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Schools, 1899

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Glenoak School of Arts

Evening News · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 6

The Minister for Education and Labor leaves town to-day,for the purpose of opening a .new School of Arts at Glenoak. Mr. Hogue will also visit several of the more important public…

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West Maitland Schools

Evening News · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 4

The Minister of Public Instruction has authorised the renovation and improvement of the West Maitland Public School. The work will include new roof for the school and the erection of a…

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Athletics. Sydney Grammar School Sports Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 6

The twenty-sixth annual spotts meeting of the Sydney Grammar School will be held to-day on the Sydney Cricket Ground. The first race is timed to start at 2 p.m. There is an average of about 40…

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Grammar School Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 8

The Grammar School annual sports meeting will take place to-day on the Sydney Cricket Ground, when some twenty events, will be decided between 2 and 5 p.m. The Old Boys' Race has attracted nearly sixty entries…

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The Prize Story. an Episode of School Life

The Catholic Press · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

" St. Anthony's the grand man, girls, he'll bring back our Sister safe and Hound, be don't be downhearted." These wore the words of assurance given by Cecilia Smith, one of a…

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The Sydney Grammar School

The Catholic Press · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 14

Sir,—I noticed in the daily papers this week the report of the Sydney Grammar School for the past year. It there stated that besides an income of £7853 17s 8d from…

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The Additions to St. Mary's Schools, North Sidney. the Cardinal Lays This Foundation Stone. a Large Gathering

The Catholic Press · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 19

Since St. Mary's parochial boys' school was opened iu 1888 by his Eminence the Cardinal at North Sydney, it has steadily increased, and from the 65…

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Catholic Education at North Sydney. Additions to St. Mary's Boys' School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 16

Father Joseph Brennan, S.J., who has charge of North Sydney, is gradually covering the big and valuable block of ground opposite the Reserve with buildings. Not so long ago the old parish church…

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Albion-street Public School. Picnic and Sports. A[?]bor Day Celebration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 12

To commemorate the advancement of the Albionstreet (Paddington) Public School from a secondclass to a first-class establishment, i.e., one having an average daily attendance of 600 scholars or ever,…

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Sydney Grammar School Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 14
Also in The Australian Star

The twenty-sixth annual sports of the Sydney Grammar School Athletic Club were held yesterday at the Sydney Cricket Ground in bright, calm weather. There was a very numerous attendance, the grand…

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Arbor Day. Croydon Park Superior Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 10

Arbor Day waa celebrated at the above school yesterday, when there was a large attendance of the public and children. The Mayor of Enfield (Alderman T. Hodson, J.P.) presided, and there were also…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, August 13, 1899. Ezekiel's Great Vision. Ezek. xxxvii. 1-14. Golden Text (xxxvi. 27).—" I will, put My Spirit within you." Ezekiel's Imagery

The Methodist · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 10

"Note the varied literary forms which Ezekiel uses to impress his lessons— symbols, allegories,…

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Arbor Day at Paddington. School Picnic and Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 4

Yesterday Arbor Day was celebrated at the Albion-street Public School at Paddington by the planting of a number of trees, followed by a picnic and sports meeting at the Agricultural…

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Ryde School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 10

The first annual meeting of the subscribers to the Hyde School of Arts was held on Monday night in St. Anne's Hall. Arrangements had been made by the…

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To the Schools. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 11

Dear sir,—I ask you to bo good enough to afford me space to convey to all concerned my congratulations on the success of the first Park Arbor…

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A Model School and Its Jubilee

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 August 1899 · page 9

The celebration' of the jubilee of Fort-street School is almost a national event, bound up as it is with our national system of public instruction. Quite a number of…

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Mr. Hogue on the Hunter. Visit to His Old School

Evening News · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Monday, —Mr. J.[?]. A. Hogue, Minister for Public Instruction and Labor, accompanied by Mr. Bennett, M.L.A., visited the public schools, Largs, Hinton,…

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Cleveland-street School Literary Society

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 8

The inaugural meeting of the recently established Cleveland-street school Literary Society took place at the New Masonic Hall. Castlereagh- street, last evening, when there…

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Schoolboys Literary Society. the Inaugural Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

The inaugural meeting of the Cleveland-street School Literary Society was held in the Masonic-hall, Castle-reagh-street, last night. This society is the outcome of a meeting held about five months ago, when the senior…

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