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Schools, 1897

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Pupils' Ball

Evening News · Monday 18 October 1897 · page 7

The pupils attending Miss Lily Wright's academy of dancing tendered her a complimentary ball in the Paddington Town Hall on Friday. The hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion, an excellent…

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Lawn Tennis. Public School Teachers' Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 October 1897 · page 6

The challenge match of the Gentlemen's Singles was played on Saturday morning, and resulted in a win for Ewing, last year's champion. The contest was at first very keep, but Ewing gradually drew away…

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Debating Institutes. School of Arts Debating Club

The Australian Star · Monday 18 October 1897 · page 3

There was a full house at the above club on Thursday evening, when the subject debated was "That cremation is preferable to the ordinary method of interment." Dr…

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Lawn Tennis. Teachers' Tournament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 October 1897 · page 3

The challenge match of the gentlemen's singles in connection with the public school teachers' tournament was played off on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Ewing, last year's champion. The contest was at first very keen,…

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Sunday School Teachers' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 7

A conference of the Sunday school teachers of the rural deanery of East Syndey was held at St. John's, Darlinghurst, last evening. A service was held in the church at 7 30 p.m., when the Rev. N. Jones,…

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A Teachers' Central Registry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 4

There has recently been launched in the practical business world of Sydney an institution which should do much to put those who depend on teaching as a livelihood upon a better…

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Theft From a Grammar School

Evening News · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 5

At the North Sydney Police Court to-day, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., Julius Frankenstein, 26, waiter, a German, was charged with stealing, at North Sydney on October 14, the sum of 11d, the…

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Sydney Church of England Grammar School Sports. (S.c.g.. October 13, 1897.)

Referee · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 7

The annual games of the above school, on the Sydney Cricket Ground inst Wednesday, were not [?] with good weather, heavy showers and sunshine alternating. The truck consequently become…

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Some School Items

Referee · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 8

The first elevens of St. I[?]natins College and the Sydney Church of England Grammar School met on Saturday at North Sydney, the school winning by 176 runs. S.C.E.G.S. batting first compiled…

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Public Schools Cadets

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 5

A return was laid before the Legislative Assembly yesterday giving a list of cadet corps in the city and suburbs and the country districts, together with the schools to which they belong…

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Religious Teaching in State Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 October 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Congregational Union to-day attempts were made more than once to raise the question of religious teaching In State schools, against which the union…

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Sunday-school Teachers' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 6

A conference of the Sunday-school teachers of the rural deanery of West Sydney was held in the schoolroom of St. Mary's, East Balmain, on Monday evening. A service was held in the church at 5 p.m.,…

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Sunday Schools' Picnic

Evening News · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 5

The annual picnic of the Bexley and Arncliffe Sunday Schools took place yesterday, the spot chosen being that favorite resort on the Illawarra line, viz., Stan well Pars. Scholars, parents, and friends to the…

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Church and School Lands Bill. Second Reading Debate in the Council. a Further Adjournment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 6

The debate on the second reading of the Church and School Lands Bill was resumed in the Legislative Council. Mr. ALEX. BROWN said the provisions of this…

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Jewish School

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 8

There is an earnest desire for the establishment of a Hebrew school in Newtown. In our next issue we are promised particulars…

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Penalising of Teachers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 3

Sir,—The movement in Victoria just now in the direction of the alteration in the education system induces me to call the attention through your columns to an a[?] that exists in our own…

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Dubbo School of Arts. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 5

At a special meeting of the subscribers of the Dubbo School of Arts Mr. G. H. Taylor, J.P. (president), said he desired to draw attention to an advertisement that appeared in the last issue of the…

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Church and School Lands. the Bill Before the Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 6

The debate on the second reading of the Church and School Lands Bill, adjourned from the previous day, was resumed and concluded in the Legislative Council…

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Public School Teachers' Residences

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last week Mr T. R. Smith asked the Colonial Trearurer:—(1) Has the Public Service Board placed a rental value on the residences occupied by…

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Public School Teachers' Championships

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 884

The challenge match of the Gentlemen's Singles was played on Saturday morning, and resulted in a win for Ewing, last year's champion. The contest was at first very keen, but Ewing gradually drew away…

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