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Schools, 1897

1,590 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 80

The Public Schools' Carnival. the Second Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 3

The Public Schools' Carnival was concluded on Saturday afternoon before a very fair crowd of spectators. Unfortunately, the high wind and the natural concomitant—dust, had much to do with…

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Sydney School of Arts Lecture

The Australian Star · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 8

The next popular lecture will be delivered on Friday, September 24. by Mr. F. W. Wright, M.P.S., R.S., &c. subject, "The Art of Perfumery." Mr. Wright has been associated with…

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The Schools' Carnival

The Australian Star · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 4

Saturday saw the conclusion of this very successful festival, which, despite various counter attractions, kept a grip of a good deal of public attention throughout the week. The holding of…

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Balmain. Schools' Competition.— Final

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 6

Collegiate met Darling–road in the final of the Balmain schools competition on the University Oval on Saturday afternoon when the collegiates won one goal to nil, A M Laughlin obtaining the goal for the winners. The…

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Sydney Ragged Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Sydney. Ragged Schools was held in the Y.M.C.A, Hall on Monday afternoon. His Excellency the Governor presided and on the…

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Sydney Ragged Schools. Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Sydney Ragged Schools was held yesterday afternoon in the Y.M.C.A. Hall. His Excellency the Governor occupied the chair, and there was a very good…

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Athletic Notes. Australasian Championship Meeting. The Public Schools' Sports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 8

Entries for the championship events at the Australasian champonship meeting on October 2 and 4 close on Saturday next. A special meeting of the New South…

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Baptists in Session. Ministers' Reunion. Sunday School Union Festival

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

The annual gatherings in connection with the New South Wales Baptist Union were commenced yesterday. In the afternoon there was a ministers re–union the Bathurst.-street Baptist Church by invitation of the pastor…

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Sydney Ragged Schools. 3Th Annual Meeting. Lord Hampden on the Responsibilities of Parents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 3

The 37(h annual meeting of the Sydney Ragged Schools was held yesterday afternoon in the Y.M.C.A.-hall, Pitt- street. His Excellency the Governor presided, supported by the Revs. T. E. Clouston, B.A., James Buehan, M.A.,…

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Athletics in Schools

Referee · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 1

The ninth annual sports meeting of the Public Schools Athletic Association, hold on Friday and Saturday last, surpassed all previous efforts, by the same body, and the…

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The Recent School Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 8

The district inspector of schools (Mr. C. O. Flashman) has issued a circular to the teachers of the public schools of Newcastle and suburbs congratulating them upon the success of the recent…

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Sydney Ragged Schools. Annual Meeting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 2

The 37th annual meeting of the Sydney Ragged Schools was held on Monday after noon at the Y.M.C.A. Hall. His Excellency Viscount Hampden presided, and upon the…

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Athletics. the King's School Sports

Evening News · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 2

The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the King's School Amateur Athletic Club was held at the Parramatta District Club's Oval yesterday. and passed off…

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Catholic Schools' Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 5

The annual picnic in connection with the Newcastle, Carrington, and Stockton Roman Catholic schools was successfully held at Toronto, Lake Macquarie, to-day. A procession was formed at St…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 6

Sir,—It is gratifying to notice that when a colony sends representatives for the work of supreme importance to Australia, namely, that of the Federal Convention, those gentlemen have their eyes open to…

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A Music Teacher and a Law Clerk. Petition for Divorce

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 3

In No. 2 Jury Court Mr. Justice Stephen, sitting as Judge in Divorce, had before him the case in which Ada Winifred Hall sued for a divorce from her husband, Charles Henry Hall, a law clerk, on the ground of desertion…

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Roman Catholic Schools Picnic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 5

The annual picnic of the children of the Roman Catholic Schools of Newcastle, Stockton, and Carrington was held yesterday. The children assembled in the morning at St. Mary's Church,…

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The Proposed Teachers' Registry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 4

We have in previous issues called attention to the proposed establishment of a Teachers' Registry in Sydney -- the object of the institution being to help in providing competent teachers,…

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Luddenham News. School Anniversary

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 3

The anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sabbath School, was held in the Church on Sunday last. The weather was all that could be desired, and the young…

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School Entertainment

Evening News · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 3

The Royal Standard Theatre was last night crowded to its utmost capacity, when Broad's operetta, "Red Riding Hood," was performed by the teachers and scholars of the Redfern Superior Public…

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