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BERRY, Wednesday.--At the annual dinner given by the Mayor of Berry last evening to the aldermen and officials of the council and representatives of adjoining shires and municipall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the unsatisfactory condition of the Wyaldra Public School, which (as reported in yesterday's "Evening News" has led to the withdrawal of scholars by parents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The Education Committee of the London County Council has adopted compulsory attendance at school up to 15 years of age, and half-time from 15 to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Children's Court, Paddington, on the 16th inst, a case was heard before the special magistrate of a girl, aged seven years, performing at a suburban variety hall for profit,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In connection with the Sunday-school department of the Methodist Church in Australasia, meetings were held last night in the Lyceum Hall, Pitt-street, and at Waverley,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Education Committee propose to spend nearly £1,000,000 during the ensuing eighteen months on elementary and secondary schools…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The London School Board has decided that full attendance at school shall be compulsory up to the age of 15, and that half-time attendance shall be allowed between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GULGONG. Thursday.--At the Wyaldra Public School, three miles from Gulgong, a strike has occurred. The parents of most of the children agreed to withdraw their children from school…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Some sympathy, a great deal of interest, and much amusement were caused in the Legislative Assembly by the reading by Mr. M'Lachlan of a number of letters…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Methodist Conference continued its sittings at the Conference-hall, Castlereagh street, yesterday morning, Rev. Joseph Deale presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 4 o'clock this afternoon the usual calm of the Free Public Library in Macquarie-street was disturbed by the sudden death of one of the visitors. So far as can be ascertained, a school…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The life-saving contest for the Roth Challenge Shield, held at the municipal baths, Drummoyne, on Friday night, was a tiring one for competitors. The night was unusually…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association held its annual championship aquatic carnival in the New Municipal Baths, Sydney Domain, this afternoon, in the presence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"This," said the teacher to her class of small arithmeticians, "is a unit." She held up a pencil. "This book is a unit, too," she said, "And these are units." And she showed them a ruler,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nearly an hour was spent by the King at Buckingham Palace recently in examining the Richard Chronosphere, or Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The London School Board has adopted the principle of compulsory full attendance in the case of children up to 15 years of age, and half-time attendance from 15…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir J. P. Hewett, Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, announced in Durbar, at Meerut, that owing to schoolmasters preaching sedition…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Golden Text.—"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of Me." I.—Suggestions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I believe there is a God; (2) BECAUSE OF CONSCIENCE. 1. What is conscience? (a) Note the Etymology—CON and SCIO—"knowledge together with"—but "with" whom?…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sir. -- The Roman Catholic clergy are again demanding State aid for their schools, but offer no satisfactory reason why such should be granted to sectarian institutions. which aim at keeping Catholic children apart from…
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