the…

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School Age Attendance at Our Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 3

Sir—Retrenchment in the administration of the Public Instruction Act opens up the consideration of very grave questions, none of which are of more importance than the age of attendance. In England…

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Arbor Day at Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 6

CARLINGFORD, Thursday.--The usual Arbor Day celebration was held at the Carlingford Public School on Wednesday. After the customary lecture on tree planting had been…

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School Teachers' Premises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 12

The Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. Suttor, received a deputation yesterday morning from Lawson, asking that a teacher's residence might be erected in connection with the Public school there…

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The Fly River Mission. Rev. Mr. Chalmers in New Guinea. a Teacher's Death From Fever

Evening News · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 4

THURSDAY ISLAND, Saturday.—The following report from the Rev. Mr. Chalmers, written at Danan, came to band by the launch Miro, which arrived late on Thursday night…

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"Bobby" Lowe at School

Evening News · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 1

Mr. Patchett Martin's "Life and Letters it Viscount Sherbrooke" contains an account of Mr. Lowe's schooldays. The following was his examination in Divinity…

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Catholic Children and Public Schools. a New Hove in New Zealand

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 16

According to a statement which has appeared in an stage paper, the local Roman Catholic authorities propose to simultaneously close all their schools so far as gen education is concerned…

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Missionary Work on the Fly River. Trip of the Rev. Mr. Chalmers in the Miro. Death of a Teacher. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 9

The launch Miro arrived last evening from New Guinea. The Rev. Mr. Chalmers reports from Danen:— "We visited all stations on the Fly River and found all well, good weather permitting as to…

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Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union

The Methodist · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 10

A very pleasant and instructive evening was spent at Homebush last Friday, when a social re-union of officers and teachers of the various schools was held under the auspices of the S.S…

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Sunday School Union. Report of the Sixth Annual Examination

The Methodist · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 8

The Annual Competitive Examination for 1893 was held on Friday, May 5, not quite eight months after the examination for 1892. The interest…

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Sydney Grammar School Sports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 300

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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Arbor Day in Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 10

BODALLA, Friday. -- In connection with the public school Arbor Day celebration a concert and dunce to aid the funds were held last night, and at them there were large…

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Teacher's Residence at Lawson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 7

A deputation from Lawson waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday and asked that a teacher's residence might be erected in connection with the local…

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