Abolition of School Fees
EVERYONE must have been struck with the contrast presented by the Government's mode of dealing with certain favoured measured of their own this session and the…
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Grammar School Swimming Contest
The first swimming carnival in connection with the Sydney Grammar School took place at the Natatorium, Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon. The programme included a large variety of events, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gambling in Schools. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A letter appears in your Friday's issue, signed "Well-wisher." I am also a "well-wisher," and, as such, would ask you whether the masters in our large schools exercise that wise and prudent…
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Lady Duff, attended by Captain the Hon. Rupert Leigh, A.D.C., and accompanied by Miss Duff and Miss Heather Duff, went on Tuesday last to Burwood to open an "Olde Englyshe Fayre " in aid…
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The cry is going up from Christian people throughout Australia that Godlessness is spreading like a blight over all the land. Betting, drinking, idleness,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Success of State Schools. At University Examinations
At the senior examination of 1893 127 candidates passed, of whom 33 came from Queensland, and 94 from New South Wales. Of these latter 36 presented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bred in the Bush. the Wild Smithfield Child. Sent to the Industrial School
The features of the case of the child Edwards, found in the bush at Smithfield on Wednesday last, are very painful. The evidence given at the Parramatta Police…
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At the senior examination of 1893 127 candidates passed, of whom 33 came from Queensland and 94 from New South Wales. Of those latter 36 presented themselves from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Castle Hill. School Concert
A most successful school concert took place last Friday evening at the Castle Hill Hall. The stage was very prettily decorated with evergreens, flowers and so forth. A Fairy…
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A deputation of Presbyterian clergymen urged the Minister for Education to restore the excised scriptural passages from the State School "Royal Readers." The Minister replied that the…
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It is not the intention of the Minister of Public Instruction to ask the Cabinet to consider the question recently brought under his notice by a deputation from the Presbyterian General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Education in Ireland the Christian Brothers' Schools. Compulsory Attendance of Scholars. LONDON, December 4
The Christian Brothers in Ireland have declined to adopt the system of compulsory attendance, of scholars at their schools won the ground that the institutions receive…
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At the meeting of this club, on Friday night, it was decided to hold the half-yearly concert on Thursday next, December 7. An attractive programme has been prepared,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →St. Ignatius' College. Speech Day
Delightful weather, a large assemblage, and an interesting programme made the annual distribution of prizes by his Excellency the Governor at St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, yesterday, not only an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Ignatius' College. Speech-day at River View. a Successful Event. Visit of the Vice-regal Party -- The Students and their Studies -- Work of the Past Year
For the thirteenth time the hills of River View yesterday resounded with the revelry of speech-day, when hundreds of people, including the most prominent figures in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swimming Notes. Gormly Challenged. Waverley Carnival Beaumont's Benefit. St. George's Club. Grammar School Sports—The Tooherpattison Affair—international polo Championship—Cavill's Carnival And other items
According to latest advices a movement was on foot in England last month to form an Athalgamated Winter Swimming Club," the members were to be drawn from all London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Sydney Convent School. Annual Prize Distribution
The annual distribution of prizes, to which a musical entertainment formed a pleasant adjunct, took place yesterday afternoon in connection with the school attached to the convent of Mercy, Monte…
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The Minister for Public Instruction will present the prizes at the Fort-street school on Friday at noon, and in the afternoon at 2.30 he has promised to declare open the…
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To commemorate Mr. Joseph Coates' 10 years' connection with the Sydney High School as head master, the Students' Union intend holding a convivial gathering in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Schools. St. Aloysius' College
The annual distribution of prizes in connection with St. Aloysius' College, S.J., took place yesterday afternoon, the Opera House, York-street, being engaged for the…
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