A CHURCH SCHOOL
VBES9 ASSOCIATION. CHBTSTOHtTRCH, January 9. Early in February there will "be opened in Christchurch a church school for girls. It will he under the management of the Kilburn sisters, who are connected with the religious community of Sisters of the Church (Anglican). The order is an educational one, and has charge of schools in almost every' part of the world. It has been represented in New Zealand for eome years by the well-known St. Hilda's College. Dunedin, and that institution is the model which will be the ultimate aim of St. Margaret's. Iu the meantime thp lease has been taken of a large residential and day school formerly occupied by Mrs Bowen. The building is now being altered and renovated in preparation for the opening next month. The principal of St. Margaret's will be Sister Blanch, who, with two other Kilburn Sisters, recently arrived from England. She will be assisted by one of those sisters and also by Sister Catherine, formerly of St. Hilda's.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7022, 10 January 1910, Page 5
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167A CHURCH SCHOOL New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7022, 10 January 1910, Page 5
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