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Schools, 1898

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The School of Arts. an Important Meeting. Dissatisfied Members

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 6

For some time past a number of members of the School of Arts seem to have been dissatisfied with the management of that institution, and particularly with regard to the raising of the subscription. As a…

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Granville School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Granville School of Arts was held on Monday evening, the president, Mr. W. Swann, being in the chair. The report noted the substantial enlargement of the library…

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Sydney School of Arts Proposals for Reform. Movement by a Section of the Members

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 8

The opinion has been gradually growing in the minds of a number of members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts that that institution has become a conservative and antiquated organisation…

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The School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

A section of the members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts is dissatisfied with the position of affairs with regard to the Institution. In fact so dissatisfied are those who comprise…

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The School of Arts. Its Reformation Discussed. a Scheme Propounded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 3

A meeting, the object of which was to discuss a plan for "reforming" the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, was held yesterday evening in the Temperance-hall, Pitt-street. Handbills…

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Schoolboys in Trouble. Alleged Bad Conduct. Stolen Fruit. "The Writings on the Wall."

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 5

At the Paddington Police Court to-day, before Mr. Addison, S.M., two schoolboys named respectively William M'Kinnon, 13, and Harold Smith, 11, both on bail, were charged with in company…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

The nominations for office-bearers of the Newcastle School of Arts for the ensuing term closed to-night Mr. D. J. M'Lcan, J. P., was elected president, Mr. H. V. Harris, vice president, and…

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Eastern Suburbs Schoolboys Again

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 4

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday two schoolboys were charged with stealing nectarines to the value of fid. The prosecutor said it was not his desire to punish the children, but he was…

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New School at Waitara

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 14

ON Sunday week, 30th inst, the Cardinal-Archbishop will bless and open the new school-church at Waitara, which is part of the Pymble district…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A considerable impetus has bean imparted to the special religious instruction given in the Public schools under the direction of the committee of the Synod of the Church of England in the d[?]cese of…

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The Sunday School. International Lesson. Sunday, January 33, 1898. How to Pray. Matt. vi. 5-15. Golden Text. (Matt. vi. 6.)—"When thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret." the Prayer of Insincerity

The Methodist · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 9

Warning.—"Our Lord follows His exposition of the deepened sense which the old law assumes in His kingdom, by a warning against the most subtle foes…

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The School of Arts. Proposed Reformation Scheme. a Committeeman on the Malcontents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

Like a coin, every question has two sides. A report in Wednesday's "Daily Telegraph" of a meeting held to discuss a scheme having for its object the reformation of the Mechanics' School…

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Auburn Baptist Sunday School. Anniversary Services

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

THE Anniversary Services of the above Sunday School were held last Sunday. The Rev. H. Clark, of Harris-street Baptist Church, Sydney, conducted the morning…

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Granville School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

The Annual Meeting —The Old Committee Criticised. — The ' New Blood ' Bogey —A Warm Discussion.— Alderman Irons the…

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Sydney School of Arts. Antiquated and Useless. Movement for Reform

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1898 · page 5

THE management of the Sydney School of Arts has long ceased to give satisfaction to the great bulk of members, and a movement for reform it now afoot. A meeting in…

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Minto School Muddle

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1898 · page 3

SIR,—Unfortunately for the inhabitants of New South Wales, it is becoming pretty generally recognised that in the case of any glaring abuse of power, the sydney press,…

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Swimming Instruction for State School Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 5

On Saturday Mr. Southwell, secretary of the Sydney Public Schools' Athletic Association, who has suggested that the system of instructing State school pupils in swimming,…

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Sydney School of Arts. To the Editor of the "Evening News.'

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 7

Sir,-The eight planks forming the platform of the Reform League, laid before a meeting of the public and, members of the School of Arts, a report of which appeared in your issue of…

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