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Schools, 1903

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Wollongong School of Arts

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 6

Many years ago Wollongong had a School of Arts, but in the ordinary course of events it became defunct, and the building was handed over to the Educational Department for…

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Deputations. School of Arts for Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 3

Yesterday Mr. Archibald Campbell introduced to the Minister for Education an influential deputation from Wollongong to request State assistance in the provision of a new School of Arts…

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A Progressive School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 2

It is understood that shortly the Education Department will raise the Gurner-street school, Paddington, to the standard of a superior public school. At the gathering which took place on…

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Rooty Hill School of Arts Opening of the New Building

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6

On Wednesday night last the new School of Arts building at Rooty Hill was officially opened by Mr B B O'Conor, M.L.A., in the presence of a large number of residents and…

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St. Patrick's Day. Not a School Holiday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 10

Several inquiries having been made as to whether State schools are to close on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, the Minister for Public Instruction asks us to notify for the information of teachers and pupils…

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Monday, March 2. Sunday Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

Monday morning was largely devoted to the consideration of the interests of the young people of our church. Complaints have been made in the past that…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, March 15,1903. the Riot at Ephesus. Acts xix. 29-40

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 13

GOLDEN TEXT (Psa. xxxi. 23).—"The Lord preserveth the faithful." St. Paul's World-wide Designs.—St. Paul was always making great plans for…

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Schools of Arts and Billiard Rooms. No Government Subsidy Allowed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6

The Department of Public Instruction has informed the committee of the North Sydney School of Arts that the Minister cannot see his way to allow the claim made for a subsidy upon…

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Great Public Schools Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 12

The annual regatta of the Great Public Schools has been fixed for Saturday, 25th April, on the Parramatta River. The fixture will be held under the patronage of the New South Wales Rowing Association, and the whole…

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School of Arts for Cronulla

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

A MEETING will be held at the Cronulla Beach Hotel on Saturday, 21st instant, for the purpose of considering the question of opening a…

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Father O'Reilly's Return. An Interesting Account of the Trip. Welcome in St. Patrick's School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

Under the auspices of St. Patrick's Young Men's Society, Parramatta, a delightful concert was given on Thursday night, in St. Patrick's Boy's Schoolroom,…

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Bootless Scholars and State Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1903 · page 7

A complaint having reached the "Sunday Times" that a girl attending a metropolitan school had been sent home for being barefooted, notwithstanding the known poverty…

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State School Coaches. the Minister's Latest Proposal

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1903 · page 7

The Minister of Education, speaking at Paddington during the week, suggested the possibility of some provision "being made in country districts for carrying the children…

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Our Defective Education Act. Over 16,000 Children Growing Up in Ignorance. Great Growth of Private Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1903 · page 7

In his introductory remarks on Education in "The Seven Colonies of Austral sia for 1901-2," Mr. T. A. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, refers with evident pride…

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The Education Question. a Criticism by Cardinal Moran. Banishing Religion From the Schools. Irreligion and Immorality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 8

Cardinal Moran when speaking yesterday, at the opening and blessing of the High School in connection with the Redfern Convent of Mercy, had something to say with reference to the…

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North Sydney School of Arts

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 3

A high-class smoke concert took place, in the North Sydney School of Arts on Friday. Notwithstanding the wet weather there was a large gathering, and the evening was spent…

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State Aid to Roman Catholic Schools. Address by the Rev. J. Macaulay'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 3

At the meeting of the Parramatta branch or the Australian Protestant Defence Association, Mr. T. C. Worboys presiding, the Rev. J. Macaulay, of Waverley, spoke on the question of State…

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Bogus Grazier. Victimises School Teacher

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

Arthur Robinson was charged at the Quarter Sessions to-day with falsely pretending to Charles Henry Hodges that he was a grazier at Wellington, and then falsely promising…

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Faro. a School Broken Up

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

The raid on the Toxteth Club at No. 250 Pitt-street last night was a rather lively one, and a bit of a divergence from similar down comings on the Chinese fraternity. For some…

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Miss Mercy Murray's Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 5

An entertainment will be given in the Quoen'shall, Pitt-street, to-night, by Miss Mercy Murray's pupils. The programme will comprise elocutionary and musical items; a sketch from…

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