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Schools, 1913

441 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 23

Buried in the Sand. Teacher and Girl Pupil. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 3

It was reported to the Randwick police that Arthur Hilbert Ratten, 28 years of age, a school teacher at the Mascot Public school, and Verlie Jackson, a girl of…

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Strike of School Children. Pupils' Devotion to a Teacher. "Blacklegs" Fetched Out by Mother

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 6

Pour teachers and five pupils formed the total establishment of the new model school at Haslington, near Crewe, England, when its doors were opened for the first time. The…

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Buried in Sand. Tragic Death of a School Teacher and Child. Wife's All Night Search

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

On Friday night at Kensington an accident occurrcd that cast quite a gloom over the locality, when Mr Arthur Hubert Ratten and a girl 13 years of age, named Verlie…

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Buried Under Sand. School Master and Girl’s Awful End. a Former Savernake Resident

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 3

A schoolmaster named Arthur Hilbert Ratten, 28 years of age, lately of “Oaklands,“ Leathall street Kensington, and a 13 year-old girl names…

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Wodonga Schools' Excursion. Meeting at Cross Purposes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 2

A public meeting was held in the Wodonga Council Chambers last night to discuss holding the annual seas[?] excursion. The shire president (Cr. C…

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Pupils, Parents and Teachers. Visit of the Australian Fleet

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 4

As a general rule great national events such as the inauguration of the Commonwealth, or the Coronation Celebrations, have been restricted to schools…

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More State Teachers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 32

The Education Department presented an unwonted aspect on Friday morning, for the courtyard and corridors were thronged with an excited, clamouring crowd of over…

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Yanco Farm School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 45

The Minister of Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle, M.L.A.) has decided to raise the status of the educational establishment at the Yanco Experiment Farm,…

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The Children. the School and the Home

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 12

My Dear Little Relatives,—It is because I know you are interested in the work of your school that I am going to refer to the work that is being done by…

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Convent School Concert, Annual Effort. a Brilliant Success

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 5

The annual concert by the children attending the Convent of Mercy school took place on Thursday evening last and was…

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Thurgoona School Picnic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 6

The annual school picnic took place on November 6 and was the most largely attended gathering for years. The parents attended in force, and materially helped…

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Convent High School Concert. Successful Entertainment

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 3

The annual concert by the pupils of the St. Joseph's Convent High School, Albury, took place in St. Patrick's hall last evening and was a great success. There…

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Pupils, Parents and Teachers. the Children's Health

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 3

It is now known that nearly half the children of school age suffer from bodily defects that interfere not only with the child's health and proper development…

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A Very Kind Teacher. Red Hills, Narraburra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 13

Dear, Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." I go to school everyday. There was a picnic on the 8th November. We have six horses. The inspector will…

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Examining the School. Wood Park Hillston

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I wrote to you. About six weeks ago the inspector came to our school, but he could not examine us because he had no time, so…

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South Corowa Sunday School. Anniversary Celebration

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 5

The annual concert and distribution of prizes in connection with the anniversary celebrations of the South Corowa United Protestant Sunday School…

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School of Tropical Medicine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 5

A good response has been made to the appeal for £100,000 for the London School of Tropical Medicine. To data £71,431 has been subscribed to the fund…

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Bride and Fortune. Grateful Teacher's Story

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 4

Contented, prosperous, and grateful. This is a rare combination in a teacher; but Sir Alexander Peacock, Minster for Education, claims to have met one such…

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Culcairn School Excursion. to Killara Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 4

The senior pupils of the local Public school, accompanied by two of he staff (Mr. Ryan and Miss Whealley) visited Killara Station on Monday afternoon. An…

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Methodist Sunday School

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

Anniversary services in connection with the above Sunday School took place on Sunday last. Three services were held, viz. at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and…

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