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Schools, 1897

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Hutchinson Memorial School Hall

The Australian Star · Monday 1 November 1897 · page 2

A sale of work was held in the Glebe Town Hall on Friday afternoon for the purpose of raising funds towards the building of a Sunday School Hall as a memorial of the…

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Public School Sports. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 6

The third annual sports meeting of the Glen Innes branch of the Public Schools A.A. Association was held on the showground on Saturday. The weather was fine, and 2500 people were present…

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Presbyterian Sabbath Schools. Proposed School Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 6

Yesterday evening a conference of superintendents and secretaries of Presbyterian Sunday schools in the Sydney Presbytery was held in St. Stephen's lecture hall, Phillip-street, for the purpose of discussing the…

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Presbyterian Teachers' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 6

A meeting of superintendents and secretaries of Presbyterian Sabbath Schools in and around Sydney was held in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, last night, to take steps to form a Presbyterian Sabbath School Teachers'…

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A School on Wheels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 November 1897 · page 5

A St. Petersburg philanthropist is sending fortt a schoolmaster in the caravan, his object being to reach the darker regions of Russia where popular education has not yet penetrated. The province he…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 November 1897 · page 6

A special meeting of members of the Newcastle School of Arts was held at the institution to-night, for the purpose of deciding whether the billiardroom should be continued.It will be remembered…

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Sydney Jewish Sabbath School

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 4

After the services in the Synagogue about children assembled at the Rev. J. H. Landau's invitation for religious instruction. The Rev, gentleman asked the children to promise…

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St. John's Parochial Day School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 6

The annual concert in connection with St. John's Parochial Day School, Darlinghurst, took place at the Paddington Town Hall last night. In previous years it has been the custom to hold the concert in…

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Sydney Grammar School Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 6

Aconcert given to schoolboys in aid of school sports is always certain to draw. So it happened last night in the Sydney Grammar School, where an enterainment was given in aid of the boat club. The main…

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Sydney Grammar School. Concert and Presentation of Prizes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 3

The large schoolroom of the Sydney Grammar School was packed last night, the occasion of a concert, arranged by Mr. H. H. MacMahon, and the presentation of prizes to the successful competitors in the junior University…

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A Stabbing Case. Rival Schoolboys. Bayonets and Knives

Evening News · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 4

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. M. Macfarlane, D.S.M., Fancis Waygood, 12 was charged with having inflicted grievous [?] harm on Bertie levy by stabbing him with…

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Newcastle School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 9

The monthly meeting of the general committee of the New castle School of Arts was held in the boardroom at the institution to-night. Mr. H. V. Harris, vice-president, occupied the chair, and there…

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Drummoyne New Public School. Official Opening by the Minister for Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon the picturesque borough of Drummoyne was en fete on the occasion of the visit of the Minister for Public Instruction (Hon. Jacob Garrard), at the invitation of the school board of…

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Schools' Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 10

In the second round of the badge competition of Public schools the Church of England Grammar School and Newington College met on Wednesday last on the North Sydney oval. The visitors batted first but made an…

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The Sunday School. International Lesson. Sunday, November 14, 1897. Paul's Ministry in Rome. Acts xxviii. 17-31

The Methodist · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 9

GOLDEN TEXT [Rom. i. 16.]—"I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ." AT THE GATES OF ROME . Calm after Storm.—When Paul was…

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Nautical School Ship Sobraon

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 967

That the training ship Sobraon forms the best example of the modern reformatory system in Australia, perhaps in any country, is acknowledged by all who have seen its working and…

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Drummoyne Public School. Opening the New Building

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 14

The necessities of the increasing juvenile population of Drummoyne and district have created a demand for increased school accommodation in that suburb, and this need has now been met by the erection of a handsome…

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The School of Arts Billiard Question

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 9

The regular monthly meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts committee was held last night, when the secretary presented a balance-sheet showing a balance of £58 on the past month's…

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Armed Fight Amongst Schoolboys. Proceedings at the Newtown Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 13

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, D.S.M., Francis Waygood (12) was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on another lad named Bertie Levy, by stabbing him with…

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Medical Inspection of Schools in New York

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 51

Year after year (rays the "Hospital") sanitarians are becoming more and more convinced of the importance of scnool influenca in the dissemination of infectious diseases. Yet, after all the money…

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