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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1906

280 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 14

Sunday School Anniversary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 4

The celebrations of the Grafton Methodist Sunday School's 42nd anniversary was concluded by a public meeting in the church last night. For the…

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Lawrence Presbyterian Sunday School

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 4

The Lawrence Presbyterian Church was crowded on Wednesday night, the occasion being the presentation of prizes to the children attending the Sunday School. The Rev. Jas. Cameron…

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Alumny Creek School of Arts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 3

The promoters of the movement for the establishment of a School of Arts at Alumny Creek are using vigorous means to have it crected without delay. Collectors…

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Methodist Sunday School

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 3

The anniversary celebrations in connection with the Grafton Methodist Sunday school concluded on Wednesday evening with the annual meeting, which was held in the…

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School Humour

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 10

A school teacher instructing her classes in grammar wrote this sentence on the board for correction: "The horse and the cow is in the field." No one seemed to know what…

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Teachers' Salaries

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 4

The long-expected re-grading that has agitated the minds of the teachers for some months past, and which has been the subject of deputation on deputation to the…

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Schools Column. Fort-street School

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 10

The writer this week paid a visit to the far-famed Model Public School in Fort-street, and some observations thereon, together with a little Statistical information,…

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Appointment of Teachers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 5

New regulations issued by the Department of Public Instruction provide that assistant touchers may be appointed to schools in which the average daily attendance is…

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Public Schools Sports. a Brilliant Success

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Ten thousand adult and 25,000 children attended, the schools sports on Wednesday. The spectacle was a remarkable one, the crowded stands topped…

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Teachers and L.C.A. Society

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 2

At the conference of teachers invited by the L.C.A. Society at Maclean on Saturday there was not a very large attendance. The questions submitted were, however, dealt with fully. In…

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The Schools Demonstration. (Contributed.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1906 · page 5

Becoming more and more widely inculcated throughout the consciousness of the civilised family in all its ramifications is a strenuous endeavour, to assist by rational…

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Public School Spouts

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1906 · page 4

The committee of public-school teachers throughout the district, who are arranging the combined school sports, to be held on the Grafton…

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Appointment of Teachers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 3

NEW regulations issued by the Department of public Instruction provide that assistant teachers may be appointed to school which the average…

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Woolgoolga School of Arts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting was held on Tuesday. Present—Messrs. Trainer (president), Paraskos, Morrow, Taylor, Caldwell, M'Aughey, M'Leod, Treadwell,…

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Blackfriars Practice School

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 10

The writer paid a visit to Blackiriars Practice School this week, and was given a good idea of the work done under the new syllubus. An interesting feature of…

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Sunday School Picnics

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 4

On Wednesday last, the children attending the Methodist Sunday school held their annual picnic on the Showground. The day was beautifully fine, and the juveniles fully…

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Schools Column. Australians in China

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 10

Mr. A. L. Nairn, B.A., formerly of Adelaide, and now Mathematical Master of St. Stephen's College, Hongkong. in the course of a letter dated August 27, says:—"It…

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A Bush Teacher

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 6

A typewritten sheet of evidence in the Bankruptcy Court often contains in a few bald phrases the elements of a tragedy. Last week a State school teacher, under…

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Chatsworth School Concert

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 2

The public school concert took place on Friday evening and was certainly a success from every point of view. The programme opened with the three part Churus " Catch the Sunshine," which…

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School Concert at Chatsworth

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 8

The public school concert took place on Friday evening, and was one of the most successful ever held here. Long before 8 o'clock the seating accommodation of the…

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