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Schools, 1899

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Greenwich Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 4

There is a strong movement in the Lane Cove district in favor of changing the situation of the Greenwich Public School. At present, the school is in a comparatively inaccessible…

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New School at Kenthurst

Evening News · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 5

On Saturday Mr. fironghton O'Conor, M.L.A., in the absence of Mr. Hogue, Minister of Public Instruction, performed the official opening ceremony in connection with the completion of a new…

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Suburban Swindlers. a Plausible Villain. Music Teachers Bobbed

Evening News · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 5

A "gentleman" with an engaging manner and a new species of swindle, has been "working" some of the suburbs at a profit lately. The individual in question is well-dressed, rather short…

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The King's School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 3

The King's School cricket team, which is leading in the schools' competition for the first half-s[?]nson of 1899, took a holiday trip to the country at Easier, playing matches at Scone, Quirindi, and Armidale. Against…

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Intercolonial Schools' Match. Victory for the Ceelong Grammar School

Referee · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon the fifth annual four-oar boat race between Geelong Grammar School and St. Peter's College took place on the Port River, Adelaide over a…

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St. Catherine's Clergy Daughters' School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 7

A conversazione in connection with St. Catherine's Clergy Daughters' Old Pupils' Union was held in St. James' parish hall, Phillipstreet, last night. The affair was managed…

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Church and School Lands

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 3

The Lands Department has advised Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., that applications for conversion made under the Church and School Lands Act of 1897 will he dealt with by the…

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Current News. Parramatta School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 2

The monthly meeting was held at the School of Arts on Friday. Present, Mr. A. B. Keage, president, in the chair, Messrs. Bodenham, Quirk, Barry…

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Russian Tyranny. Despotism Against Education. Sedition Amongst Scholars

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- The closing of the higher educational institutions in Russia by the Czar's ukase affects 30,000 students…

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Northern Notes. a School of Arts for Carrington. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 5

Another step has been taken towards the establishment of a School of Arts at Carrington. A small portable building has been purchased and put in position on the site chosen…

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St. John's Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 8

At a meeting of the managing authorities of St. John's Grammar School, Parramatta, held on Tuesday night, the resignation of the headmaster, Mr. W. A. Dalmas, was accepted, and Mr. A. B…

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Marrickville Schools

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction Intends to Pay an official visit to the Marrlckville schools on Monday next…

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Bazaar at Ryde. in Aid of St. Charles' Schoolroom

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 11

It is not so very long ago since thorn was an account in our columns of the laying of the foundation-stone of the new schoolroom for St. Charles' by his Eminence the…

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Snap Shots. Mainly About "The New Melba." From Convent-school to Concert Platform

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 18

AT the Sydney Philharmonic Society's concert on Good Friday night, Miss Kate Rooney, late of St. Vincent's College, carried off the honours of the evening by her singing in Rossini's "Stabat Mater."…

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Of an Old School

Evening News · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 2

Some good stories are being recalled of the Rev. James Oliphant, at one time parish minister of Dumbarton. Commenting one Sunday on the Casting out of the legion of devils, he exclaimed:…

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Nicholson-street Public School's Cantata

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 12

The attractive cantata "Sherwood's Queen" was given last evening in the School of Arts, Darling-street, by the pupils of the Nicholson-street Superior Public School, assisted by friends, in the presence…

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The Sunday School Pennant Hills

The Methodist · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 9

Wesleyan Sunday-school anniversary was celebrated on Sunday, March 26th, and resumed on…

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A Little School-girl

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 870

I've just begun to go to school; I'm tired as can be. 1 can't remember every rule—How each one turns and site and stands,…

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Swimming. All Schools' Champion Swimmer of New South Wales. Master George Anlezark

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 12

Master George Anlezark, whose picture is given, won the 100yds. all schools' championship of New South Wales at the big all schools' carnival held in Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island, last Saturday week. This event,…

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St. Charles' School, Ryde. Opening of the Eazaar. Mr. Terry on Federation and the Wicked Press

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 8

The bazaar in aid of the building fund of St. Charles' parochial School, Ryde, was officially opened on Monday by Mr. E. Terry, M.P., in the presence of a goodly…

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