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Schools, 1896

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St. Patrick's School

The Catholic Press · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 15

THE prizes recently won by the boys of this school for physical drill were presented to them on Tuesday forenoon by the Very Rev. Father Le Rennetel. The boys were…

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William-street Wesleyan Sunday School

Evening News · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 5

The annual picnic for the children attending the William-street Wesleyan Church Sunday School took place to-day at Correy's Gardens, Cabarita. The inclemency of the weather in the early part…

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The Catholic University Medical School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 5

Commenting in its leading columns on the calendar issued by the Catholic University Medical school in Dublin, THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL writes:— As we look at this long…

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Catholic Schools' Competitions. Programme for the Grand Australian Fair

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 9

IN connection with the great Cathedral Fair, which is fixed for Eastertide in next year, the following circular has been issued for the information of the schools which are expected to compete on the…

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Our Public School System. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 4

Sir,—Some months ago a letter of mine appeared in your journal on "Our Public School Syllabus," in which I stated that "there is too much theory and too little of what would be of practical use in…

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GRANVILLE. Popularising the School of Arts

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 5

The various speakers in the Hall of the Granville School of Arts on Monday evening on the occasion of Mr. D. O'Reilly's lecture on Carlyle had more…

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Ermington School

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 4

The annual concert in connection with the Ermington Public School was held in the Town Hall, Dundas, on Thursday evening last, and proved an…

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TOONGABBIE. The School of Arts

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 12

The Public Service Board have granted permission to Mr. H. E. Page to act as honorary secretary to the local School ot Arts…

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The Sunday School. International Lesson. Sunday, November 8, 1896 the Temple Dedicated. 1 Kings viii. 54-63

The Methodist · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 8

GOLDEN TEXT (Hab. ii. 20).—"The Lord is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him."…

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Municipal Notes. School Accommodation at Drummoyne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 11

At Wednesday's meeting of the Drummoyne Council, Alderman Baron moved, "That the attention of the Minister for Public Instruction be drawn to the growing necessity for providing more adequate accommodation…

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The School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 2

Various members of the committee of the School of Arts took pains on Mondny evening to impress the claims of that institution upon the Granville public. It was painted out that…

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An Ordination Service a Solemn and Imposing Ceremony. The Primate at The King's School. A Powerful and Eloquent Address

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 12

THE ornate chapel of The Kings Sch\[?] I was scene of a very solemn and imposing service on Wednesday morning last, when the Rev. A. H. Coombes, M.A., one of the misters, were…

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Dural Public School Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 7

Mr. Sullivan, the master of the Dural Public School, and his young charges have added another bright page to the history of that institution. On Tuesday and Wednesday of…

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Notes and Comments. Our Pupil Teachers

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 November 1896 · page 4

WE hope this letter will receive due attention from the Minister for Instruction:— (TO THE EDITOR.) Sir,—In view of the pupil teachers'…

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Womanhood Suffrage. Debate at School of Arts

Truth · Sunday 1 November 1896 · page 3

SIR,—Adebate on the following motion—'That the action of the Government in refusing Mr Wills permission to get a message granting him leave to bring the…

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Education Question in England the Public Elementary Schools

Evening News · Monday 2 November 1896 · page 6

LONDON, November 1.—The National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church has, in the interests of the bulk of…

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Lawn Tennis. Teachers' Tennis Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 November 1896 · page 6

The results of Saturday's play in the MIXED DOUBLES (B SECTION):— G[?]ssick and Miss Cannan beat Armitage and Miss Keats, [?]0-28…

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The Education Question in England. Assistance to Public Elementary Schools. London, Nov. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 November 1896 · page 5

The National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church has, in the interests of the bulk of the Church schools,…

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Education in England. Public and Elementary Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 November 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The National Education Association, on behalf of the bulk of the Church schools, suggests that all public aud elementary schools should also be rated…

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Music in Australia. an Examiner From England. a Test for Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 November 1896 · page 5

Professor Gordon Saunders, Mus.D. Oxon., oxaminer in music from Trinity College, London, has reached Sydney, having previously visited the college centres established in South Australia,…

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