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Schools, 1895

1,656 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 83

General Cable News. Education in English Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 November 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--Mr. C. L. Whitham, inspector of schools in South Australia, who is visiting England, is inquiring into the methods of teaching…

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Sunday-school Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 November 1895 · page 3

The annual picnic in connection with the Ashfield Presbyterian Sunday-school was held yesterday, and was a success, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather that prevailed during a portion of the…

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Schools' Premiership

Evening News · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 2

A most exciting match in connection with the semi-final round of the schools' premiership competition took place on Tuesday at the Rushcotter's Bay Oval, the contesting…

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Newcastle Public Schools' Athletic Assoclation. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 6

The first annual meeting of the Newcastle District Publie Schools' Athletic Association was hold to-day on the Newcastle cricket ground, and was a great success. There were fully 12,000 people present…

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A School Girl's Death. a Peculiar Affair. Fatally Burnt. A Police Officer's Daughter Burnt While Going to School

The Australian Star · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 6

The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P.) held an inquest this afternoon at his court in Chancery-square on the body of a school girl named Jane Harrison, who died in the…

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A Theosophical Teacher The Riviere College Case. Dispute Between Principal and Proprietress. Banishing Theosophy to Thoughtland--A Case About a Contract

The Australian Star · Friday 29 November 1895 · page 5

The action brought by Effie M'Kenzis against Matilda Meares to recover compensation for alleged wrongful dismissal from the position of principal of Riviere College,…

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Public School Teachers' Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 10

The aununl gathering of Public school teachers takes place to-day at Clontarf. Those intending to be present are informed in our advertising columns that the last boat from Sydney will leave at 1.30…

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Teachers in Small Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 10

Sir,--I beg to call the attention of those interested in our schools to the hardships under which the teachers in small schools labor. It is hardly necessary to recall to…

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Sunday School Cantata

Evening News · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 3

In aid of the church funds an operatic cantata entitled "The White Garland" was rendered in the Devonshire-street Congregational Church on Thursday night…

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Cricket Combined Schools' Match

Evening News · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 4

The following is the team selected by Mr. Victor Cohen to play a combined eleven from the Great Public Schools at the Rushcutter's Bay Oval next Wednesday : W. Camac…

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St. Mary's High School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 16

To assist in forming a library fund the pupils of St. Mary's Cathedral High School will on Tuesday evening next, at the Guild Hall, Castlereagh-street, give a dramatic and musical entertainment,…

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Concert in Holy Trinity Schoolroom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 10

A concert was given in Holy Trinity schoolroom, Lower Fort-street, last night, in aid of the school prize-fund. There was a fair attendance. Miss Chambers played Ketten's "Butterly Chase," and…

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Public School Charity Concert at Erskineville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 10

On several occasions of late the poor of the district of Erskineville have benefited by entertainments given on their behalf, but on no occasion with more successful results than last evening, when the pupils…

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The Public School

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 6

The breaking-up is to be celebrated on the 14th December, by a picnic on Dorothy Mount, at 11 o'clock in the rooming, and an entertainment in St. Mary's schoolroom at 3 in the…

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The Theosophy Case. Claim by a Lady Teacher. A Verdict for the Plaintiff

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 11

The action brought by Effie M'Kenzie against Matilda Meares to recover £250 compensation for alleged wrongful dismissal from the position of principal of Riviere…

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Newcastle News. Public Schools' Sports. A Successful Outing. Results of the Events--Excellent Programme. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 6

Edward Johnson, employed as a groom by Captain Williams, was thrown from his horse yesterday morning and had his leg broken. The accident occurred in front of…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 11

At a meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club, held on Thursday evening, in the small lecture-hall of the institution, a departure of an agreeable kind was made from the ordinary…

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Combined Schools Match

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 11

The following team has been got together by Mr. Victor Cohen to meet a picked eleven of tho Great Public Schools at Rushcutters' Bay Oval on Wednesday next:--…

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The Schoolmaster Abroad

Truth · Sunday 1 December 1895 · page 5

THE schoolmaster must have been very much abroad when some of the Sydney sign-writers were studying the art of spelling, if sundry tests of their work recently exposed…

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Picnics. Schools' Athletic Association

Evening News · Monday 2 December 1895 · page 5

The Public Schools' Athletic Association held its annual picnic at Clontarf on Saturday. Members were conveyed from the Floating Jetty…

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