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Schools, 1894

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The Burwood School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Burwood School of Arts committee, presided over by Mr. S. H. Lambton, a letter was received from the ladies' committee of the recent…

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Sydney Ragged Schools. Address by Sir Robert Duff

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

The 34th annual meeting of the Sydney Ragged Schools was held in the Temperance-hall. yesterday afternoon. Sir Robert Duff presided, and on the platform were…

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Church and Sunday-school News. Hunter's Hill Congregational Sunday-school

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 5

The Hunter's Hill Congregational Sunday-school held their annual flower service on Sunday afternoon in aid of the Children's Hospital, Glebe. A collection was made of money, toys, eggs, and flowers…

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Newtown Presbyterian Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 5

Yesterday the annual picnic of the Newtown Presbyterian Sunday school took placo at Fern Bay. The children were conveyed to the Circular Quay by special trams, and, with their parents and friends,…

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Athletics. C.E. Grammar School Sports

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 8

The Sydney Church of England Crammar School sports will be held on Wednesday next on the Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, and not on the North Sydney Oval, as…

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Sydney High School v. S.H.S Old Boys

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 October 1894 · page 8

A match was played on Tuesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground between the present school team and a team of old High School boys. The School, batting first on a splendid…

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School for Cardiff

Evening News · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 6

A deputation of residents at Cardiff waited on the Minister for Education with reference to the building of a school at Cardiff. Tenders had been called for a…

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Church and Sunday School News. Mount Carmel Convent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 6

A "mignonette dance" in aid of the fund inaugurated to liquidate the debt on the Mount Carmel Convent School was successfully held at Leigh House, Castlereagh-street, last evening. Nearly 200…

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New School at Cardiff

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 3

Yesterday morning a deputation from residents at Cardiff waited on the Minister for Education with reference to the building of a school at Cardifi, Tenders had been called for a structure to cost…

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Marist Brothers' School Sports

The Australian Star · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 6

Entries for the open handicaps in connection with the Parramatta Marist Brothers' school sports, to be held on the Parramatta Cricket Ground on Thursday, October 25,…

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Replies to Questions. School Contractors and Their Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1894 · page 6

Mr. Garrard, in reply to Mr. Bavister, with respect to school contractors' payments for wages, said that the Public Instruction Department could only deal with…

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Convent of Mercy, Parramatta. Success of Pupils at the Trinity College Examinations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 16

THE Sisters of Mercy at Parramatta, introduced from Callan, Ireland, in 1888 by Cardinal Moran, have reason to be gratified at the great success of their pupils in the musical examinations held in…

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Primary Schools Competition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 16

THE examination of candidates for the Primary school prizes, presented by the Cardinal, will commence on Saturday, 3rd November, and will be continued on the three following Saturdays, viz:-…

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The University Examinations. Our Schools and the Senior Passes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 16

THIS (Thursday) morning we received the results of the Senior Examination held at the Sydney Uni-versity. From the official list we take the following showing the success of our representative Catholic…

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Redfern Public School Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 7

Last evening, in the Redfern Town Hall, a concert was given in the presence of a large audience by the pupils of the infants' department connected with the Redfern Superior Public School. The chair…

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Botany School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 10

The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the members of the Botany School of Arts took place in the main hall of the building on Thursday evening. The Mayor of Botany, Alderman Luland, J. P., presided,…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, October 14Th. a Sabbath in Capernaum. Mark 1, 23-24. Golden Text (Mark i. 22).—"He taught them as One that had authority, and not as the Scribes." I.—CAPERNAUM

The Methodist · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 8

Two Sundays ago the centre of interest was Nazareth; to-day it is Capernaum, the home, for the present, of Simon and Andrew (see ver. 29 and…

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Matrimonial School

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 9

An English society journal has the following synopsis of a matrimonial school:-- " The student may either take a full or partial course as she etas fit, but…

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The S.P. School (Parramatta South); and Its Staff. the Children at Drill. the Staff

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 3

The present staff of the Superior Public School, Parramatta South, consists of eighteen teachers, as follows:—(Boys’ Department), Mr. S. Drummond (principal), and Messrs. R. Newton,…

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To the School of Arts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 3

The Minister was then taken to the School Arts by Mr. Willis (president of the institution) and Messrs. Pollock, Murray, Quirk, and DeLow. He was shown the library;…

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